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The ground behind you: what the walk into Nueva crosses, and where it could have been broken.
Tomorrow from Nueva
Nothing says you have to stop here, or there. These are simply the towns within a comfortable day's walk, so you can decide tonight.
| Town | km from here | Shared | Private | The walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piñeres de Pría | 2.2 | ✓ Yes | — No | |
| Cuerres | 6.1 | — No | ✓ Yes | |
| Camango | 6.1 | — No | ✓ Yes | The walk from Nueva to Camango |
| Ribadesella | 12.6 | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | The walk from Nueva to Ribadesella |
| San Esteban de Leces | 17.1 | ✓ Yes | — No | The walk from Nueva to San Esteban de Leces |
| La Isla | 29.1 | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | The walk from Nueva to La Isla |
| Colunga | 32.7 | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
A village on the AS-263 with basic services. The camino continues through quiet country roads and villages toward Ribadesella, passing through Piñeres and Cuerres.
April: San Jorge on the 23rd. July: San Juan on the last weekend of the month. August: Nuestra Señora del Henar on the 5th. September: Santo Cristo del Amparo, a celebration of the highest quality, on the 13th and 14th. Also La Virgen de la Blanca on the 7th and 8th.
Between Nueva and Ribadesella the camino follows along a combination of quiet country roads and foot paths, passing through the villages of Piñeres and Cuerres. It returns to the AS-263 just before Ribadesella and follows it into the city.
13. September 2026 - 23:01
Since I read scary warning about red route which branch out from Blue normal route from Nueva, my son and I decided to stick to blue route. But we took wrong turn at around Belmonte and ended up at Bufones de Pria - playa de Guadamia. My son realised it was almost on red route so he decided to try red route even though the heavy warnings by past reviews.
First of all we thought we could skip all the bushes and “unassisted river crossing” of river Guadamia, if we could just cross the sandy beach of Guadamia and get on other side of the hill which we could see the path. But it was high tide and beach was full of water. So we started following red route. After a few minutes walk we arrived upper part of the beach and that place was just shallow ford with stepping stones. So, after all, we could cross the water and got on the path of other side skipping all these bushes and whatever. Once we climbed up the hill of other side of playa de Guadamia, the rest (of red route) was just easy and sublime scenery route.
Totally recommend if you are not in hurry.
Since we did not walk first bit of red route and also skipping the bushy winding path along the river, I cannot say for sure. But my son read info about red route that since last scary warning review of red route, authority facilitated wooden bridges and tidied up messy paths for walkers to have easy access.
So do not be alert so much about red route. We were so glad we did red route.
23. August 2026 - 13:47
Even though it was Sunday noon, we had four open cafes and shops for plenty of sustenance for the remaining glorious walk from Llanes to Ribadesella. Plus saw the local tallest eucalyptus tree entry being paraded through the town with lots of joviality …
20. August 2025 - 18:04
I really comment,but the review of San Jorge is well off base. I’m sure that you did have some issue. And maybe the commenter had a roll on that too
A family run hotel very clean. They treat you nicely and they try hard. You can’t ask for more than that. They also have a restaurant when you first walk into town. The food is very good. Especially for the Camino
Route finding on the section is strangely difficult. I didn’t believe the comments below. But they’re true.suggest going on the easiest route to the Infierno recreational area cut off. Really spectacular views which you shouldn’t miss, but you’ll definitely get enough of it between this area and the next town
31. May 2023 - 13:53
Don’t follow the alternative red route out of Nueva. There is absolutely no arrows pointing you where to go and had to be on my map the whole time. The views were incredible but like the previous comment we got to a section in the forest where we had to cross the river and couldn’t for the life of us see the path. It was fully grown over. Had to follow the river to meet the blue route. This added an extra 3hours to our journey. Now we still have 15km to go till our accomodation after already doing 12km not planned. Proceed with caution.
22. September 2022 - 20:19
Take care of the alternative red route north out of Nueve. While you will be treated to some stunning views, the route leads you into the forest along the river north of Cuerres. Half way down, the route urges you to cross the river unassisted, which is achievable with care. But discernible path from here disappears into impassible thicket and despite multiple attempts to navigate, I was forced to follow the river down to Cuerres to rejoin the blue route.
31. August 2022 - 20:48
We stayed at Casa Indianas Don Tomas in Nueva. It was wonderful! It was about €55-60 for a double room. This is a house that has been in the same family for 3 generations—charming, clean and comfortable. Highly recommend it. You can find it through Booking.com.
11. May 2022 - 19:21
Hotel/pension San Jorge:
BED BUGS, DO NOT STAY HERE. Room was dirty and the toilet leaked when flushed, sanitary nightmare. They refused to refund my money, so on top of being disgusting, they are also thieves.
I should also add, when I asked for my money back, the owners son threatened me physically, I can't emphasize enough, DO NOT GO HERE
6. October 2019 - 7:16
In October it was difficult to find a restaurant that served dinner before 9pm. “Mis aires” started serving at 8. Still a little late for pilgrims.
Esta entidad ha sido beneficiaria de una ayuda del Programa de incentivos a la movilidad eficiente y sostenible (MOVES III), gestionado por la Xunta de Galicia a través del Instituto Enerxético de Galicia (INEGA) en el marco del Real Decreto 266/2021, y cofinanciada por la Unión Europea — NextGenerationEU, dentro del Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia.
