Yesterday we traveled from to the city of Oviedo (population 220,000) to the much smaller city of Llanes (population 14,000). Both population figures from 2018. It was a 1-1/2 hour bus ride.
We have an airbnb here and will stay a week before we head back to the States.
We spent much of today strolling around town, learning our way around, getting some info about hikes and tides at the tourist office, and then making some plans for how we want to spend our days here. And, of course, going to the grocery store for coffee pods for our airbnb’s nespresso-like coffee machine.
To me, Llanes feels much larger than 14,000 population. There are many many restaurants and bars and grocery stores. It’s on the camino so we see pilgrims walking through. (Today I went to a China store to get some paper to do our planning on. A pilgrim couple from Australia were in line with me. They were excited about the rubber pole tips they had found there for €1. They did look just like the $10 pole tips I got at REI.)
There are three small beaches right in town and an amazing beach cliff walk.
