The small town of Santillana del Mar boasts several nobleman`s mansions with wrought-iron balconies and huge traditional coats of arms. They were built between the...

The Diocesan Museum is housed in the 17th Century Convento de Regina Coeli. It houses a fine collection of religious art that was restored by...

This collegiate church is dedicated to St Juliana, an early medieval martyr. It dates from the 12th Century, and it is built on the site...

The prehistoric paintings in the Altamira Caves were discovered in 1879, and these vivid depictions of bison and horses eventually became a major tourist attraction....

From Punta del Dichoso are panoramic views of Suances, the beaches and small islands. The headland can be accessed by a road from the end...

The largest beach at Suances is Playa de la Concha which is almost half a mile long and over 100 yards wide. This beach is...

The Palacio de Sobrellano is a late 19th Century Modernista building designed by Juan Martorell for the Marquis of Comillas. Nearby is El Capricho, a...

The Cuevas del Castillo are prehistoric caves which were home to Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon man. Tools and weapons have been discovered here. There are stalactites...

The Church of Nuestra Senora de los Angeles was built in the 13th Century at the end of the Romanesque period. It has two...

The Museum of Fine Arts houses a mixed collection of art, including portraits and etchings by Goya and some 16th to 18th Century paintings by...

Santander Cathedral was badly damaged by fire in 1941 but was rebuilt in the Gothic style. There is a baroque altarpiece. The most interesting feature...

The Archaeology and Prehistory Museum contains copies and photographs of the paintings in the Caves of Altamira as well as artefacts. These prehistoric caves, about...

Located near the Playa de los Peligros, the Maritime Museum houses a wide variety of exhibits ranging from an aquarium to the skeleton of a...

The Peninsula de la Magdalena is a wooded headland east of the centre of Santander. Here is the Palacio de la Magdalena which was built...

Cantabria has over six thousand caves and several of these can be visited. The El Soplao Cave has unique formations of helictites and is exceptionally...

Potes is a small, handsome town sitting below mountains in the Picos de Europa. Many of the cobbled strets have houses with balconies and there...

These prehistoric caves are located in a large karstic complex that has many underground galleries. Inside the limestone caves are prehistoric drawings, some dating from...