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Do Carnival depicted by Evaristo Valle Puerto Deportivo is the leisure marina, sheltered by breakwaters west of the peninsula neck. Forus is a pool, sports and fitness centre on the breakwater east end of Playa de Poniente. Centro de Cultura Antiguo Instituto is a cultural centre at Jovellanos 21, just south of Basilica of the Sacred Heart. Teatro Albéniz is a concert hall at San Bernardo 62. Teatro Jovellanos is at Paseo Begoña 11. Asturias Casino is within Hotel Hernán Cortés, open daily 18:30-02:30. Football: Sporting de Gijón play soccer in Segunda Division, the second tier. Their stadium El Molinón (capacity 29,000) is by the Parador. Golf courses are to the southeast. Municipal courses are El Tragamón and La Lloreal. Real Club de Golf de Castiello is near Castiello Bernueces. Deva Golf is a pitch and putt. Beaches: you're not in the Med remember, so factor in tides and chilly waters. Poniente is the most central, a half-moon of sand west of the marina. Arbeyal is a smaller sandy beach 1 km west of Poniente. Pity about the vista of industrial dockland. San Lorenzo is the main city beach, a…

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