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Cabarceno wildlife park
Category: ZOO in Penagos
Cabárceno wildlife park is located around 10km from town of Santander, near Penagos. It offers a home in semi-liberty to hundreds of animals representing all the zoological communities of the Earth: tigers, bears, lions, jaguars, elephants, rhinoceroses, giraffes, buffalos and many more, living and...

Santillana del Mar

Cave of Altamira
Category: Cave in Santillana del Mar
Cave of Altimira ("high view" in Spanish) is located near the town of Santillana del Mar in Cantabria. It is famous for its Upper Paleolithic cave paintings featuring drawings and polychrome rock paintings of wild mammals and human hands.The cave has been declared a World Heritage Site by ...

Santander

Cathedral of Santander
Category: Cathedral in Santander
Cathedral of Santander was built in 13th-century. It was damaged in the 1941 by fire and restored later. The restored, fortresslike building, holds the tomb of historian/writer Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo (1856-1912) - one of famous people of Santander. The 12th-century crypt with a trio of low-slu...

Puente Viesgo

Cave of Pasiega
Category: Cave in Puente Viesgo
The Cave of Pasiega is situated near Puente Viesgo, in the middle of the river valley Pas, around the cave of Hornos de la Pena and the Castillo Mountain. It is a cavity more then 400 meters long. La Pasiega Cave was discovered by H.Obermaier and P. Wernet in 1911. It is one of the most important mo...

Potes

Monastery Santo Toribio de Liébana
Category: Monastery in Potes
Monastery Santo Toribio de Liébana is situated in Cantabrian mountains, near Potes. It is a Franciscan monastery founded prior to the 6th century. The monastery stands alongside Jerusalem, Rome, Santiago de Compostela and Caravaca de la Cruz as one of only five places with the privilege to celebrat...

URL: http://www.santotoribiodeliebana.com/

Laredo

Battle of Flowers festival (last Friday of August)
Category: Events & Festivals in Laredo
The Battle of Flowers (batalla de flores ) festival occurs every year on the last Friday of August in Laredo. During the festa large floats are entirely covered with flowers and petals are paraded along the central streets.

Laredo

Town ancient fortified wall
Category: Ancient architecture in Laredo

Pielagos

Chapel of San Cipriano in Oruna
Category: Church in Pielagos

Miengo

Church of Cudon
Category: Church in Miengo

Pielagos

Medieval Fortress of Velo
Category: Fortress in Pielagos
The medieval tower of Velo (Torre Medieval de Velo) is located near town of Arce (municipality of Pielagos), at the old road between Santander and Torrelavega. It was belonged to the family of the Ceballos-Escalante and exercised fiscal control of the passing of the river of Pas. On the other side ...

Suances

Los Locos beach
Category: Beach resort in Suances
Los Locos beach (Playa de Los Loco) is 350 meters long and 10 meters wide beach near Suance. It is composed of sand and pebble and has a strong wind and waves.

Miengo

Beach of Chichia
Category: Beach resort in Miengo

Santona

Playa de Berria
Category: Beach resort in Santona

Arenas de Iguna

Palacio de los Hornillos
Category: Palace in Arenas de Iguna
Palacio de los Hornillos is located south of Las Fragaus and north of municipal center - Arenas de Iguna.

Santillana del Mar

ZOO of Santillana del Mar
Category: ZOO in Santillana del Mar

URL: http://www.zoosantillanadelmar.com/

Santander

Prehistory and Archaeology Museum of Cantabria
Category: Museum in Santander
The Regional Museum of Prehistory and Archaeology of Cantabria (Museo Regional de Prehistoria y Arqueologia de Cantabria) in Santander is one of the very best in the region and features displays chronicling the Upper Paleolithic period.

URL: http://museosdecantabria.com

Pielagos

Bustamante Palace
Category: Palace in Pielagos
Bustamante Palace (Palacio y capilla de los Bustamante) is located in Renedo de Piélagos (municipality of Pielagos).

Colindres

Folk music festival SAUGA (August)
Category: Events & Festivals in Colindres
Every year in August town of Colindres (Cantabria , Spain) holds a Sauga Folk music festival celebrating local and international folk music. The festival is very popular and attracts lots of participants and visitors.

URL: http://www.sauga.es

Santander

Palace Magdalena
Category: Palace in Santander

Pielagos

Valdearenas Nudist Beach
Category: Beach resort in Pielagos
Valdearenas Beach is located west of town of Liencres (municipality of Pielagos), surrounded by Natural Park of the Dunes of Liencres. The beauty and strong waves make this beach one of the most requested for nautical sports (as surf) and to practice nudism.The beach is around 2,8 kilometers long an...

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