High Street

The most important street is the "CALLE CORRIDA". Is a totally pedestrian street.


Shopping: There are chothes shops like Mango, Zara, Desigual, Punto Roma, etc...

Food & drink: There is a Burguer King at the end of the street with two floors.

Tech houses: There is a Phone House at the street begining and a phone case store.

Sports

These are some sport clubs: 

RGCC: Real Grupo de Cultura Covadonga is a multisport club based in Gijón, Spain. The club was founded in 1938 and is the biggest sports club in Asturias. It has got more than 50,000 members, It's more than the most important football clubs of Asturias (Sporting de Gijón and Real Oviedo).

CTG: The "Club de Tenis de Gijón" (CTG) is a private sport club located in Somió, Gijón. It has approximately 2,300 members.

CNSO: Club de Natación Santa Olaya is a multisport club in Gijón like the RGCC but with less members.

Crafts

Traditional craft workshops coexist with a new culture of trades, based on innovation, the re-use of the raw materials that have been the basis of their productions for centuries, and the increasingly decisive incorporation of new ones and, above all, a bold treatment of the forms and a decided incorporation of the design.

Ceramics

Wood

Metal

Paper and paperboard

Glass

Food & drink

The most important plates of Asturias are:

The Fabada: It is composed of white beans and other components like sausage, blood sausage and lacon.

Asurian pot: It's like the fabada but with cabbage.

Croutons with hash: Autumn is time of slaughter in many towns of Asturias and making hash of the slaughter are realized with hash.

Drink in Asturias

The Cider: The main drink typical Asturian is the natural cider that has been made for centuries in the region and is difficult to find outside.

The apple is the main ingredient, of which it is obtained a delicious fermented juice of unique flavor. In Asturias you will find a multitude of cider houses where you can taste it.

You can see more of the asturian gastronomy here (in spanish): 

http://www.verdenorte.com/gastronomia-de-asturias

Welcome to Americans in Asturias

Welcome to this blog. Here, you will get surprised discovering Asturias. The gastronomy, customs, the myths, festivities...

Asturias is a region of Spain in the north of the peninsula. It has near 1.2 million people. The 3 most important cities, are Gijón; the capital, Oviedo; and Avilés.

 

If you live in NYC or in Washington D. C., and are intested to visit Asturias, you can flight to The capital of Spain, Madrid, and then flight to the airport of Oviedo. It is very small!