Salas
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.
Getting to Salas
Highway A-63 snakes up the valley from Oviedo, 46 km. ALSA buses run hourly from Oviedo, taking an hour via Grado and Cornellana, and continuing to La Espina and Tineo. Buses make multiple stops in town.
Worth seeing
- 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.
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.
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.
Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: H. Zell (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.