Cudillero
Asturias
● 1′51″ of totality
Amphitheatre of colourful houses over the Cantabrian Sea, a stone's throw from the centre line. Almost 1 min 51 s of totality with open sea to the west.
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The path will fill up — book early. These towns are INSIDE totality, with good western horizons and verified durations.
Luarca
Asturias
● 1′52″ of totality
The white town of the green coast: harbour, lighthouse and 1 min 52 s of totality, among the longest in Spain.
See accommodation →Ribadesella
Asturias
● 1′41″ of totality
Estuary, beach and the Picos de Europa as a backdrop. 1 min 41 s of totality with a sea horizon.
See accommodation →Astorga
León
● 1′38″ of totality
Gaudí, the Way of St James and the clean skies of Maragatería. 1 min 38 s of totality.
See accommodation →Aguilar de Campoo
Palencia
● 1′45″ of totality
Palencia's Romanesque heartland and a reservoir with an open western horizon. 1 min 45 s of totality.
See accommodation →Covarrubias
Burgos
● 1′48″ of totality
Medieval town on the Arlanza river, very close to the centre line. 1 min 48 s of totality.
See accommodation →Vinuesa
Soria
● 1′45″ of totality
Urbión pine forests and some of the darkest skies in Iberia: eclipse and Perseids on the same night.
See accommodation →Laguardia
Álava
● 1′23″ of totality
Walled hilltop town among Rioja Alavesa vineyards. 1 min 23 s of totality, glass in hand.
See accommodation →Morella
Castelló
● 1′42″ of totality
Castle and walls at 1,000 m with the huge horizons of the Maestrat. 1 min 42 s of totality.
See accommodation →Peníscola
Castelló
● 1′42″ of totality
The Papa Luna castle over the Mediterranean: 1 min 42 s of totality at sunset, looking inland.
See accommodation →Valldemossa
Mallorca
● 1′38″ of totality
The Serra de Tramuntana with the Sun just 2–3° above the sea: the most extreme (and photogenic) version of this eclipse.
See accommodation →Fornells
Menorca
● 1′05″ of totality
Open bay in northern Menorca. Brief totality (1 min 5 s) with the Sun skimming the sea: a one-off postcard.
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