Llastres Voyage Tips and guide

Llastres is a village in Asturias on the north coast of Spain. Its population is in decline, dipping below 700 in 2024, and its heyday was in the 16th / 17th century hunting whales for their oil. It has a charming old centre sloping steeply to the harbour. When the TV soap Doc Martin was re-made in Spanish in 2008 as Doctor Mateo, Llastres was the location, fictionalised as San Martín del Sella.

43°30′36″N 5°16′12″W

Map of Llastres

A-8 is the highway along the north coast of Spain. Llastres is 42 km east of Gijón and 140 km west of Santander.

Alsa buses run four times a day from Colunga, taking 6 min.

You need wheels to explore beyond the village.

• Village centre has higgledy-piggledy steep cobbled alleys. Torre del Reloj is the clocktower in its centre, a 4-story building from the 18th century.
• Playa de El Escanu is the 350 m beach at the foot of the village. Limited parking and it's covered at high tide.
• 43.5152-5.27221 Santa María de Sábada, El Carmen. The parish church was built in 1757 with the bell tower added in the 19th century, standing prominently above town.  (updated Jan 2026)
• 43.5167-5.26922 San Roque is a small chapel built in 1616. Good views of the sea and mountains from up here.

• El Muelle is the harbour breakwater north side of the village, with views back across the bay.
• Playa de Lastres is the beath 500 m south of the village.
• 43.5011-5.25973 Playa la Griega is the largest beach, with camping. It's exposed, good for surfing but not kiddy-bathing. Dinosaur footprints can be seen at its east end.
• 43.5011-5.27414 Museo del Jurásico de Asturias (MUJA), Rasa de San Telmo, ☏ +34 985 868 000. Feb-Jun & Sep-Oct W-Su 10:00-17:00, Jul Aug daily 10:30-19:00. Jurassic Park outside is free but it's just full-scale models of dinosaurs, you can't pet, feed or ride them. The museum has the fossils. Adult €7.21, child or conc €4.75.  (updated Jan 2026)

• The beaches are exposed to the Bay of Biscay, so they're better for surfing and kite-surfing than swimming.
• The nearest golf course is 20 km west at Villaviciosa.
• Camino del Norte is one of the pilgrimage trails of El Camino converging on Santiago de Compostella. It was popular during Moorish rule as their control didn't stretch this far north. The local stages are from Ribadesella to Colunga (21 km), thence to Villaviciosa (18 km) where you can stay on this trail to Gijón or switch inland to Camino Primitivo from Oviedo.

Only small shops here, nothing resembling a supermarket. A village institution is the fishmonger La Chucha, open Tu F Sa 09:00-13:00.

• On the seafront are Marbella, Pizzeria Mamma Mia, Casa Eutimeo, Hotel Lastres Miramar and El Escanu, with La Rula by the harbour.
• Within the village are Casa Mateo, La Botica, El Cafetin and El Mesón del Pescador.

Cider is the main drink of Asturias, though it also produces some wine.

Bars in LLastres are Rancho Chico, Cafe Lastres and Bar El Puerto.

• 43.5132-5.26791 Hotel Lastres Miramar, Bajada al Puerto, ☏ +34 670 848 423. Simple seafront hotel.  (updated Jan 2026)
• 43.5147-5.27022 Palacio de los Vallados, Pedro Villarta, ☏ +34 696 105 989. Comfy trad hotel.  (updated Jan 2026)

As of Jan 2026 Llastres has 4G from Vodafone and 5G from Movistar. There's a good signal from all carriers on the road from Colunga, but along the coast it's cut off by the hills.

• Villaviciosa made its money in the 19th from trade with the Americas and has the architecture to show it off.
• Gijón is a large and mostly modern city but has an old centre on its peninsula neck.