This isn’t a tourist destination, and I’m not quite sure why a cruise ship would come here given all the other places in Spain one could go???  The contrast with the last couple of stops was palbable.

Sensing this in advance, I had promised Jan time to shop, and she was excited … the shuttle dropped us here …

… and we headed straight for the shopping area … a couple of blocks in, and Jan quoted our granddaughter Victoria … “this is not what I ordered”, where are the nice shops? … after Bordeaux and Saint Jean’ and San Sebastian, I had to agree …

This photo makes it look better than reality!

Jan did finally find one very small boutique, but bought nothing!

So we had a quick look around the old town …

This beach disappears completely at high tide …

The old church was interesting …

… and nearby some old Roman baths “discovered by accident” some years ago … so Gijon is pretty old …

So … we came “home” to the ship and had an afternoon rest.