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Stage 16 · Camino del Norte

Llanes → Ribadesella

449km km to Santiago
31,2 km Distance +480 m Ascent −480 m Descent 36,0 km Effort 11 h 18 Time needed · On foot

Beaches, villages and the Sella

A long stage with many possible stops: 31.2 kilometres with 480 metres of ascent and the same of descent, difficult because of the distance rather than the hills. You leave Llanes through Poo and Celorio, with its monastery and its beaches, and pass Barro and Niembro, where the church is mirrored in the inlet when the tide comes in. It is a stretch of small villages, tracks and local road, with coves every few kilometres and bars in almost all of them.

Halfway through, the route turns inland through Naves and Villahormes and reaches Nueva de Llanes, the village with the most services of the day and the best place to eat. Then the switchbacks continue between meadows, through Piñeres and Cuerres, with the Sierra del Cuera on your left and the sea out of sight, and the kilometre count starts to weigh.

The final descent enters Ribadesella over the long bridge across the Sella, with the town and the harbour on one side and Santa Marina beach, lined with indiano houses, on the other. Ribadesella is a big town with everything, the cave of Tito Bustillo and a seafront promenade for stretching your legs.

Tips

Leave early: the stage is long and with so many beaches you lose time without meaning to.

Eat in Nueva de Llanes; from there on there is little before Ribadesella.

Gulpiyuri beach, near Naves, is a step off the route and worth the short detour.

If you are struggling, the stage splits at Nueva de Llanes, where there is somewhere to sleep.

In Ribadesella get a stamp at the hostel or the church, and book ahead in summer and during the week of the Sella descent.

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Profile and services

Elevation profile of the stage from Llanes to Ribadesella, 31.2 kilometres, with services placed at their kilometre point.

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Llanes 31.2 km Ribadesella

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What to see on this stage 20

  1. Basílica de Llanes Church km 0,0
  2. Capilla de San Roque Church km 0,0
  3. Capilla de Santa María Magdalena Church km 0,0
  4. Iglesia Church km 2,2
  5. Iglesia de San Salvador Church km 5,9
  6. Capilla de la Magdalena Church km 8,1
  7. Capilla D'Animas Church km 8,7
  8. Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores Church km 8,8
  9. Iglesia Church km 9,1
  10. Iglesia de San Antolín de Bedón Church km 11,7
  11. Iglesia de San Antolín de Naves Church km 13,7
  12. Ermita de San Vicente Church km 13,9
  13. Ermita de San Antoniu Church km 15,1
  14. Ermita de la Blanca Church km 18,2
  15. Iglesia de San Jorge Church km 18,3
  16. Capilla del Cristo de Nueva Church km 18,5
  17. Iglesia de San Pedro Church km 21,5
  18. capilla Church km 22,2
  19. Ermita de San Martín Church km 25,3
  20. Iglesia Santa María Magdalena Church km 30,6

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