Why this ride
From Oviedo it runs 129 km to Oviedo; allow about 2 h 10 of riding. On the way it passes La Peña de Candamo, Eglise Santa Maria de Soto de Luiña and back through La Peña de Candamo.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
La Foncalada and Eglise Santa Maria de Soto de Luiña
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 129 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 10
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. La Foncalada
Oviedo has a tiny fountain that is older than almost everything else in the city, and it sits in a gap between two streets a few steps from the cathedral. La Foncalada, a little stone building with a gabled front and a pool inside, was built in the ninth century in the time of King Alfonso III, and it is the only surviving civil building of the Asturian pre-Romanesque style in the capital. Water from a spring still flows through it, and a pilgrim on the Camino Primitivo, the oldest of the routes to Santiago, passes by on the way through town. It is easy to walk past without noticing, which would be a pity.
Read the complete La Foncalada write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
La Foncalada is where the day begins. Next is La Peña de Candamo.
2. La Peña de Candamo
In the hills above the Nalón valley in Asturias, a cave hides one of the great collections of Paleolithic art in Spain. The Cueva de la Peña de Candamo, near San Román de Candamo, was discovered in 1914 and contains paintings and engravings of horses, bison, deer, goats and other animals, made during the Upper Paleolithic, and a remarkable wall of engraved figures. It is part of the UNESCO listing of cave art in northern Spain, and unlike some other caves, it can be visited, though only in limited numbers and for part of the year, so book ahead.
Read the complete La Peña de Candamo write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
La Peña de Candamo comes up about 32 km into the recorded legs. Next is Eglise Santa Maria de Soto de Luiña.
3. Eglise Santa Maria de Soto de Luiña
Soto de Luiña is a quiet parish in western Asturias, a short way inland from one of the wildest stretches of the Cantabrian coast, and its church of Santa María is the reason the village has a name beyond the region. The building is baroque, rebuilt in the eighteenth century around older foundations, and alongside it stands the former pilgrims' hospital that once took in walkers on the coastal Way of Saint James. The church's interior, with its gilded altarpieces, comes as a surprise in such a small place, and the whole ensemble gives a sense of how the Camino shaped even modest villages along the route.
Read the complete Eglise Santa Maria de Soto de Luiña write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 64 km into the recorded legs you reach Eglise Santa Maria de Soto de Luiña. Next is back through La Peña de Candamo.
4. back through La Peña de Candamo
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete La Peña de Candamo write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through La Peña de Candamo, late in the day. Next is La Foncalada.
5. La Foncalada
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete La Foncalada write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at La Foncalada. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
La Foncalada to La Peña de Candamo
La Foncalada → La Peña de Candamo is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
La Peña de Candamo to Eglise Santa Maria de Soto de Luiña
La Peña de Candamo → Eglise Santa Maria de Soto de Luiña is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Eglise Santa Maria de Soto de Luiña to back through La Peña de Candamo
Eglise Santa Maria de Soto de Luiña → back through La Peña de Candamo is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through La Peña de Candamo to La Foncalada
back through La Peña de Candamo → La Foncalada is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.