Asturias Overview

Mountain ranges and dense alpine forests define the Asturian landscape. Though Asturias never fell to the marauding Moors, today visitors invade to take advantage of the booming adventure tourism industry in the Parque Nacional Picos de Europa. The wide swaths of sand and lively waves of Gijón draw swarms of beachgoers, but plenty of quiet, cliff-lined coves lie just off the beaten path, where tropical and alpine vegetation mingle.

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