Cantabria Marvels

For modern travellers, Cantabria offers a bit of everything. The coastline is a sequence of soft cliffs, beautiful beaches and colourful fishing ports; summer seaside days are perfectly possible (unreliable weather permitting). The Admire beautiful scenery, unique heritage and lush inland mountains – sliced up by deep, branched valleys connected only by vegetation of so called “Green Spain” steep passes – are sprinkled with sleepy villages and prove a feast for the eyes, whether you drive the country roads or walk the trails. 1. DAY Arrival

You will be picked up from the airport (Santander or Bilbao) and accommodated in your hotel in Santander. Depending on the time of arrival to Santander, you will have the opportunity to enjoy a guided visit to the city. Dinner at the hotel. Overnight in Santander.

2. DAY Santillana del Mar - Comillas During this day you will discover the village of Santillana del Mar, an historical village of the Middle Ages and one of the nicest villages in Spain. In Santillana, you will also visit the Neocave in the Museum of Altamira. After lunch you will visit Comillas, the only modernist city in Cantabria. You will visit here the "Capricho de Gaudí", one of the few constructions of Gaudí out of Catalonia. Dinner at the hotel. Overnight in Santander. Flight trip – price incl. local transport Price from 3. DAY Nansa Valley - Liébana area - Hermida Gorge 659 € San Vicente de la Barquera is one of the most beautiful fishing GENERAL INFO villages in Cantabria. Another must visit in the area is the Cave of “El Soplao” for its geological value. After this visit, we will stop for ACCOMMODATION EXAMPLES Price is based on a group of 40 people lunch in a nice local restaurant. On our way towards Fuente Dé Price is per person per stay in double room we will pass through the largest gorge road in Spain, the “Hermida ACCOMMODATION Single supplement EXAMPLES on request Gorge”, along the Deva river. Overnight in Fuente Dé. S

Prices are informative and based on availability. Program can be 4. DAY Picos De Europa - Potes modified according to your requirements or budget. Send us your You will have the opportunity to take the cable car up to Picos de travel dates to [email protected] and we will Europa in the morning, you will also visit the Monastery of Santo prepare fixed offer. Toribio, and the village of Potes, one of the most beautiful villages in Cantabria. In the afternoon we will depart from this beautiful PACKAGE INCLUDES area towards Puente Viesgo, in the heart of the Pasiego Valleys in Cantabria. Dinner at the hotel. Overnight in Puente Viesgo. Meals:  3 Lunches in local restaurants 5. DAY Cabárceno Nature Park - Liérganes

You will visit the Cabárceno Nature Park. This is one of the largest Transportation: nature parks in the world with over 1000 animals from the five • All transports including pick up/drop off in Santander or continents. Near the park is the village of Liérganes, one of the Bilbao airport most beautiful in Cantabria, declared of national historical-artistic interest in 1978. Dinner at the hotel. Overnight in Puente Viesgo. Accommodation: • 7 nights in 3 and 4 star hotels (4x HB, 3x BB)

6. DAY Gastronomy day: Vega de Pas - Santoña - Noja - Laredo Discover Vega de Pas, one of the authentic Pasiego villages, and enjoy the landscape of this area. Next stop to visit the largest Sobaos and Quesadas Factory in the area, Sobaos Joselin. We will also visit an anchovy factory in the fishing village of Santoña, and ACCOMMODATION INFO after nearby marshes, an important stop for the migratory birds. Lunch in a local restaurant and walk across a local vineyard in Price for the package is based on a stay at 3 and 4-star hotels. Noja. Overnight in Laredo. Hotel examples: 7. DAY Castro Urdiales - Bilbao Santander (2 nights, HB): Hotel Santermar Castro Urdiales is a fishing village located in the limits of Cantabria Fuente Dé (1 night, BB): Hotel Parador and the Basque Country. Bilbao is one of the most fascinating Puente Viesgo (2 nights, HB): Hotel Balenario cities in north of Spain and part of the Basque Country. Lunch in a Laredo (2 nights, BB): Hotel Cosmopol local restaurant in Bilbao. Overnight in Laredo.

8. DAY DEPARTURE Departure after the breakfast.