Location: Santillana del Mar
Top Things to do in Santillana del Mar
Top 10 Things to do in Santillana del Mar, Cantabria
Santillana del Mar (Spanish pronunciation: [santiˈʎana ðel maɾ]) is a historic town situated in Cantabria, Spain. Its many historic buildings attract thousands of holidaymakers every year.
Restaurants in Santillana del Mar
1. Calle de Juan Infante
2. Plaza Mayor de Ramon y Pelayo
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 770 reviews
Reviewed By 598marisap - Dallas, United States
This is a beautiful main square in Santillana del Mar. The town is just incredible, it is just like going back to the Middle Ages. It is surrounded by the Borja Tower, the town hall, and several picturesque houses. Everything is cobblestone, so I highly recommend to comfortable shoes.
3. Colegiata de Santillana del Mar
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 883 reviews
Reviewed By 598marisap - Dallas, United States
This is a beautiful church built in the 12th century. It is a Romanesque style temple with three naves and a magnificent tower. It also hosts a cloister, but I could not see it. I went to the Collegiate for mass at 8.00 p.m. The priest was really nice and friendly.
4. Ermita de Santa Justa
5. Museo Diocesano Regina Coeli
6. Museo de la Tortura
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 857 reviews
Reviewed By 194sales - London, United Kingdom
I’m glad I wasn’t around hundreds of years ago, my big mouth would surely have seen me meet with a terrible fate. This place bears testimony to a dark period in humanity and features crude torture devices designed to inflict and prolong maximum suffering. Beyond barbaric and cruel. Worth a few Euros and 30 minutes of your time. The fact the museum is in this medieval village makes this museum authentic.
7. Zoo de Santillana
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 846 reviews
Santillana Zoo is a 44 year old zoo where you will enjoy more than 2000 animals from all over the planet in a surface bigger than 6 football fields... You will enjoy the magic of the Butterfy house and more than 40 European endangered species programmes like the Sumatran Orangutans', the European Bisons', the Sri Lanka Leopards' and many others that you will love as well. Come and visit us and you will find out a different Zoo indeed to enjoy with or without children
8. Museo del Barquillero
9. Museo de Altamira
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 2,547 reviews
Reviewed By Samadai - Toulouse, France
Besides the actual museum, which is interesting enough in itself, Altamira offers a reproduction of the real cave, which currently can only be visited by 5 people a week for preservation reasons. But the reproduction offers a very realistic experience because it is the same size as the real one, with a lot of added information. Visits to the cave are for a limited number of people even if it’s a reproduction, and the tickets are timed for that reason. If you skip the cue as some do, and enter the museum, you will only see the museum, and miss the opportunity to see the cave, which is the unique experience offered by this museum. At the busiest times of year there is a line at the ticket office, but one can also buy the ticket on line. Tickets sold on line, however, are for guided tours. If you do not speak Spanish, the best option is to download the official museum app, which is free and works exactly as an audiogiude (and using ear or head phones is also advisable, as one should be quiet in the cave).
10. Museo y Fundacion Jesus Otero
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 58 reviews
Reviewed By bibs28 - Bournemouth, United Kingdom
This wonderful sculpture garden and museum is one of Santillana's best kept secrets. Situated next to the Colegiata - it is full of wonderful surprises. Such incredible talent.
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