Advantages: location, comfort, relaxed atmosphere Disadvantages: no hotel car park
We spent two nights here last August during our second holiday in Asturias ("we" being my husband and myself and our 3 children then aged 5,11 and 12) and had a fantastic time. The idea was to see a bit of Gijon before heading into the hills for a week's self-catering in a former shepherd's home now converted and with all mod-cons. In fact it was the owner of the cottage-rental company we used who suggested this hotel.
As it turned out we wished we had spent longer in Gijon as it is a super city with plenty to see and do. The hotel Asturias makes a great base as it is an easy stroll to the beaches, marina, headland, old fishing quarter, aquarium, museums and shops. Set in the Plaza Mayor (Main Square) we had wondered about noise at night from neighbouring bars but I can honestly say it was not a problem - and our rooms had balconies ...
cep19 28.01.2008 (27.01.2008)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Asturias, Gijón
Advantages: Pleasant weather, superb scenery and cheap flights Disadvantages: None discovered
Stelios has just opened up the peaks of Northern Spain to the Brits, and all I can say, is a big 'well done'. He has given us a holiday in which we peeked at amazing mountain peaks, and swam on beautiful beaches... this is the region of Asturias.
WHERE IS ASTURIAS ?
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The area is in the North West of Spain, with the port of Santander just beyond its Eastern boundaries.
It borders Galicia on the West, and is a bit north of Leon and Cantabrica.
HOW DO YOU GET THERE ?
Santander is the obvious starting point if you are taking your car, but the ferry is not cheap, and you have a lot of driving ahead.
Easyjet have just started flights this year from Stansted to Asturias airport. I was a bit puzzled as this airport also gets called Ranon and Oviedo.!
The nearest vilage is Ranon ...
trevorbrock 04.08.2005
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Asturias (Spain)
Advantages: Very close to city centre and transport, Cheap. Disadvantages: Can be noisy
Me and my girlfriend decided to visit Madrid last summer. So being the students that we are we booked cheap flights on easyjet. That was the easy bit. The hard part came later when we had to decide on a hotel to stay in. We wanted somewhere close to the city centre as we were only there for a few days but we had to do it on a budget but wanted to go slightly better than a hostel, it was after all our first holiday abroad together.
::: Why The Asturias?? :::
We eventually settled on the Hotel Asturias because it fitted what we wanted. It is extremely close to the city centre which is what we wanted as we were only there for 3 nights. It is only minutes away from the Calle Gran Via, one of the main shopping streets in Madrid. It is also minutes away from two metro stations (in opposite directions, either Sol or Sevilla which will ...
