Google maps suggests that the church is 800-900 metres away at least - if not further - and the city centre is about the same again. Although the capital of Asturias, and a World Heritage site, Oviedo is not that large – it has a population around 220,000. So I would have expected that ‘near to the centre’ would have been a bit, well, nearer. Unimpressed. OK, the distances still aren’t that far – but we felt it was a clear case of misrepresentation and said so (but only as we left!)
This was the view from outside the hotel. Ok, yes you can see the cathedral in the distance...
The hotel was pretty modern, with lights going on and off automatically as we walked through hallways, and windows that didn’t open. Quite annoying, really.
Parking in the underground car park was difficult in our little people mover. On one occasion I got the thing jammed on the tight curve of one of the steeper ramps. It took some effort to extricate it.
Anyway. All of those irritations aside, the centre of Oviedo was pretty pleasant. This is the cathedral closer up:
But the real charm - and tourist trap - of the city are the pedestrianised medieval streets.
Aswarm with cafes and bars - competition to get an outside table is severe.
We met one or two inhabitants...
... and strolled around
The orange, we found was really orange...
... and building sites were really blue.
So were some buildings.
After some looking around, I finally had a huge Asturian fish soup. Delicious, full of multi-legged, complex-shelled creatures, plus octopi and fishy bits. I suspect I was given soup for 4. Anyway, not understanding I ate the lot as a main course. Yum. Waddled a bit after, tho'.
We spotted these in the main park. I don't think they were being prepared for soup...
And, of course, where would we be without a tree?
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