We are two couples in our youthful 70's who will be travelling from Porto, Portugal to the Bilbao/San Sebastian, Spain vicinity in early October - yes, October - of 2025. We are experienced travelers in good health, used to the usual physical, cultural, language etc. challenges and surprises that travel entails.
We would like to stay in one place somewhere on the Costa Verde for 5+/- nights and have begun to research several towns: Llanes, Cudillero, Ribadesella, Oviedo, Gijon, Luarca, and Luanco with the thought of picking one of those (or another, based on your suggestions). We prefer smaller towns (we consider Gijons and Oviedo "not smaller"), ideally one with convenient access to some services - cafes/restaurants, food shopping, and the like. A couple of different trips we took in recent years that have the flavor of what we seek included a week in Salema, Portugal and a week in Cadeques, Spain.
Here's the challenge: We hope to not have a car. We have studied the transportation options for getting from one town to another, but my question has more to do with staying in one smaller town that has both a coastal location and the basic services of the like I mentioned above accessible without a car. Bus would be okay, but walking distance, say 1km, would be ideal.
I realize that our time frame will not allow us to see all there is to see along the Costa Verde. And we might end up reconsidering our "no car" stance. But for the time being we're sticking to it.
Thoughts? And thanks in advance.