City: Cantabria
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Cantabria (/kænˈtæbriə/, /-ˈteɪ-/; Spanish: [kanˈtaβɾja]) is a historic Spanish community and autonomous community with Santander as its capital city. It is bordered on the east by the Basque Autonomous Community (province of Biscay), on the south by Castile and León (provinces of León, Palencia and Burgos), on the west by the Principality of Asturias, and on the north by the Cantabrian Sea (Bay of Biscay).
Restaurants in Cantabria
1. Palacio Real de La Magdalena
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 2,551 reviews
Reviewed By Zugersee53 - Nicosia, Cyprus
Great outside walk around the building with excellent views in all directions. A must to participate on the guided tours inside the building. Guided tour is in Spanish.
2. Parque de Cabo Mayor
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4.5 based on 552 reviews
Reviewed By HappySharingCompany - Altorf, France
Cabo Mayor Semaphore is a reminder of the Fiterra one in a smaller size it offers a beautiful sightseeing view on the Mouros Islands and as in Fisterra 260 degrees sea view. deligthed in early evening to watch the Sunset. Happy Sharing Happy Outside
3. Playa Primera de El Sardinero
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4.5 based on 1,360 reviews
Reviewed By HappySharingCompany - Altorf, France
Lovely Sandy beach clear Water for another visit to Saint James on Camino Santiago Retourno in Santander. Calm Waters and marvelous sunbathing really liked it Sardinero Playa is so beautiful and large it about 3 kms i guess and can be 200m large sand playa from sea water. Vamos a la Playa Happy Sharing Happy Outside
4. Playa de Matalenas
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4.5 based on 271 reviews
Reviewed By AAS5803 - London, United Kingdom
You can either walk around and enjoy the view above or go to the beach during summer season. Crystal clear water, perfect sand and amazing location.
5. Prehistory and Archaeology Museum of Cantabria
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4.5 based on 389 reviews
Reviewed By Elmo_Putney_00
This museum is incredible. Just WOW ... I was blown away!! I like this sort of historical museum and have recently seen the likes of New Grange (near Dublin) or the History Museum in Bordeaux (Musée d'Aquitaine) which has a lot of information about cave art and details the same period, but honestly this museum of Cantabrian Prehistory was an absolute gem, and a MUST SEE. I learnt so much about the history of the region. The displays are beautiful, English translation is widely offered on exhibits. Because I enjoy this sort of place I visited the archaeological museum in Bilboa, which was okay ... but really and truly Santander sets the benchmark for me. Beautiful exhibits, friendly staff, very good entry fee. This museum alone is worth visiting Santander for. Wonderful. The imagination, communication and knowledge of the curators is incredible. They have created something truly special.
6. Monasterio de Santo Toribio de Liebana
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4.5 based on 208 reviews
This 17th-century monastery contains what is reputed to be a splinter from Christ's cross.
Reviewed By melindal514
We loved this stop outside of Potes. We all speak Spanish, so we were able to enjoy the tour in Spanish by the Padre. It was fascinating to learn a bit of history of the monastery and the relics.
7. Playa de El Puntal
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4.5 based on 630 reviews
Reviewed By HappySharingCompany - Altorf, France
A little boat tour to reach the Playa and Vamos wonderful times sunbathing on clear sandy beach alloing to swim in the Ocean. Happy Sharing Happy Outside. .
8. Parque de la Naturaleza de Cabarceno
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4.5 based on 4,793 reviews
Reviewed By Gonzolongo - Edenbridge, United Kingdom
You can’t really call this place a zoo as it is so different to the norm. The enclosures are huge which is great. It is one of the first places I have been where the animals are so active and I think this is due to the large spaces they have. The bear enclosure is the best example of this whereby you have to really look around the whole rocky outcrop to spot them. You do need a car. I would recommend at least 5 hours. There is a place to get a bite to eat which is fine, but I would recommend taking a picnic. Also entrance prices are not cheap so check online first where you might get a better deal. It’s a great day out and worth the journey.
9. Peninsula of Magdalena
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4.5 based on 3,763 reviews
Reviewed By bgillat - Amherst, United States
Well preserved building in the middle of this beautiful park makes the Peninsula of Magdalena a great place to visit with families and friends. Highly recommended
10. Cave of El Castillo
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4.5 based on 690 reviews
The Cave of El Castillo contains a very well preserved cave art ensemble and an archaeological deposit with a stratigraphic sequence dating back from the Lower Paleolithic Era (about 150,000 years ago) to the Bronze Age (about 6,000 years ago).
Reviewed By BosleyCloud
Visited the cave complex that includes El Castillo on a Thursday in mid June @ around 11.00am and stayed for about 3 hours - not many other tourists visiting @ this time. The staff were very helpful, especially the young guy who was assigned to my group of 3 visitors to El Castillo - 2 Spanish visitors and myself British. He gave detailed explanations in Spanish, followed by English for my benefit, which was very helpful as you need explanations to fully appreciate the significance of what you are seeing in this superb cave. I was so impressed with this tour that I purchased a ticket to see Las Monedas as well - even though I was the only person wanting to see this second cave @ this time, the ticket staff were very helpful - fitted me in with a tour for 1 person and the same guide gave another equally detailed tour in English of this second amazing cave. I realise that I was very fortunate to have visited these caves on a quiet day, and to have been given a guide whose English was good enough for non-Spanish speakers to understand what they were encountering. I have visited other caves for study purposes and consider the tours I had @ this cave complex to be some of the best I have encountered
