Salas
Salas is a city in Asturias, Spain. It has 5,000 inhabitants (2018) and lies on the Original Way of St. James (Camino Primitivo).
Understand
[edit]Coming from Oviedo on the Camino Primitivo, Salas is the third town with ATMs and a somewhat bigger grocery store after Grado and Cornellana.
Get in
[edit]ALSA stops here coming from Oviedo.
From the Asturias airport it's usually the best to take a non-stop ALSA bus to Oviedo and then an ALSA bus to Salas.
Get around
[edit]The town can be easily explored on foot.
See
[edit]- Torre de Valdés Salas
- Municipal Carmen Zuleta Park
Do
[edit]There is a municipal swimming pool.
Buy
[edit]Cornellana has some ATMs. The ATM of Unicaja Banco does not charge a fee for withdrawing money with an international credit card.
Eat
[edit]The biggest grocery stores are Alimerka and Día. A smaller one is La Tienda de Jose. All of them have savory fresh baked goods.
Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]Pilgrims can sleep in the municipal albergue, which is open all year round. There are other hostels. Some of those are only open April to October.
Go next
[edit]In the direction of Santiago de Compostela.