Holiday apartment in Santianes: architectural heritage, routes and Castillo de Tudela

Santianes offers you a place to choose a holiday apartment where rural architectural heritage, ecclesiastical culture, historic sites and festive traditions come together. Numerous traditional buildings shape the character of the village, along with almost ten hórreos and two paneras. This gives your trip planning several tangible focal points: you can explore the villagescape, history, routes or regional festivals without reducing Santianes to just one type of experience.

San Juan and traditional architecture

The Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Bautista is located in the village. It is listed in Asturias's cultural inventory under code IPCA-EI-44-28-01. The parish church of San Juan de Santianes is an 18th-century building in the vernacular style and is dedicated to San Juan.

Castillo de Tudela above the Nalón Valley

The ruins of Castillo de Tudela are located in La Focara, in the parish of Santianes, in the area surrounding Santianes. They were built on a pre-Roman fortification on Picu Castiellu. In the area around Santianes, Castillo de Tudela is a fortress belonging to Oviedo.

Castillo de Tudela stands on a high, cone-shaped hill above the valley of the Nalón River and overlooks the historic route from Oviedo to León. The visible remains include parts of the tower, a section of the wall and the outlines of a double moat. The site therefore combines a striking terrain setting with tangible traces of its history as a fortification.

A break on the road to Santianes

There is a picnic area with benches and tables on the road to Santianes, where you can enjoy nature. A nature-focused break is therefore another documented option around the village, alongside the cultural and historical themes of the church, traditional architecture and castle.

Routes between Santianes and the surrounding area

The San Bernardo de Menthon route runs through the parishes of Olloniego and Santianes across the heights of the Sierra de Fayeo. It reaches Santianes beside the cemetery. The route from Olloniego to Santianes and Tudela Agüeria follows the AS-244.

For further orientation in the Oviedo area, the selected rural routes are also relevant: they are designed for travel by car, although city buses can also be used on many sections. If you choose a holiday apartment in Santianes, you can plan your routes around this distinction and differentiate between car-oriented sections and those where city buses may be used.

Three days of San Juan festivities

The traditional San Juan festivities in Santianes comprise a three-day programme with activities for children, traditional cuisine, religious events, live music and dancing at night. The festivities add a lively note to the historic buildings and the routes shaped by the surrounding landscape.

Further destinations for you to choose from: Las Caldas, Siones, Faro, Cortina, Oviedo, Villapérez, La Manjoya, Nava.

Back to the overarching travel overview: Oviedo.