Santillana del Mar

By plane

Santander Airport

By train

By bus

• La Cantabrica, Nav 5, El Campon, Penacastillo, tel 42342701, 942720822 fax 942346988 operates bus services from Santander Bus Station (estación de Autobuses de Santander) to Santillana del Mar from Sep 1 until Jun 30 at 10.30 and 11:30AM, 1.05, 5, 6.15, 7.15 and 8:30PM. Journey time: 40 minutes, price: € 2.25 single (December 2009).

• Autobuses Garcia operate services to and from Altamira and Torrevelaga.

By car

• from Santander: take the highway to Torrelavega - exit “Requejada”, go ahead to Barreda, turn right on road CA-131 to Santillana del Mar, or exit “Puente San Miguel” and take the CA-133 road to Santillana del Mar.
• from Asturias: take the “Autovía del Cantábrico” (Cantabrian Highway) or N-634 to Puente San Miguel, then the CA-133 road to Santillana del Mar.
• from Madrid, Bilbao, Burgos, Palencia or Valladolid: take the highway to Torrelavega, then as above
• from Comillas: take the CA-131 road.

• Suances 6 Km.
• Torrelavega 6 Km.
• Comillas 16 Km.
• Santander 30 Km.
• San Vicente de la Barquera 30 Km.
• Parque de Cabárceno 30 Km.
• Picos de Europa 70 Km

Museums

• Museo Diocesiano de Regina Coeli

  phone: +34 942818004, +34 639830520
  address: El Cruce

• Museo Jesús Otero

  phone: +34 942818806
  address: Plaza de Francisco Abad
  museum of the Cantabrian scultpor Jesús Otero

• Museo y Centro de Investigación de Altamira

  phone: +34 942818005

• Museo de la Inquisición el Solar

  phone: +34 942840273
  address: Escultor Jesús Otero
  museum displaying torture tools and "instruments for public humiliation"
• El Museo de la Tortura or Torture Museum contains an impressive collection of instruments of torture from around Europe, including those used in the Spanish Inquisition. The museum is interesting and rich in history, but be warned that it is not for the faint of heart!

• La Cueva Mitológica

  address: Calle El Cantón

Churches

• Collegiata de Santa Julianaabbey dating to the 12th cent, beautiful Romanesque church, in ancient times one of the most powerful monasteries of Spain, attracting many noble families who built their houses in Santillana del Mar

• Claustro de la Colegiata

  phone: +34 639830520
  address: Plaza del Abad Francisco Navarro
  Romanesque cloisters dating to the 12th and 13th cent with scenes from the Bible and fighting scenes

• Convento de las Clarisas

  address: Rúa Jesús Tagle

• Convento de las Dominicas

  address: Calle Antonio Niceas

Houses and Palaces

• Casas del Águila y la Parra

  phone: +34 942818398
  address: Calle Juan Infante

• Casa de los Sánchez Tagle

  phone: +34 942818141
  address: Calle de Velasco

• Palacio de Velarde

  address: Plaza de las Arenas

• Casa de los Quevedo

  address: Calle del Río

• Palacio de Peredo - Barrera

  phone: +34 942818171
  address: Santo Domingo

• Casa de los Hombrones

  address: Calle Cantón
  decorated with Baroque coat of arms saying 'Un bon morir es onra de la vida' - A good dying honours life

• Casa del Marqués de Santillana

  address: Calle Cantón

• Casa de los Bustamante

  address: Calle de la Carrera

• Casa de los Villa

  address: Calle Santo Domingo

• Plaza Ramón Pelayo o del Mercado

• Casa de los Barreda - Bracho

  address: Calle Santo Domingo

• Torre del Merino

  address: Plaza Ramón Pelayo

• Torre de Don Borja

  address: Plaza Ramón Pelayo

• Casa de la Infanta Paz

  address: Plaza Ramón Pelayo

• Casa de la Archiduquesa

  address: Calle Río Cantón

Further out

Rameessos

• AltamiraA cave with prehistoric paintings, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

• Santillana zoo

• Comillas

• San Vicente de la Barquera

• Oyambre National Park

• Queveda

• La Barca de Calderón

  address: Carretera de Santillana del Mar a Viveda
  house of the Calderón de la Barca family, 15th cent

• Santa María de Viaceli

  address: Cóbreces, on the road from Santillana del Mar to Comillas

• Complejo del Monte Castillo

  address: Cuevas del Castillo

• Cueva de Covalanas

  phone: +34 942645504
  address: Ramales de la Victoria
  rock paintings, more than 15000 years old

• Cueva de Chufin

  phone: +34 942727457
  address: Riclones (Rionansa)

• Ecomuseo Saja-Nansa

  address: Puente Pumar (Señorial Valle de las Poblaciones)

• Suances

  address: Ría de San Martín

• Torrelavega

  address: N-611

• Zoo

  phone: +34 942818125, +34 942840175
  address: Ctra. Puente de San Miguel

Local Festivals

Swimming

• Ubiarco (5 km),
• Cobreces (10 km),
• Comillas (17 km),
• Oyambre (20 km) and
• Suances (10 km)

• Los Blasones

  phone: +34 942818070
  address: Plaza de la Gandara 8
  old fashioned restaurant,

• Casa Cossio

  phone: +34 942818355
  address: Plaza Abad Francisco s/n

• Café Concana

  phone: +34 942840161
  address: Calle los Hornos

• La Joraca

  phone: +34 942840137
  address: Los Hornos

• Altamira

  phone: +34 942818025
  address: Cantón

• Taberna del Chus

  phone: +34 942818122
  address: Calle del Río

• Los Nobles

  phone: +34 942818042
  address: Calle Carrera

• El Catillo

  phone: +34 942818377
  address: Plaza Mayor

• Casa Ángel

  phone: +34 942818227
  address: El Cantón

• Parador Gil Blas

  phone: +34 842818000
  address: Plaza de Ramón Pelayo

• Altamira

  phone: +34 942818025
  address: Calle Canton 1, 39330 Santillana del Mar, Cantabria

• Parador de Santillana - Gil Blas

  phone: +34 942028028
  address: Plaza Ramon Pelayo 11
  ancient mansion of the Barreda-Bracho family, with wooden floors, traditional furniture and 28 rooms

• Posada Araceli

  phone: +34 942840194
  address: Calle La Robleda 20, 39330 Santillana del Mar, Cantabria

• Tourist Information (Oficina de Turismo) Calle Jesus Otero 26, tel 942818812

• Guardia Civil

  phone: +34 42 818 010
  address: Avda. Antonio Sandi, s/n

• Centro de Salud Altamira (Health Center)

  phone: +34 942838515, +34 942820684
  address: Barrio La Teja, s/n, 39530 Puente San Miguel

• Hospital de Sierrallana (Hospital)

  phone: +34 942847400, +34 942847402, +34 942847403, +34 942847505 (urgencies)
  address: Ganzo, s/n, 39300 Torrelavega

• Farmacia (Pharmacy)

  phone: +34 942 818 369
  address: Jesús Otero, s/n

• La Cantabrica operates bus services from Santillana del Mar to Santander Bus Station (estación de Autobuses de Santander) from Sep 1 until Jun 30 M-F at 7:15AM, daily at 10:15AM and 3:45PM, M-F at 6PM, Sat and Sun at 7.30 pnm. Journey time: 40 minutes, price: € 2.25 single (December 2009).
• Autobuses Garcia C/H.Alcalde del Rio, 2 Bajo, Torrelavega, tel 942891640 fax 942891104 operate bus services from Santillana del Mar to Torrelavega.