Google Maps: Ardines limestone hill. Estuary of the River Sella.
Caves with Palaeolithic art in the final part of the Sella Valley, where a great concentration of sites and decorated caves is located.
Closed from 1st to the 31st of january 2023
From 1st to 28th february and from 1st november to 31st december:
From 1st march to the 30th june and from 1st september to 31st october
From 1st july to 31st august
Tel. (+34) 902 306 600 / (+34) 985 185 860. On-line: Reservas Cueva Tito Bustillo: http://central.recreaasturias.es/index.php?apartado=Tito&idioma=es
La Cuevona and Chapel of Virgen de la Guía, in Ribadesella. Church of Santa María in Junco. Church of San Esteban in Leces. Museum of the Asturian Jurasic in Rasa de San Telmo. San Juan de Duz (Colunga).
El Arenal or the Beach of Santa Marina, in Ribadesella. The Dinosaur Coast (coast between Ribadesella and Gijón).
Palaeolithic rock art
The Cave Art Centre is a facility dedicated to the display of artistic collections from the Tito Bustillo cave. Here the visitors can find out when the cave was discovered, who inhabited it and how the rock art is preserved inside it.
The entrance to the Tito Bustillo Cave is located 300 m from the Cave Art Centre. The Rock Art Centre has a hall for cultural events, an area for educational workshops and a space for temporary exhibitions. The large permanent exhibition is devoted to Tito Bustillo Cave and Asturian rock art.
Tito Bustillo Cave is one of the best examples of Palaeolithic cave art in all Asturias. The need to maintain an environmental balance for its conservation and the difficulty in accessing most of the artistic sets led to the creation of the Tito Bustillo Cave Art Centre in 2011.
The Rock Art Centre uses the latest technological resources, exhibitions and replicas to introduce visitors to the distant prehistoric world. Authentic archaeological artefacts and reproductions, including some disappeared animals (reindeer and bison) are on display, together with photographs, maps, drawings and explanations. Divided into six sectors, the permanent exhibition, with its technological and audiovisual resources, covers the discovery of the cave, the geology of Ardines Hill, the world of Palaeolithic artists and hunters, the main decorated wall in Tito Bustillo Cave, the more hidden art in the cave, and Palaeolithic art as World Heritage.
