Asturias · Luarca
Boat hire in Valdés
Boat hire in Valdés: one company registered in Luarca, with trips and skippered rental from the harbour, and the big fleet 70 km away in Gijón, with 16. With phone, website and Google rating. No commission.
- Companies
- 1
- rental among its services
- Price
- €250 – 1,500 / day
- indicative
- Licence
- No licence needed up to 5 m and 15 hp
- Season
- June – September
- peak July and August
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Hiring a boat in Valdés
Luarca is the capital of Valdés and the white town of the western Asturian coast, with the fishing harbour at the mouth of the Río Negro, the lighthouse and the cemetery on the cliff, and it has one boating-experience company registered at the harbour, with 11 Google reviews, running skippered trips along the coast; there is no bareboat. It is the only offer between Gijón, 70 km away with 16 companies, and Ribadeo, 40 km with 3. From Luarca you sail east to Cabo Busto and Cadavedo or west to Puerto de Vega and Navia, in good weather.
The season runs from June to September. It is open Cantabrian: swell nearly always, a tide of more than four metres and a bar at the Luarca harbour mouth at low water.
Ports and departure areas
Puerto de Luarca
Fishing and leisure harbour below the lighthouse. 1 company within 500 m.Types of boat you can hire in Valdés
Skippered
- Requirement
- None: the skipper is in charge
- Companies
- 1 company
- Price
- boat price plus €50 – 250 per day (indicative)
Motorboat or RIB
- Requirement
- ICC or a Spanish PNB/PER licence
- Price
- €250 – 650 / day (indicative)
How much does it cost to hire a boat in Valdés
Indicative high-season prices from the directory's reference table, reviewed September 2026: a no-licence motorboat costs €120–250 a day; a RIB of 6–8 m, €250–650; a 10–12 m sailing yacht, €400–900 bareboat or €600–1,500 skippered; a catamaran, €1,000–2,500; a skippered motor yacht, from €900. Expect 20–40% less outside July and August. Deposits run from €300 to €2,000 and fuel is extra. Each company sets its own prices.
They also hire boats
Companies whose main activity is something else (school, chandlery, trips) but which also offer hire.
Calypso experience
Frequently asked questions
Do I need a licence to hire a boat in Luarca?
The local company's trips are skippered, so no. To sail this coast bareboat, with swell, an ICC or Spanish licence; no-licence boats have little sheltered water here.
How much does a boat cost in Luarca?
A skippered trip from €600 a day or by the seat; a RIB with licence from Gijón, €250–650. Indicative high-season ranges; fuel and deposit are extra.
Where can I sail from Luarca?
East to Cabo Busto and the Cadavedo beach, or west to Puerto de Vega and Navia, under 10 miles, always in a calm sea.
Where do boats leave from?
From Luarca harbour, fishing and leisure, at the mouth of the Río Negro below the lighthouse, where the local company is based.
Are there boat trips in Luarca?
Yes, the local company's skippered trips along the western coast. They are listed under the boat trips category.
What is Luarca known for?
The white houses stacked up both banks of the Río Negro, the fishing fleet and the cemetery on the cliff where the Nobel laureate Severo Ochoa is buried; from the sea the town reads as a single amphitheatre under the lighthouse.