Salas
Salas, from Spanish ‘salas’, is a Spanish surname of Germanic and Jewish origin, and a common family name in the Spanish-speaking world.

Salas, from Spanish ‘salas’, is a Spanish surname of Germanic and Jewish origin, and a common family name in the Spanish-speaking world. It is ranked amongst the most common surnames found in Costa Rica and in Mexico.
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Worth seeing in and around Salas
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Castillo de Salas
The Castillo de Salas is a castle in the town of Salas in the region of Asturias, northern Spain. It first appeared in documentation in 1124.
300 m · castle in Salas, Asturias, Spain · Wikipedia - 02church of San Martín de Salas
Monasterio de San Martín de Salas is a monastery in Asturias, Spain.
400 m · church in municipality of Salas, Cultural Interest Asset · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Castillo de Salas
It houses the Museo Prerrománico de San Martín, with 10th century pieces and tombstones.
- 02San Martín de Salas
Parish church re-built in the 16th century over a 10th century predecessor.
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Things to do
Carmen Zuleta Park is east side of town. El Nortte del Olimpo is a fitness centre at San Roque 16, south of the Church of Santa María la Mayor. Piscina Municipal is an outdoor swimming pool at Río Lleiroso 16. Camino Primitivo is the original course of El Camino pilgrimage trail to Santiago. It starts in Oviedo and passes through Grado, Cornellana, Quintana and Casazorrina to Salas.
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Where to eat
Casa Pachón is at La Campa 4 just west of the castle, open daily 10:00-23:00. El Molin de Salas is at Entrerios 2 off Plaza Principe de Asturias, open Tu 10:30-16:30, W-M 10:30-23:30. Castillo de Salas Hotel (below) serves non-residents Su-Th 12:00-17:00, F Sa 12:00-23:00. Menéndez at Plaza de la Veiga del Rey 30 is open M-Sa 07:30-00:00.
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Getting to Salas
- Airports
- Asturias (OVD), 25 km · Santiago-Rosalía de Castro (SCQ), 184 km · Bilbao (BIO), 271 km
- Santiago de Compostela → Salas195 km · quickest by road, 4h 9m · €28–40
- Bilbao → Salas270 km · quickest by road, 4h 46m · €33–46
- Madrid → Salas395 km · quickest by air, 5h 10m · €140–210
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Salas
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Salas. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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