SPAIN - CANTABRIA: COMILLAS AND SANTILLANA DEL MAR

Cantabria was the first stage of our trip, where we spent two days. The second one was the Basque Country, where we visited Bilbo (Bilbao) and Donostia (San Sebastián). In Cantabria we visited Santander and the lovely villages of Comillas and Santillana del Mar.

Below I would like to show you some pictures of Comillas and Santillana del Mar, the two beautiful villages of Cantabria I had time to visit.

Sunday, 26th july 2009

Comillas and Santillana del Mar

Comillas

Here, in front of this modernist white fountain built by Lluis Doménech i Muntaner, we started our flying visit in Comillas. Unfortunately we only could spend less than three hours in this lovely small town full of modernist monuments because of coach timetables. So we had to hurry up :)



El Capricho, a house built by the brilliant modernist architect Antoni Gaudi, is the most beautiful modernist building in Comillas. So we spent some minutes to take some photos


Amongst the trees we could admire better the rounded and curving forms of this beautiful modernist house

Chimneys contribute also to the beauty of this building of this building and show us that all in this house is a decorative element

The day was really lovely and it was very hot. The sun gave us generously its heat all day. In front of Sobrellano Palace we seized the opportunity to immortalize this lovely day in Comillas

Another image of the Sobrellano Palace in Comillas. However its surroundings were really lovely with wide green areas and a park for children



The intense red color of this gate, which leads to the Pontificia University, surprised me as soon as I saw it


View point from which we enjoyed a beautiful view of Comillas beach


Another view image of the crowded beach of Comillas, but this time from another view point



Comillas has, as well as a fantastic beach, a beautiful old town. Here, an image of the main square and the church

Santillana del Mar

Santillana del Mar is a small village of Cantabria which has conserved its medieval look. I found this village really lovely

The high street of Santillana del Mar which leads to the Collegiate church

The Collegiate church of Santa Juliana in Santillana del Mar

The main square of Santillana del Mar

Another picture of the romanesque Collegiate of Santa Juliana in Santillana del Mar

Apart from the city of Santander, other beautiful villages and places you can visit in Cantabria are:

• Laredo
• San Vicente de la Barquera
• Castro Urdiales
• Cuevas de Altamira (Altamira Caves)
• Reinosa
• Picos de Europa National Park

Finally, other beautiful places you can visit in Spain are:



- Catalonia

• Costa Brava in Catalonia
• Barcelona
• Girona

- Basque Country

• Bilbo - Bilbao
• Getaria, Zarautz and Hondarribia in San Sebastián

- Granada

• La Alhambra, Albaicín and Sacromonte in Granada

- Sevilla, Córdoba, Cádiz and Costa de la Luz

• Sevilla
• Córdoba
• Cádiz and Costa de la Luz

- Toledo, Madrid, El Escorial and Segovia

• Toledo, Segovia, Monasterio del Escorial near Madrid

- Mallorca, Ibiza and Formentera

• Sóller, Port de Sóller, Deià and Valldemossa in Mallorca
• Palma de Mallorca

• Beaches and Las Dalias Market in Ibiza
• Ses Illetes beach in Formentera

- Galicia

• Santiago de Compostela in Galicia
• Costa da Morte
• Baiona, Islas Cíes and more Beaches in Galicia
• Tui and Camino de Santiago Portugués

- Zaragoza, La Rioja and Navarra

• Monasterio de Piedra near Zaragoza (Tapeo in Zaragoza)
• Haro in La Rioja
• Laguardia in La Rioja Alavesa
• Camino de Santiago Francés
• Estella and Los Arcos in Navarra
• Tarazona, Veruela Monastery and Sanctuary of Borja

- Alicante

• Alicante, Elche and Isla de Tabarca