Cudillero is a council with a population of about 6.500 inhabitants, dedicated to agriculture, livestock, fishing and services. Currently, tourism is an activity in rapid progress. The town of Cudillero, capital of the council, is a very beautiful town with fishing roots. In the area of San Martín de Luiña, in the so-called valley or quarter of the Luiñas, the main activity continues to be agriculture. It is worth highlighting the brañas area for being the cradle of the Cowboys of Alzada.
Villa of Cudillero
Houses that are staggered upwards, forming consecutive urban terraces that are gaining height; to better understand the photogenic of the place they can initially walk the route of their viewpoints: The walk to the lighthouse, La Garita, La Atalaya, El Pico ... and thus spot a sea of houses below us and the Cantabrian Sea in the distance.
Cudillero is a town born and developed around the fishing activity. It once had the largest fleet in Asturias and one of the most important in the Cantabrian Sea.
Cudillero, the mirror of the sea
Few fishing villages are reflected in the water like Cudillero. A villa that gives its name to an entire… Read more
Palacios Set Selgas
In the town of El Pito is the Selgas Palace Complex, popularly known as the Asturian Versailles. Apart from a dream decoration: tapestries, clocks, furniture, inside you can discover an impressive collection of works of art, with oil paintings by Titian, Goya and El Greco.
To arrange visits:
Selgas-Fagalde Foundation. The fifth
El Pito (Cudillero). 33154 Asturias
Phones: + 34 985 59 01 20 / 34 985 59 00 02 XNUMX
Beach Concha de Artedo
The bathroom in its waters is unbeatable, for its easy access, its quiet and rural environment, and its unusual cleaning is the busiest beach in the council of Cudillero.
It also has an important cultural background, since historically it has been Obligatory stopover for pilgrims on their way to Santiago. Today, Artedo is still a kind of relaxing refreshment in the stage that runs between the villages of Cudillero and Luarca.
Beach Concha de Artedo
The Shell of Artedo is, as we say the Asturians, a "beautiful beach", at times … Read more
Beach of Silence
Protected space within the western coast of the Principality. It is shaped like a shell and does not exceed 500 meters in length where the cliffs and scattered islets combine. Fine, golden sand alternates with gravel and pebbles. A semi-wild enclave frequented by sport fishermen and fans of underwater fishing.
The beach of Silencio or Gaviero
Its name says it all, Playa del Silencio is a silent place where the cliffs close in on each other... Read more
Beach of Gueirúa
Gueirúa beach is light and silence, an overwhelming panorama that changes tone and atmosphere very frequently. It can become a disturbing landscape of sharp rocks, like fangs emerging from the ocean, or a wonder of nature that is overwhelming for being majestic.
Beach of Gueirúa
The beaches of the municipality of Cudillero, Like this Gueirúa, they have a … Read more
Cabo Vidio
About 10 kilometers from Cudillero and Playa del Silencio, is Cabo Vidio, from which you can see Estaca de Bares or Cabo de Peñas. This cape, one of the northernmost in Asturias, has a famous lighthouse, the most recent on the Spanish coast. This cape forms a cliff 80 m above the sea and one of its biggest attractions is the church, which is a cave formed by the erosion of the waves and which can be visited at low tide.
Cabo Vidio
The powerful Cantabrian Sea has carved this work of art on the Costa Verde, within the Protected Landscape of the… Read more
Sablón viewpoint
Surely someone has already recommended it to you and you still have it among your pending destinations. If so, you shouldn't think too much about it. As soon as you can you should go to the Sablón viewpoint, and sit down to taste the wild beauty of the Asturian coast without rush or distractions.
Sablón viewpoint
Surely someone has already recommended it to you and you still have it among your pending destinations. If so, no... Read more
Routes vaqueiras
The Vaqueira region is made up of five Asturian municipalities: Cudillero, Valdés, Allande, Tineo and Salas. This territory was inhabited until the middle of the 20th century by one of the most marginalized ethnic groups in the history of Spain: the vaqueiros de alzada.
There are many itineraries that we can undertake to recover the visual memory of a town with a nomadic vocation, dedicated to transhumant livestock farming and herding, which has dotted the routes of brañas and temporary pastures. An impressive landscape that does not disappoint.
The vaqueiras routes
We are talking about an area of friendly and rounded mountains that flank innumerable valleys and that flow,… Read more
A little history
Historians claim that the first settlers of the capital were fishermen from other ports on the Cantabrian coast or from more distant seas that arrived escaping from the Normans. The shape of the port, in the shape of an elbow or knuckle, could well have given the name to the town. In any case, human settlement in the council dates back to prehistory, with the discovery of carved songs and varied instruments in Salamir and La Atalaya, belonging to the parishes of San Martín de Luiña and Santa María de Piñera, respectively. In the municipality they have been inventoried five pre-Romanesque forts: La Garita, in Riego Arriba, La Cavona, in Lamuño, El Curión in Santa María de Piñera and El Castro, located in Peñedo.
Much of the council of Cudillero was under the feudal power of the Omaña for nearly three hundred years (from the XIII to the XVI). A rather despotic rule that led to constant confrontations and fights. During the feudal period, fishermen formed their guild. From here sailors left for the coasts of Flanders, England, Scotland or Portugal, and many participated in the siege of Gibraltar and in the campaigns to conquer Seville and La Florida.
The Modern Age confirms the pixueta village as one of the main fishing centers in Asturias. The remodeling works of the port began in 1787 and, according to Jovellanos, cost 400.000 reales. The oldest building in the Pixueta capital is the Humilladero chapel, Gothic from the 13th century, although what is preserved today is only a part of the primitive chapel, which was always linked to the devotions of seafaring families.
At the end of the 19th century, the Palace of the Selgas in El Pito (a place adjacent to the town of Cudillero), a complex of palace, gardens and pavilions designed by the illustrious archaeologist Fortunato Selgas, which today is known as the Asturian Versailles.
Festivities
· San Marcos, April 26, San Cosme.
· L'Amuravela, June 29, Cudillero.
· San Pedro, June 29, Cudillero.
· San Pablo, June 30, Cudillero.
· San Pablin, July 1, Cudillero.
· Pilgrimage of Santa Ana, Cudillero.
· Los Dolores, third Sunday in September, San Martín de Luiña.
· Santiago, July 25, Novellana.
· San Roque, August 16, Ballota and Oviñana.
Markets and festivals
· Weekly market, every Friday in Cudillero.
· Contest-exhibition of cattle on November 11 in San Martín de Luiña.
· Pinchu Hake Gastronomic Festival, in June, Cudillero.
· Fiesta del Curadillo, in the month of July or August.
Useful telephone numbers
Town hall.
Plaza de San Pedro s / n. Tno 985 590 003.
Text: © Ramón Molleda for asturias.com
