La Espina
La Espina is a village in Asturias, Spain. It has 360 inhabitants (2023) and lies on the Original Way of St. James (Camino Primitivo).
Understand
Coming from Oviedo on the Camino Primitivo, La Espina has albergues (hostels), an ATM and grocery stores.
Get in
ALSA stops here coming from Oviedo.
From the Asturias airport it's usually the best to take a non-stop ALSA bus to Oviedo and then an ALSA bus to La Espina.
There is also an ALSA bus to the north coast stopping in Luarca and in other places on the way.
Get around
The village can be easily explored on foot.
See
Do
Buy
The ATM of Unicaja Banco does not charge a fee for withdrawing money with an international credit card.
Eat
The biggest grocery store is Supermercado El Candano at the Bar Casa El Candano. Other grocery stores are Covirán and La Tienda de Sandra. The latter offers frozen food by weight. In Covirán you can buy eggs individually.
Drink
Sleep
Pilgrims can sleep in all of the albergues, which are open all year round. Albergue Casa Aladino can be booked online. (updated November 2024)
Go next
To Tineo In the direction of Santiago de Compostela.