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VILLAGES OF THE WESTERN COAST

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Enjoy an enjoyable day touring the main towns on the western coast of Cantabria: San Vicente de la Barquera, Comillas and Santillana. You will also visit the Altamira Museum and its neocave.

€ 80/ pers.

HIGHLIGHTS
 

  • Get to know the most important towns on the western coast 

  • Discover the historical complex of San Vicente de la Barquera

  • Fall in love with Comillas, with its elegant modernist buildings

  • Tour the medieval town of Santillana del Mar

  • Visit the neocave, replica of the Altamira cave

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BASIC INFORMATION
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  • Duration:  9 hours

  • Pick up points: at your Hotel in Santander  and in Torrelavega at Pabellón de la Habana Vieja

  • Languages:  Spanish

TOUR DESCRIPTION
RESERVATION CALENDAR
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Our first stop on this excursion to seethe main towns on the Western Coast of Cantabria will be on San Vicente de la Barquera, fishing and fishing village, and whose port was and continues to be the heart of the municipality's activity. During the tour we will admire the privileged environment that surroundsto this villa located in the heart of the Oyambre Natural Park . A park that we will also visit along its coastal path, you will love its estuaries, beaches, dunes and cliffs, a true natural treasure.

 

Our next stop will be to see Comillas, the only town with modernist influence in Cantabria. You will fall in love with its heritage complex formed by the Sobrellano Palace and Chapel and the Pontifical University. HereYou will have free time for shopping or to visit Gaudí's El Capricho (optional visit),   Probably the building that captivates the most eyes in Cantabria due to the colors and shapes it mixes together. We may wonder why Gaudí chose this place to place his work in a place other than his beloved Barcelona. We will find out on our visit!

 

Our excursion through the most important towns on the Western Coast will also take us to Santillana del Mar, one of the most beautiful towns in Spain and famous for itsmedieval buildings, its cobbled streets and its collegiate church of Santa Juliana, a Romanesque jewel in Cantabria. In addition, the medieval architectural complex of mansions, towers and palaces will catch our attention. Here  We will arrive around 2:30 pm and you will have free time for lunch (not included). As Santillana is very busy in summer, we recommend booking your restaurant in advance.

 

As a final touch to this day,We will travel to the Altamira Museum to visit its Neocave, a replica of the prehistoric paintings of the original cave that was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1985 and that will allow us to travel to the primal era of human beings.

 

The tour ends back at the pick-up points.

Including
 
  • Accompanying person
  • Private transportation in  minivan or van
  • Pick up at hotel (Santander) and
    in Torrelavega in the Municipal Pavilion of Old Havana)
  • Entrance to the neocave of the Altamira Museum
Not included
 
  • Gaudí's Capricho entrance (optional - supplement € 7.00/pers.)
  • Meal
  • Comfortable clothing and shoes
Recommendations
 
Please notice:
 

  • The minimum age to participate in this experience is 5 years old.

  • This tour is held in Spanish, but it can be made bilingual upon request and availability.

  • You must be at the meeting point at least 5 minutes before departure time.

  • For the excursion to take place, there must be a minimum of 4 registered. The company reserves the right to cancel the departure if the group does not reach the minimum number of participants. In such case, you would be given the option of a full refund or change of tour date.

  • For groups of at least 4 people we can do this excursion on other days outside the program. Always subject to availability and keeping the tour open to other reservations.

  • If you want to book this tour as a private tour, please contact us so we can make you a proposal. Private tours give you the possibility to choose the date of the tour, the place / time of pick-up as well as to make changes to the initial program.

  • You can cancel this reservation free of charge up to 24 hours before the start of the tour.

  • The departure time may be modified according to the time of year. In summer, the departure at 8:30 p.m. from Santander is confirmed, but the rest of the year the schedule will undergo modifications to adjust to the sunset

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