Moving to Asturias
Steps and rules that apply across Asturias, each with its official page, and the cities we cover in full.
Cities in Asturias
Steps across Asturias
Health
Book a GP appointment (cita previa SESPA)
Once you have the SESPA health card and an assigned doctor, you request family-medicine, pediatric or nursing appointments online, by phone or in person.
Continue US prescriptions and bring medication into Spain
You can carry personal medication into Spain within limits, but ongoing treatment needs a Spanish prescriber and some drugs require AEMPS permission.
Get vaccinated in Asturias (seasonal campaign and appointments)
How the regional health service (Sespa) runs the autumn flu and COVID-19 campaign and where to book.
Getting around
Get the CONECTA card for buses and trains across Asturias
CONECTA is the personal, pay-as-you-go transport card of the Consorcio de Transportes de Asturias (CTA) valid on urban and intercity buses and Renfe/Feve trains across Asturias, with per-trip fares by zone and a monthly…
Emergencies
Report a crime (poner una denuncia) in Gijón, Oviedo or Avilés
In Gijón, Oviedo and Avilés crimes are reported to the Policía Nacional at its report offices (oficinas de denuncias); some minor offenses can be started online and must then be signed at a police station within 72…
Education
Enroll a child in school in Asturias
Children are admitted to publicly funded schools through a yearly Asturian admission process run by the Consejería de Educación; families who arrive outside the ordinary period apply directly through the nearest school.
Pets
Register your dog in Asturias
Every dog in Asturias must meet the veterinary and identification rules for dogs.
Good to know in Asturias
- Access your Asturias digital health record (Mi asturSalud and Historia Clínica Digital)
- Asturian language and place names (asturianu, Xixón)
- Asturias regional IRPF deduction for dependent children (cuidado de descendientes o adoptados hasta 25 años)
- Asturias regional IRPF deduction for home adaptation for taxpayers with disability
- Asturias regional IRPF deduction for moving your tax residence to Asturias for work (traslado de domicilio fiscal por motivos laborales)
- Asturias regional IRPF deduction for renting your primary home (deducción por arrendamiento de vivienda habitual)
- Asturias regional IRPF deduction for unpaid care of an elderly person over 65 (acogimiento no remunerado de mayores de 65 años)
- Asturias school year calendar 2026-2027
- Buying a home in Asturias (process basics)
- Dentists and eye care: what the public system covers
- Find your assigned public health center (centro de salud)
- Get around the Gijón–Oviedo–Avilés triangle
- Handle your rental deposit (fianza) in Asturias
- Know how to call 112 in Asturias
- Know the Asturias regional taxes that affect residents
- Know the cost of living in Asturias (prices and household spending)
- Know urgent care vs the ER (and when to call 112)
- Learn Spanish at a public adult education center (CEPA)
- Learn a language at an Escuela Oficial de Idiomas (EOI) in Gijón, Oviedo or Avilés
- Live with Asturias’s humidity and mild-wet climate
- Mental-health support: 024 line and SESPA services
- Obtain the Asturias public health card (tarjeta sanitaria)
- Private health insurance: when it is required
- Public holidays in Asturias, 2026 and 2027 (with Oviedo and Avilés local days)
- Register as a job seeker with Trabajastur (SEPEPA)
- Registro Civil offices in Gijón, Oviedo and Avilés (births, marriages, deaths, certificates)
- Rental deposits (fianza) in Asturias: no regional deposit agency
- Shop opening on Sundays and holidays in Asturias
- Understand rent levels in Asturias’s main cities (Gijón, Oviedo, Avilés)
- Understand the convenio especial (paying into public healthcare)
- Understand wages and the 2026 minimum wage in Asturias
- Use pharmacies and find the farmacia de guardia
- Your first Asturias health card is issued in person
Official sites for Asturias
- Servicio de Salud del Principado de Asturias
- Boletín Oficial del Principado de Asturias
- Sede Electrónica - Gobierno del Principado de Asturias (miPrincipado)
Topics: Health · Housing · Education · Taxes
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