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Cantabria

Cantabria is a region of Spain, located on the northern coast. Its main infrastructure hub is Santander with about 180,000 inhabitants.

Regions

Cantabria has the following sub-regions:

Cities

Other destinations

Culture and History

Talk

Travel to Cantabria & Visa Requirements

The nearest airport is in Santander, but most flights are domestic, primarily from Madrid. International flights from London, Dublin, Rome, Milan, Frankfurt, Paris and Amsterdam. Other international flights to Bilbao.

Arrival by ferry from UK is also possible in Santander. There is a ferry terminal.

Arrival by car from Bilbao is via the A8 freeway.

Tours & Getting around Cantabria

Since many interesting places are outside the main city Santander in small villages in the countryside a car is useful. Alternatively public buses are available to larger towns. Frequent public buses are available between Santander and Bilbao.

Cantabria attractions and sightseeing

Cantabria city tours

You can surf at the beaches of Somo, Los Locos in Suances near Torrelavega and Meron in San Vicente de la Barquera.

Cantabria Restaurants: cheap, moderate and expensive

Cantabria nightlife, bars, clubs & pubs

Stay safe

Get out

If you are coming from the Basque Country the logical continuation is to go to Asturias. Just follow the coastline westwards.

This page was last edited at 12:47, on 20 September 2008 by Jim Nicholson. Based on work by David, Andrew Haggard, Colin Jensen and Evan Prodromou, Wikitravel user(s) Episteme, Nzpcmad and Akubra and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel.

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