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Aerial view of Ribadesella/Ribeseya, with the village on the left bank of the estuary and the new part above the beach of Santa Marina. In the photo you can see the cliffs in this area surrounded by green meadows. In the background the Sierra de Escapa with the Mofrechu Peak reigning supreme. In the background are the snow-capped Picos de Europa.

Ribadesella

Located on the eastern coast of Asturias, at the foot of the Picos de Europa, the council of Ribadesella offers visitors a wide variety of attractions: landscape, history, culture, nature, festivals, gastronomy... all concentrated in a territory crossed by the most famous river in Asturias, the Sella.

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Backlit sunset on Vega Beach, one of the most beautiful beaches in the council of Ribadesella/Ribesaya. In the foreground a girl with her back turned walking along the wet shore, the water looks like a mirror reflecting her image. The sea arrives with calm waves in a silvery grey colour. The grey sky, in the background a mountain range in dark tones.
Estuary and town of Ribadesella. In the foreground we can see some trees that somewhat obscure the new part of the town, the roofs of some of the houses and the marina with its sailing boats. On the other side of the estuary we can see the town. On the right the famous bridge that crosses the estuary joining both banks. In the background the blue-green mountains.
Image of the Santa Marina beach with some people strolling, and the waves wetting the shore. Above the beach you can see the beach promenade with its single-family houses with red roofs, some trees in their gardens. Behind a hill with forest and a light mist between them. In the background the mountains, with some clouds skimming their peaks.

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It has a quality urban space, articulated by a wide promenade where the river, the estuary and the sea accompany the tour of other landmarks of the town: the Mirador de Guía, the Paseo de la Grúa and the Historical Route of the Port, the Paseo Princesa Letizia, and the Paseo de los Vencedores del Sella, the Santa Marina Beach with its spectacular buildings of Indianos built in the early twentieth century or the Dinosaur Route in Punta' l Pozu. But the jewel in the crown is the Tito Bustillo Cave, declared a World Heritage Site.

In 1968 a group of speleologists went into the cave and found in one of the galleries an extraordinary collection of paintings and engravings on the walls. Since then, studies have been carried out inside the cave and today it can be said that there are at least 12 important sets of cave art throughout the cave with a great variety of paintings and engravings that make the Tito Bustillo Cave considered one of the most important sets of Palaeolithic Art in the world.

Ribadesella also has a rural area that offers interesting visits: popular architecture and manor houses owned by old families coexist with a rural landscape dotted with small coves of extraordinary beauty, caves with spectacular geological formations, such as the Cuevona de Cueves, which leads to the village of the same name, or dramatic cliffs, with their surprising "bufones".

Throughout the year, different cultural, festive and sporting events take place in this fishing village, making it unique: the horse races on Santa Marina beach, chamber music concerts in a spectacular cave with unequalled acoustics: the Cuevona de Ardines, the Jazz Festival, the International Descent of the Sella, the only Festival declared of International Tourist Interest in Asturias, the festivities with sea processions in the summer...

Population: 6,209 inhabitants.
Area: 84,37 km2
Weekly market: Wednesday

Ribadesella
GPS: 43.4630834,-5.056138