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Historic neighborhood
Cimadevilla
Gijón's oldest neighborhood, of Roman origin, on the peninsula of Santa Catalina, with streets of the old fishing quarter, the arcaded Plaza Mayor and the sidrerías.
Astúrias · Spain
Gijón
In the destination Asturias and Cantabria.
In the photo: Gijón, Cimadevilla and San Lorenzo beach
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
What to expect from Gijón.
Gijón is Asturias' largest city on the Cantabrian coast, about 30 km from Oviedo. The Cimadevilla quarter, an old fishermen's neighborhood on a peninsula, preserves the Roman baths, the Plaza Mayor and the Palacio de Revillagigedo, and atop the Santa Catalina hill stands the sculpture Elogio del Horizonte by Eduardo Chillida. Beside it, San Lorenzo beach forms a 1.5 km shell next to the center. To the east lie the Universidad Laboral, the largest building in Spain, and the Atlantic Botanical Garden. There is also the Museum of the People of Asturias and the aquarium.
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The local experience
What to see in Gijón
Beach
Playa de San Lorenzo
Urban, 1.5 km shell-shaped beach in Gijón's center, accompanied by the Muro promenade, with the church of San Pedro at one end and the mouth of the Piles River at the other.
Archaeological site
Termas romanas de Campo Valdés
Ruins of the Roman public baths of Gijón, from the 1st century, discovered in 1903 beneath Campo Valdés, with the cold, warm and hot rooms and the underfloor heating system.
Sculpture
Elogio del Horizonte
Monumental concrete sculpture by Eduardo Chillida, installed in 1990 on the top of the cerro de Santa Catalina, facing the sea; it became a symbol of Gijón.
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Palace
Palacio de Revillagigedo
Baroque palace from the early 18th century on the plaza del Marqués, built atop a medieval tower, joined to the former colegiata de San Juan Bautista; it houses a cultural center.
Monument
Universidad Laboral de Gijón
Complex built between 1948 and 1957, the largest building in Spain, with a tower of about 130 meters and an elliptical church; today it is the Laboral Cidade da Cultura.
Garden
Jardín Botánico Atlántico
Gijón's botanical garden, opened in 2003 in Cabueñes, featuring the flora of the Atlantic region, a historic garden with century-old trees and a riverside wood.
Museum
Museo del Pueblo de Asturias
Open-air ethnographic museum opened in 1968, with hórreos, traditional houses, a cider press and the museu da gaita, in a park of 35,000 m² near the praia de San Lorenzo.
Aquarium
Acuario de Gijón
Aquarium opened in 2006 on the praia de Poniente, with about 60 tanks and 250 species, organized into routes that go from Asturian rivers to the world's oceans.
Routes in Spain
Gijón is part of the Northern Way to Santiago on foot
The Camino de Santiago along the Cantabrian coast: from the Basque Country to Galicia on foot, via San Sebastián, Bilbao, Santander and Gijón, between the sea and the green mountains.
