Cornellana Voyage Tips and guide

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Coming from Oviedo on the Camino Primitivo, Cornellana is the second town with ATMs and a somewhat bigger grocery store.

ALSA stops here coming from Oviedo.

From the Asturias airport it's usually the best to take a non-stop ALSA bus to Oviedo and then an ALSA bus to Cornellana.

Map of Cornellana

The town can be easily explored on foot.

• 43.40905-6.156791 Monastery of San Salvador de Cornellana (Monasterio de San Salvador). The monastery was founded in 1024. The church of San Salvador, in Romanesque style, was renovated in the second half of the 17th century. It has a basilica plan with three naves, of which the central one stands out for its height, possibly due to the 17th century renovation ; separated by cruciform pillars, with a header with three apses and a tower attached to the right side, with two floors and a square plan.  

• San Juan - June 24. The traditional "Foguera de San Juan" is held
• Our Lady - August 15: On August 14, as the opening of the Cornellana festivities, it is traditional to hold a cider festival in the cloister of the Monastery, in which the attending neighbors bring different typical foods.

• Salmon Fair (Capenastur) Coinciding every year with the opening of the salmon fishing season. The fair is held to coincide with the opening of the salmon fishing season, during which, if the necessary conditions permit, the "Campanu" of Asturias is auctioned. For these purposes, the Campanu of Asturias is considered to be the first salmon validly sealed in the established official centres, as has been considered in the other editions of the fair. The term "Campanu" was coined in Cornellana, when the town's residents saw the first salmon swimming up the waters of the Narcea River, and they informed the monks of the Cornellana Monastery, who would ring the bells to inform the entire region of the event, since the arrival of this fish brought abundant benefits.

Cornellana has two ATMs. The ATM of Unicaja Banco does not charge a fee for withdrawing money with an international credit card.

There is a grocery store called minymas tiendas.

La Taberna offers pinchos (skewers) on Too Good To Go for pick-up from 8pm for €2.99 (Nov 2024).

Pilgrims can sleep in the monastery, which is open all year round.

To Salas on the Camino Primitivo in the direction of Santiago de Compostela.