Swimming Descent of the Navia Estuary

It is a festival that combines sport, culture and tradition. The Descent of the Navia estuary is one of the best-known and most valued long-distance swimming events on the European continent, and it is attended by international swimmers and thousands of spectators who are passionate about this sport and the privileged surroundings of the Navia estuary. This sporting competition is a classic that has been held in the Asturian town of Navia since the late 1950s.

Since the beginning of the 20th century there has been a great sporting tradition linked to swimming in the Navia area, which reached its peak with the birth and development of this great event, which is accompanied by a multitude of cultural and festive events related to the traditions of western Asturias.

The Asturian summer has one of its culminating moments with this festival, which highlights the taste for sport, culture and festivities in the area around the Navia estuary, in the vicinity of which there has been a great deal of commercial and fishing activity, etc. since ancient times, with the resulting population settlements.