What to see in Cantabria
The top 3 according to 26 votes from people: Santillana del Mar · Altamira Museum · Fuente Dé cable car. (Updated Dec 12, 2024.)
Prehistoric caves, medieval villages, the Picos de Europa and the coast: Cantabria's must-see places.
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Top 10
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1
Santillana del Mar
Cobbled medieval town with its Romanesque collegiate church.
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Altamira Museum
Replica of the 'Sistine Chapel of cave art'.
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Fuente Dé cable car
Climbs more than 750 metres into the Picos de Europa.
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Comillas and El Capricho de Gaudí
Modernista town with one of Gaudí's few works outside Catalonia.
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Cabárceno Nature Park
Animals roaming semi-free in a former mine.
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San Vicente de la Barquera
Fishing town with the Maza bridge.
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Santander and Magdalena Palace
The capital, its bay and the palace on the peninsula.
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Faro del Caballo
Lighthouse reached down hundreds of steps in Santoña.
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El Soplao cave
Cave famous for its eccentric formations.
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10
Castro Urdiales
Harbour with the Gothic church of Santa María and the castle-lighthouse.
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Potes and the Liébana valley
Medieval town and the monastery of Santo Toribio.
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Bárcena Mayor
Stone village deep in the mountains.
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Comments (2)
Fuente Dé y el teleférico con los Picos de Europa, espectacular.
La neocueva de Altamira está muy bien hecha, merece la pena.