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.
The two beach photos: interesting comparison.
Thanks, Henry. We just happened to be strolling in the morning along the harbor and beach when it was low tide. Then we made a point to go again when it was high tide to see how things were different. I’m always amazed what a difference the tides make.
It seems like moving from one little town to another and staying at each for a week is idyllic. Like maybe you could do this for a long time. Or are you anxious to get home?
It is a great thing to do. This is the first time we’ve stayed at two different places after a camino walk. It is nice to just settle in and relax in one place after being on the move, a different place each night, when walking on the camino.
We are glad we have a few days left here in Spain, but we are thinking we’ll be ready to head back home when our time is up here. Monday is our last full day here in Llanes. Tuesday we catch a bus back to where we started this trip and we’ll fly home on Wednesday.
Looks like a nice little town. Enjoy it.