Modoo, known as the Calatrava (in honor of the architect who designed it), is a shopping mall…read morelocated in Oviedo city center. It's only a couple of blocks away from the Llamallique station and a short walk from Oviedo station, a few buses stop nearby, so it's quite well located. THE GOOD It's my favorite mall of central Oviedo, not counting Intu/Parque del Principado. There's a Primark, H&M, Pull and Bear, Springfield, Shana, Benneton, El Corte Inglés (accesories, woman, men, and supermarket), Sephora and others. There's a coffee shop in the first floor, and a Burger King, a restaurant and a pizza place on the second floor. The shops are open until 10 pm and the restaurants on the second floor usually close between 11 pm and midnight. As usual in Oviedo, the shops don't open on Sundays except for 10 designated Sundays a year. The restaurants open daily, although if you're used to having lunch before 1 pm you might have to wait around for Burger King to open. Wifi is free, but spotty at best. I recommend using H&M's (password is shopatHM if I'm not mistaken) or sitting in front of the uncomfortable plastic benches in front of El Corte Inglés and fill out a form with your name, email and postal code. There are two networks, named something like MODOO and Modoo-Free-Wifi but they rarely work. If you have the time to sit at Burger King it might take about 10 minutes for the network to connect. THE BAD This might not be criticism directly for Modoo, but I think it's weird that shops don't open on Sundays. I don't wanna hear about how 'workers need days off too' cause I'm sure there's a lot of unemployed people in Spain more than willing to work weekends and holidays, but I guess that wouldn't be cheaper for the employers. The main problem with the Calatrava, and I mean the building itself, is that it has an enormous amount of leaks. You might find pots in the middle of the corridors collecting the water dripping from the ceiling. Mr. Calatrava didn't do such a great job, it seems. I also heard the spikes were supposed to move up and down, but the mechanism is broken. As it happens a lot in Spain (perhaps in Europe as a whole too, I don't know), you are actually not allowed to take photographs inside the mall. I'm sure both yelpers and millenials have an issue with that. There's a lot of empty shops. At least half of the mall itself is empty shops, and it's really depressing. They tried to add some fancy multicultural photographs to the empty Windows and showrooms, though. They should really work on getting their wifi fixed. THE UGLY Even though the building is absolutely amazing (it looks very cool and you can see it from the top of Monte Naranco), it's a shame that it can look so desolated. This isn't happening just to Modoo, Los Prados has the same problem, but the building is so unique that it really makes it the poster boy for wasted opportunities. I spent a lot of time in Modoo during my almost 3 month stay in Oviedo and it would be a shame to see more stores disappear without being replaced. It's a really beautiful building and I wish that they could work on making it more prominent. Otherwise, it just seems like a waste. Modoo itself gets three stars, but the building design deserves at least 4.

Before I publish my review, Los Prados has an average score of four stars. 'How?' I wonder,…read morecomparing it to the other few malls in Oviedo. Even if there's not a lot to compare it to, it definitely isn't a four star mall. First of all, it's located like 2.5 kilometers away from the city center (which, to me, is Oviedo station), so it's not exactly within walking distance for every day shopping, and if you have a car then nevermind. You could take a bus, definitely, but for that money you might as well go to the Intu Asturias mall. The area doesn't have that much around it, either. The best thing about Los Prados is probably the Carrefour, one of my favorite grocery stores. It's very difficult to find a Carrefour in Oviedo (even when in Madrid you can't throw a rock around without hitting a Carrefour express) so this is a life saver. If this mall gets any stars, trust and believe it's thanks to Carrefour! The mall itself looks desolated half the time. There aren't a lot of stores (which Modoo also suffers from: the lack of actual stores in the mall), and the few with presence in Los Prados are expensive and boring. No H&M, no Primark, no Forever21. Nothing to browse or to impulse buy. I found the food court lackluster as well, and don't get me started on the cinemas. I have an issue with cinemas in Spain in general (imagine a world where everything you want to watch is dubbed in Castillian Spanish... Children's movies, sure, but everything is dubbed), but these are so pricey! And to watch a blockbuster film from 4 months ago, dubbed? No, thanks... Oviedo definitely deserves better, but everyone is so complacent... Let film companies know we can read! The bathrooms are a mess, and they smell of urine sometimes. They should rarely do so. Next! I wouldn't choose to spend a rainy Saturday (cause, as with everything big here, it closes on Sunday) here. I'd rather go to Intu, or if I'm too lazy to take the train, even Modoo. Maybe this was impressive for Oviedo back in 2008, but it's 2017.