Asturias · Spain
Where to stay in Oviedo
Oviedo is a city in Asturias, Spain, home to about 224,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel and 1 aparthotel in Oviedo, with about 24 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 2
- Best months
- June to September
- Nearest airport
- OVD27 km · Asturias Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zone
- Europe/Madrid
- Language
- Basque, Catalan, Galician
About
About Oviedo
Oviedo, officially known by the bilingual name Oviedo / Uviéu is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain and the administrative and commercial centre of the region. With a population of 220,027, it is also the 2nd-largest city in Asturias.
Neither the Romans nor the Umayyad Moors saw any use for this poor isolated region. Oviedo was settled from 761 AD and although the Moors wrecked it in 794, they never ruled this far north. The Christian petty kingdom of Asturias was thus cut off by mountains and hostile neighbours, and evolved a unique "pre-Romanesque" style of architecture. (Fourteen examples survive, with four in Oviedo.)
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Oviedo
See
- Cathedral of San Salvador
- Museum of Fine Arts
- Archaeological Museum of Asturias
- Town Hall
- Plaza del Fontán
- Jardines del Campillín
- San Juan el Real
- San Julián de los Prados
- Santa Maria del Naranco
- Sagrado Corazón de Jesús
- Museo Histórico Militar de Asturias
- El Bosque Zoo
Do
- Real Oviedo
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Oviedo
2 places to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Barceló Oviedo Cervantes hotel | |
| Oviedo Calle Del Postigo Bajo aparthotel | 24 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Oviedo
26 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Balneario Real Las Caldas Blau Hotels & Resorts | 6.9 km | |
| Hotel de la Reconquista | 1752 | 0.3 km |
| AC Hotel Oviedo Fórum by Marriott | 0.6 km | |
| Apartamentos Rurales Antojanes | 6.0 km | |
| Apartamentos Rurales Argame | 7.4 km | |
| Aparthotel Campus | 0.8 km | |
| Blau Gran Hotel Las Caldas Blau Hotels & Resorts | 6.9 km | |
| Blau Hotel Las Caldas Blau Hotels & Resorts | 6.9 km | |
| Eurostars Palacio de Cristal | 1.0 km | |
| Exe Oviedo Centro | 0.6 km | |
| Gran Hotel España | 0.4 km | |
| H.Albar Mieres | 14.1 km | |
| Hotel & Spa Princesa Munia | 0.3 km | |
| Hotel Campoamor | 0.3 km | |
| Hotel Cityexpress Covadonga | 0.2 km | |
| Hotel La Campana | 10.9 km | |
| Hotel Nature Oviedo | 0.7 km | |
| Hotel Palacio de La Viñona | 4.4 km | |
| Hotel Ruta de la Plata de Asturias | 22.7 km | |
| Hotel Sercotel Ciudad de Oviedo | 0.5 km | |
| Iberik Hotel Santo Domingo Plaza | 1.0 km | |
| La Hospedería Oviedo | 0.5 km | |
| Nap Oviedo | 1.0 km | |
| NH Oviedo Principado | 0.3 km | |
| Silken Monumental Naranco | 1.1 km | |
| Viviendas Oviedo Catedral | 0.4 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Oviedo
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Oviedo are June to September. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; October is the wettest, with about 118 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Oviedo: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Asturias Airport (OVD), about 27 km from the city centre in a straight line; León Airport (LEN, 87 km) is also within reach.
Getting in
Asturias Airport (OVD) is the closest, 40 km north on the coast near Avilés. It has flights from Madrid, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Sevilla and other Spanish airports, and a few international flights. An Alsa bus runs hourly 08:00-01:00 from the airport to Avilés, Oviedo and Gijón. Madrid airport has far more connections and a direct bus to Oviedo. Oviedo railway station has trains every couple of hours from Madrid Chamartin, taking 3 hr 30 min via Segovia, Valladolid, Palencia and León. These may start from Valencia or Alicante, and continue to Gijón or Avilés.
Getting around
Walking is the best way to see the old centre, as streets are traffic-restricted. 30 TUA bus lines ply the city. Bus stops have real-time displays. The adult single fare is €1.20 in 2025, children under 4 free; a book of ten tickets is €3.60 so you save from the fourth journey. Bicycle hire, spares and repairs are available at Santana at San Pedro de Mestallón 4 and Carma Bike at Ángel Muñiz Toca 12, both M-Sa. The city doesn't have a bike-share system. Taxis wait at the bus station and numerous other central locations.
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OVD · Asturias Airport
LEN · León Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Oviedo
Eat
Typical Asturian dishes include fabada asturiana (bean stew), cachopo (breaded veal with ham and cheese), and cheeses such as cabrales, gamoneu and afuega'l pitu. Rice pudding (arroz con leche) is a popular dessert.
Drink
Cider (sidra) is the region's signature drink: see Asturias for the ritual of quaffing it. It's widely available in bars and restaurants: those signed "Sidrería" or "Chigre" make a specialty of it, with several along Gascona going north from the cathedral. Bars are clustered in three areas: El Cristo 2 km west, Rosal the street southwest from El Fontán, and Mon going south from the cathedral.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Oviedo
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
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Questions
Oviedo: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Oviedo?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Oviedo are June to September. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; October is the wettest, with about 118 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Oviedo?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Asturias Airport (OVD), about 27 km from the city centre in a straight line; León Airport (LEN, 87 km) is also within reach.
What currency is used in Oviedo?
euro (EUR).
Nearby
Destinations near Oviedo
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.