Barcelo Hotels & Resorts in Oviedo

The filmmaker Woody Allen used to say that Oviedo is like a fairy tale and Oviedo returned the honor by placing a statue of him in its historic center. A grateful city, with an important pre-Romanesque heritage that has earned it the title of World Heritage Site, it is inevitable to know it without savoring a glass of properly poured cider accompanied by a good cachopo and the best rest at Barceló Hotels & Resorts in Oviedo. It may not be the food of fairies, but it certainly leads to paradise.

15 minutes from the city center is Mount Naranco where two of the most emblematic pre-Romanesque buildings that can be found in the area rest: Santa María del Naranco and San Miguel de Lillo, built in the 9th century. From Barceló Hotels & Resorts in Oviedo you can follow the traces of the pre-Romanesque in the Foncalada fountain and in the church of San Julián de los Prados.

To get to know the local character, it is essential to stay in the center, where the Barceló Hotels & Resorts in Oviedo awaits, and to be able to stroll through the Plaza de El Fontán, where today the market of the same name resides. Not far from there is the Plaza de la Constitución, with the church of San Isidoro el Real and the Town Hall fighting to establish themselves as protagonists of the place. If what you are looking for is to feel like you are inside the pages of La Regenta, you must go to the narrow streets of El Antiguo, where the Cathedral is located.

The cider ritual is an art in itself, not only pouring it -serving it by placing the bottle over your shoulder and making the liquid hit the edge of the glass- but also serving it, in small amounts, and drinking it, always in one drink. If you want to make sure you have lived Oviedo, you should try it without any qualms.

Get to know the wonderful Asturian capital from the hotels in Oviedo of the Barceló Hotel Group.