The celebration of the canoes is the most important festivity in Asturias. Initially, in 1930, it was a fluvial excursion in which several friends wanted to enjoy the Sella River. This experience was very successful, and in 1946, on the fluvial train that took fifteen wagons, it was possible to count up to 285 cars and more than 20 buses that followed the white water canoeing. Today thousands of people annually celebrate the International White Water Canoeing of the Sella River on the first Saturday of August, a great playful, festive event in which canoeists cross 20 km of the Sella River, between Arriondas Bridge and Ribadesella Bridge.

Climbing the Naranco de Bulmes Mountain, trekking (the mountain route of Cares, from Poncebos to Cain, is one of the most famous in all of Europe), practicing speleology, or fishing in rivers (there are reserves specialized in salmons, reos or trouts), are some of the other many activities that the visitor can carry out in this beautiful region.

Asturias has a magnificent artistic heritage. Prehistory has left the legacy of the caves in Buxu or Candamo. Pre-Romanic architecture, painting and metal works shine in monuments like Santa Maria del Naranco and San Miguel de Lillo in Oviedo, or the Cross of the Victory, symbol of the region that can be seen in the regional flag. The Roman domination left in these lands the walls and thermal baths in Gijon and the gold mines in Allande, Tineo and Tapia.

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Gijon beach

Gastronomia: Fabada Asturiana