"Santillana del Mar" a Santillana Travel Page by DanielF

Santillana del Mar, a lovely Medieval village 30 km away from Santander, is considered to be one of the most beautiful villages in Spain. It is really worth a visit but it attracts thousands of tourists and it's full of souvenir and tourist shops... Try to come in the low season, in a day week, and you will enjoy its visit much more. By the way, Santillana del Mar has one of the most charming paradores in Spain. So why don't you offer your partner a romantic stay there?

Outside the village you can visit the new museum that hosts the replica of the Altamira caves and its prehistorical paintings, considered to be among the most important in the world. The new museum is beautiful and well integrated in the environment and the replica is really well done. If you want to visit the real cave, you should know there is a waiting list of years...