Northern Way ‧ Stage 22
Northern Way
On foot
34 stages
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About this stage
This stage has nothing to do with the previous one. We could even describe it as a legbreaker, as it will be a continuous up and down, crossing rivers, creeks, highways, viaducts, beaches and many hamlets and neighbourhoods.
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At this point, there are two possible alternatives to the original route. The first consists of deviating from the Espiritu Santo viewpoint towards El Pito, following the coast and passing through Aguilar beach. The second, which begins immediately after crossing the Nalón River and passing through San Esteban de Pravia, continues from there to Muros de Nalón. Cyclists and people with reduced mobility must exercise extreme caution on this stage
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Stage profile
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Itinerary
Km 0 ‧ Avilés
We set off from Avilés heading towards one of the largest beaches in the area: Salinas. In order to get there, we take Alemania avenue and go up to San Cristobal. After a few bends, we reach Peñasanta street. We continue through a forest area slightly uphill, cross a stream and keep walking up to La Plata.
We come out onto road AS-320 and continue carefully along the road to Piedras Blancas, bordering La Armada fort and leaving San Miguel de Quiloño church to our left. Keeping straight, we take a tunnel and take a new path that leads to Piedras Blancas. We cross the village and take the track towards Sierra del Cordel, descending later to La Ventaniella (Santiago del Monte)
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Km 12,7 ‧ Santiago del Monte
We cross the road that leads to Asturias airport and take road AS-318. Shortly after, we reach a junction where we will turn left to take a forest track across the woods to Soto del Barco. We go down the road to San Juan de la Arena and cross road AS-318 to climb to beautiful San Martín’s fort, in the small hamlet of El Castillu. As we follow the same road, we soon reach Soto del Barco.
Km 19 ‧ Soto del Barco
We follow the road that passes by Palacio de la Magdalena hotel to soon cross the river Nalón by the bridge of road N-632, which we will continue on for a while until we leave it by taking an uphill dirt path to the left.
Shortly after, we cross Era neighbourhood and come out onto road N-632, which we soon leave again, this time to the right, to continue all the way to today’s final detination: Muros de Nalón.
Km 23,2 ‧ Muros de Nalón
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