Playa de Valdearenas

Santander


Protected by the pine-filled Parque Natural de las Dunas de Liencres, this exquisite 3km-long, gold-tinged beach has a delightful natural feel and is hugely popular with surfers and beach-lovers alike. It’s an 18km drive west of Santander: take the A67 west to Boo de Piélagos, then the CA231 and CA305 north.


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Nearby Santander attractions

1. Colegiata de Santa Juliana

7.52 MILES

A stroll along Santillana’s cobbled main street, past solemn 15th- to 18th-century nobles’ houses, leads to this beautiful 12th-century Romanesque ex…

2. Museo de la Tortura

7.63 MILES

This grisly exhibition displays more than 70 grim instruments of torture and capital punishment used by the Inquisition and elsewhere in Europe. You may…

3. Casa-Museo de Menéndez Pelayo

8.27 MILES

The family home of celebrated local scholar Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo (1856–1912) stands directly behind the elaborate Biblioteca de Menéndez Pelayo,…

4. Biblioteca de Menéndez Pelayo

8.28 MILES

This vast old library with its beautiful wood-lined reading room was built in 1915 to house the 41,500 books bequeathed to Santander by local teacher,…

5. Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo

8.29 MILES

Santander’s art museum offers an extensive eclectic collection spanning the 16th to 21st centuries. Much of it is secondary Spanish art, though you’ll…

6. Mercado La Esperanza

8.4 MILES

Housed in a 19th-century cast-iron structure, the bustling Esperanza market is a lively slice of Cantabrian life. Shoppers throng two floors of stalls…

7. Catedral de la Asunción

8.52 MILES

Santander’s serene cathedral comprises two Gothic churches, one above the other. The 14th-century upper church, extensively rebuilt after the 1941 fire,…

8. Iglesia del Santísimo Cristo

8.52 MILES

Two superposed Gothic churches make up Santander’s cathedral. In the lower, older, 13th-century Iglesia del Santísimo Cristo, glass floors reveal…

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