Tours & Activities in Avilés
Explore the Somiedo Natural Park with this excursion from Avilés and discover the breathtaking landscapes and scenery of Asturias!
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Sabias que una foca es la mascota de Aviles y tiene varias esculturas por la ciudad , que ya teníamos "portero Automático" hace 400 años o que los avilesinos celebramos carnaval llenándonos de espuma hasta las cejas
¿ Quieres saber mas?
Pues ven conmigo de paseo y te contaré historias, leyendas, curiosidades y mucho mas,
Entonces... ¿nos vemos en el parque de El Muelle?
Discover some of the most beautiful villages on the Asturian coast with this excursion to the Eastern marina of Asturias from Avilés..
With this free tour through the historic center of the city of Avilés you will discover all the monuments that this land of discoverers, marine and medieval, hides. The Free Tour will begin with the sculpture of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, a military man who played a fundamental role in North America in the 17th century. From here, we begin to learn more about the history and curiosities of this city and we will see monuments such as the Niemeyer Center or the Sabugo Church located in the old fishing district. Near this neighborhood we will visit the popularly known as the Cathedral of Avilés: the church of Santo Tomás. We continue with the Avilés estuary where we will tell you the importance that this area had during the Second Industrial Revolution as well as being able to enjoy its incredible views. We will continue to Plaza de España where we can contemplate the Town Hall and the Ferrera Palace, one of the oldest Baroque buildings in Asturias. To finish we will visit the Balsera Palace, the parish of San Nicolás de Bari, the Camposagrado palace or the church of the Franciscan Fathers. The tour will end at the meeting point in the Parque del Muelle.
Discover one of the least populated and most charming areas of Asturias on this excursion to the Ponga Natural Park from Aviles.
Avilés preserves a Historic Center that surprises those who visit it. Its ancient origins date back to the Middle Ages, when it received the jurisdiction that elevated the population to the category of town, it was walled and experienced its moment of maximum splendor.
On this historical-artistic tour we will tour the center of Avilés, with its typical arcades, along with the Sabugo neighborhood, the only neighborhood outside the city walls that existed in the Middle Ages in the town.
We will get to know not only medieval Avilés , but also its periods of baroque and modernist splendor.
The guided tour will begin on Calle del Sol , to enter the streets that were walled centuries ago. We will see the importance that its port had for Avilés and we will be able to see emblematic buildings such as the Valdecarzana Palace , the Church of the Franciscan Fathers and the Camposagrado Palace.
We will continue to Sabugo , the old fishing neighborhood. Sabugo was for centuries separated from Avilés, walled by a large marsh, where the Muelle park is located today. There we will delve into the history of the only suburb that existed outside the walled area in the Middle Ages, its streets and its two churches.
The tour will end near the Plaza del Ayuntamiento , on Galiana Street , where we will talk about the baroque expansion and some of the buildings that marked Avilés in the 17th century: the City Hall, the Ferrera Palace and the Julián Orbón music conservatory.
Take note: this tour departs with a minimum of 2 people.
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Would you like to be Sherlock for a day and solve Aviles' crimes? and know others already solved like the vampire . Would you like to know who thwarted the bank robbery in Avilés or where the Avilesinos thought there was a tunnel that crossed the city?
If you want to know all these secrets
I'll tell you...
We will start in the Church of the Magdalena there, sheltered from the night, we will delve into the mystery.
You dare?
DISCOVER THE ESSENTIALS OF AVILÉS AND MUCH MORE!!
In this two-hour tour we will discover the secrets of the town of the Advance, Avilés, with the best preserved historic center in the region and a great unknown, even for the Asturians themselves.
Taking the Parque del Muelle as a starting point, on the left bank of the estuary and very close to the Niemeyer Center , we will learn stories of conquerors , painters, writers and some of the most bizarre events and characters in its ancient history.
We will walk through its cobbled streets while we enjoy its palaces and arcades in a visit suitable for all audiences.
In addition, we will give you options so that you can continue enjoying Avilés and Asturias on your own.
Don't think twice, WE ARE WAITING FOR YOU 🤘🤘!!
Important: The tour will be carried out with a minimum of three people (adults)
At the opening of the estuary of Avilés we find the peninsula of San Juan. Behold its lighthouse and the cliffs of this area of Asturias in this hiking tour.
Aviles. millennial city. A city where original streets and houses are still preserved where painters, Great Discoverers of the New World or poets of the Great Court of Madrid del Habsburg walked.
I will tell you the popular names and their meanings, including curious anecdotes and stories such as the la'Chichilana cafe or the Bombé promenades. and the curious story of an "influencer" seal in the villa
We will discover palaces with ghosts or churches that "exchanged the saints" or that are "upside down ". A street that turns into a river once a year... a thousand anecdotes and stories that make it the city with the most columns in Spain (almost 4 km of arcades).
We will go from medieval streets and some buildings of that time to large modernist palaces built as residences for the industrialists who arrived from "the Americas" in the 19th century, passing through Baroque palaces and even the jewel of 21st century architecture.
During the 2 and a half hours that we will be together you will discover that Avilés is full of charming corners.
Taking the music kiosk in the Parque del Muelle as a starting point, we propose a quiet walk through the historic center of the Sabugo neighborhood, the origin of the city, and through the emblematic streets of Galiana or Rivero with their houses with the arcades that have made so singular or to contemplate the nineteenth-century Avilés and the beginning of the 20th century with its modernist architecture.
In short, everything that has given it its current character.
Think no more,
WE ARE WAITING!