Free Walking Tour Essentials Oviedo

On this Free Walking Tour Essentials Oviedo you will discover that Oviedo was the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Asturias with its 1200 years old. It was the first starting point of the Camino de Santiago and the first cradle of the Spanish Enlightenment.

Join us to discover why at the hands of illustrious and unknown characters who will guide us on a journey through its gastronomy, customs and folklore as well as its peculiar culture full of art, literature and traditions that looks to the future with a renewing impulse, without giving up its glorious past full of myths, legends and identity. Get to know Oviedo with us!

What will we visit? We will go to the Monument to Alfonso II El Casto. Did you know that he was the first pilgrim? We will also pass by the Arco San Tirso, where you will discover why this pre-Romanesque window of the Asturian Monarchy is the tourist emblem of Asturias, a Natural Paradise.

We will visit the San Salvador Cathedral. Did you know that this church is the first stop on the Camino de Santiago? We will also tell history and curiosities about La Balesquida. Discover the oldest guild of guilds in Spain, Los Alcayates. In addition, Bollu Preñau also comes from here.

We cannot miss the Monastery of San Pelayo, a female cloistered monastery with great influence for more than 1000 years and we will also learn about the history of the Statue of Feijoo, Father of the Spanish Enlightenment.

The Plaza de San Isidoro is also a mandatory stop where we will talk about customs, folklore, modernity and famous people without forgetting the University. Do you know the judge-inquisitor of Santa Teresa de Jesús? Well, here in Oviedo he did something else…

To end our Free Walking Tour Essentials Oviedo, we are going to visit the square of 1000 names: La Escandalera. There you will discover why it is called that.