- Avilés Asturias Centre
- Address: Centro de Recepción de Turismo C/Ruiz Gómez, 21 - 33402 Avilés
- Phone: (+34) 985 544 325
- Email: turismo@aviles.es
- Site: https://avilescomarca.info/
A commercial city, of medieval origin and with a great seafaring tradition, it has a historic quarter dotted with palaces, gardens, fountains, churches, arcaded houses, etc. that give it a unique atmosphere. The size and proportions of its estuary, and its passage through the very heart of the city, make Avilés the only city in Asturias with a powerful river flow at the foot of its historic quarter, one of the best preserved in the whole of northern Spain.
Land of discoverers such as Pedro Menéndez de Avilés - the conqueror of Florida in the American continent -, it is a city open to innovation and with an artistic vocation. Moreover, contemporary Avilés also experienced a great industrial revolution thanks to the iron and steel industry, which has marked a post-industrial 'physiognomy' that inspired the architectural genius Oscar Niemeyer to create the last of his great international works, a cultural centre that bears his name and is a symbol of the urban and sociological renovation that the city is undergoing.
This is Avilés: commercial, maritime and medieval.
Top 10 things to see and do in Avilés
- Area: 25 km2
- Altitude: 8 m.
- Inhabitants: 83.617
- Km. to Gijón: 25
- Km. to Oviedo: 29
- By road: N-634 and A-8 from the east and west. A-66 from the South.
- By Plane: Asturias Airport (OVD) - (www.aena.es) Bus connection service from the airport to the city bus station.
- By Rail: Avilés Train Station (www.renfe.es)
- By bus : Avilés Bus Station (www.alsa.es) (www.consorcioasturias.com)
- The Old Town of Avilés is one of the best preserved in Asturias and is a sample of civil and religious architecture from the Middle Ages to the present day.
- The Avilés estuary is one of the most beautiful natural estuaries in Asturias. Environmentally recovered, it has a promenade where the marina and its activities, the Niemeyer Centre, etc. can be seen.
- The Niemeyer Centre, the last and most important work of the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer in Europe, is a facility that adds an innovative touch and a new "skyline" to the city.
- Shopping in Avilés. It is an ideal place, especially in the old part of the city - Calle de la Cámara and the surrounding area - where the old food market is located, which has recently undergone a successful "restyling".
Ask for guided tours of the city at the Avilés Tourist Office - turismo@aviles.es