Gijón

The Romans fell in love with Gijón. They had splendid views of the sea and right on the shores of the Bay of Biscay, in Campo Valdés, they located their baths. They were in a land of promise, which had a privileged coastline with great sandy beaches such as San Lorenzo, and gentle mountains and valleys. Over time Gijón/Xixón, the capital of the council, became a large city, easily visible from the Cerro de Santa Catalina, where the Basque sculptor Eduardo Chillida was inspired to place his Eulogy of the Horizon, today a tourist symbol of the city.

<b<cimavilla< b=""> Cimavilla - the old and charismatic fishermen's quarter -, the Reina gardens, the marina, Poniente beach, San Lorenzo beach, Arbeyal beach, Corrida street, Moros street, Plaza del Instituto square and a long etcetera make up an urban Gijón/Xixón that is always open and cosmopolitan, friendly to the visitor. In Gijón it is very easy to feel at home, the city and its inhabitants are 'pure heart', a heart that beats intensely and that loves the fiesta and social coexistence with tinges of Asturianness that are manifested in every gesture - bagpipes, cider, traditional cuisine, seafood flavours -.</b<cimavilla<>.

Furthermore, the council enjoys a privileged rural environment with places such as La Campa Torres - where there are archaeological excavations -, Veranes - which has a Roman villa -, La Guía, Somió, La Providencia, Caldones, Deva or La Camocha, to name but a few, and in all of them you can enjoy the purest Asturian rural tradition. In terms of facilities, Gijón has a list of the most avant-garde, such as the Botanical Garden, the Aquarium, Forus Gijón (on the Poniente beach), the Laboral Ciudad de la Cultura or Laboral Centro de Arte, essential references for leisure and culture in the north of Spain. In short, a council and a city in perfect harmony, a sustainable tourist destination, distinguished with the Biosphere Responsible Tourism seal, and a crossroads of great travelling routes (Vía de la Plata and Camino de Santiago) located in the very centre of the Asturian coast.

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