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Photographing Gijon

Gijón pairs a full-size city beach with a fishing-village old quarter, Roman ruins under glass at the water's edge, and some of northern Spain's most serious cider culture.

Where to shoot

  • Elogio del Horizonte — Chillida's 1990 concrete sculpture on Cerro de Santa Catalina, its hollow arches said to hum when sea wind passes through them.
  • San Lorenzo Beach — Gijón's nearly 1.5-kilometer crescent city beach, backed by a Belle Époque and modern seafront promenade.
  • Termas Romanas de Campo Valdés — 1st-century Roman bathhouse ruins preserved under glass at the edge of San Lorenzo Beach.
  • Cimadevilla's sidrerías — the old fishing quarter's cider houses, where sidra natural is poured from shoulder height to aerate it before drinking.

When to go

June, when the Cantabrian coast is warm enough for the beach but before the August crowds and peak cider-festival season fill Cimadevilla.

What to eat

Order fabada asturiana (a rich white bean stew with chorizo and morcilla) or cachopo (two breaded veal cutlets stuffed with ham and cheese) -- both Asturian staples, not just Gijón specialties.

Where to stay

Base yourself in Cimadevilla or along the San Lorenzo Beach promenade, within walking distance of the Roman baths, the cider houses, and the climb up to Cerro de Santa Catalina.

Order sidra by the bottle, not the glass -- it's meant to be poured a splash at a time (a culin) and drunk immediately before it goes flat, not sipped slowly like wine.

Read more in Gijón Travel Guide: Chillida's Elogio del Horizonte & San Lorenzo Beach.

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