Muros de Nalón to Soto de Luiña
Cudillero
- Distance
- 15.3 km
- Climb
- 320 m up, 380 m down
- Ground
- 5 to 180 m
- Time
- 4 to 5 hours
- Difficulty
- easy
- Underfoot
- forest, coastal, dirt, paved
Where this day sits on the Camino del Norte
Above, the highest and lowest ground of each of its 34 stages. Below, the word each day is given.
From open-pilgrimages: each stage's highest and lowest ground and its interior theme.
The day
Cudillero is the most photographed fishing village in Asturias — a white-house amphitheatre climbing up a steep ravine from a tiny harbour. It is a tourist town now but still a working fishing port. The Camino passes through or above it depending on the variant. The day is short enough to spend an extra hour at Cudillero's harbour eating grilled octopus or arroz marinero. Soto de Luiña at the end is quiet farming country.
What pilgrims often meet here
- The vertical white houses of Cudillero above the harbour
- A long lunch at a Cudillero harbourside restaurant
- Cabo Vidio cliffs in afternoon light
- The calm parish church at Soto de Luiña
A short day after many long ones is a gift. What do you do with a gift of time on a Camino?
The ground
Short and easy, through Cudillero (a famously photogenic fishing village climbing up a ravine) and the Cabo Vidio cliffs. Soto de Luiña is a small parish with a pilgrim albergue and a 17th-century church.
The light
Sunrise and sunset in Muros de Nalón depend on the day you walk.
Walk it with Pilgrim
In Pilgrim's Honor mode you can walk this stage as it is drawn here, and save its maps for days with no signal. The morning opens with this day's word, Cudillero, and its story. When you arrive, it asks the question above, and you can answer out loud. Your walk stays on your phone.
With Pilgrim on your phone, this opens the stage, ready to begin. Without it, you'll see the stage and where to get the app.