Aviles
Aviles (Spanish: Avilés, pronounced AHH-b-ee-l-EH-s) is a port city in the province of Asturias in northwest Spain.
Get in
By plane
- 1 Asturias airport (OVD IATA). There are flights every couple of hours from Madrid, and at least daily from Barcelona, Seville, and Palma de Mallorca. International flights are rare, eg the Easyjet connection to London has ended. The airport is on the coast 10 km west of Avilés, with direct buses to Oviedo and to Gijón.
By bus
The main bus company, Alsa, connects the city to all the provinces and most important cities in the country. There are buses every 30 minutes from downtown to Oviedo and Gijón.
By train
There are two railway systems. RENFE is the standard gauge mainline to Oviedo, with trains south to Leon, Valladolid, Segovia and Madrid. FEVE is the narrow gauge railway (now managed by Renfe) that winds along the coast, west to Ribadeo and Ferrol, east to Oviedo, Gijón, Santander, Bilbao, San Sebastian, and the French border at Irun / Hendaye. Disruptions and replacement buses are common along this line.
- 2 Avilés railway station. Serves both systems; it's on Avenida Telares near the river.
Get around
Map of Aviles
See
- Historical District
Do
Buy
Eat
- 1 Café Lord Byron, Calle Palacio Valdés, 1.
Drink
Sleep
- 1 Hotel Oca Villa de Avilés, Calle del Prado, 3, ☏ +34 985 52 61 16.
- 2 Hotel NH Collection Palacio de Avilés, Plaza de España, 9, ☏ +34 98 5129080. Located in the heart of Avilés, in Plaza de España next to the Town Hall, the hotel occupies a landmark a seventeenth century building.
Go next
- Oviedo is another old town with various UNESCO-listed monuments.
- Gijón is a lively coastal town with a Roman archeological site.