Carreño Municipality is one of Asturias’ coastal regions with the strongest maritime tradition, constantly facing and breathing the sea. A land of ocean-bound sailors that even inspired Clarín in his masterpiece La Regenta, Carreño’s past and present come alive in its gestures, places, festivals, and celebrations. Food lovers can’t miss the Sardine Festival or its Michelin-starred cuisine, while those eager to immerse themselves in local traditions should experience Holy Week or the Cristo Festival, one of the most popular pilgrimages in all of Asturias. But Carreño is much more than that—it is truly rural and proudly showcases Asturias’ colorful granaries (paneras), medieval towers like the one in Prendes, its many beaches and viewpoints, and its historic canning tradition, celebrated at the Canning Museum in the capital, Candás. Art also thrives here, with an open-air maritime painting museum and the Antón Sculpture Museum. On top of all this, Candás is a town of Olympians, where sports like kayaking are almost a religion, having placed Asturian and Spanish sport at the very top of its history.” Pero Carreño es mucho más, es rural donde los haya y luce como nadie en Asturias sus vistosas y coloristas paneras, sus torres medievales como la de Prendes, sus muchas playas y miradores, su tradición conservera, de la que da cuenta el Museo de la Conserva en la capital del concejo, Candás, donde también la vocación artística se vive en su museo de pintura marinera al aire libre y en el Museo Antón de escultura. Y por si fuera poco, Candás es Villa de Olímpicos, y allí deportes como el piragüismo son una religión que ha elevado el deporte asturiano y español a lo más alto de la historia del deporte.