Alda Palacio Valdés
About this hotel
Alda Palacio Valdés puts guests in the middle of Avilés' Old Town, on the opposite bank of the river from the Óscar Niemeyer Cultural Centre's white curved forms, one of the most photographed buildings on this stretch of the Asturian coast. The hotel itself is a modern, straightforward base rather than a period property: air-conditioned rooms come with a work desk, an in-room safe, free Wi-Fi and a flat-screen TV, and each private bathroom includes a hairdryer and free toiletries. What sells the stay is the address rather than the architecture. Restaurants and tapas bars start within 100 metres of the front door, and the train station is a level 700-metre walk away, useful for day trips along the coast or inland to Oviedo. Reception staff double as a local information point for what to see beyond the Old Town itself.