The next airport is Santander Airport (Santander - Parayas, Aeropuerto Internacional de Santander) [http://www.aena.es/csee/Satellite?pagename=subHome&Language=ES_ES&c=Page&SiteName=SDR&cid=1047570394998] Aptdo de Correos 097, E-39600 Maliaño/Cantabria, tel. 942 202100, fax 942 202152, email: infosdr@aena.es
The next FEVE [url=http://www.feve.es/]]railway station is Puente San Miguel, about 3 ml (4 km) from Santillana-del-Mar.
The next RENFE [http://www.renfe.es/[/url] railway station is Torrelavega, about 6 ml (10 km) from Santillana-del-Mar. Autobuses Garcia operate bus services from Torrevelaga to Santillana del Mar and back.
There are buses to Santillana del Mar from Santander, with the journey taking about half an hour. There are up to seven buses a day in July and August, although fewer outside of these months.
* La Cantabrica, Nav 5, El Campon, Penacastillo, tel 42342701, 942720822 fax 942346988 operates bus services from Santander Bus Station (estación de Autobuses de Santander) [http://www.transportedecantabria.es/web/guest/home] to Santillana del Mar from Sep 1 until Jun 30 at 10.30 and 11.30 am, 1.05, 5, 6.15, 7.15 and 8.30 pm. Journey time: 40 minutes, price: € 2.25 single (December 2009).
The bus from Santander drops you just outside of the town. When leaving beware that, although there is a bus shelter just outside the town where you will be dropped off on your way in, the bus back actually departs from the steps in front of the town hall?, about 50 metres closer to town.
The bus station is at Av, Cantabric s/n, tel 942891954.
* Autobuses Garcia operate services to and from Altamira and Torrevelaga.
from Santander: take the highway to Torrelavega - exit “Requejada”, go ahead to Barreda, turn right on road CA-131 to Santillana del Mar, or exit “Puente San Miguel” and take the CA-133 road to Santillana del Mar.
* from Asturias: take the “Autovía del Cantábrico” (Cantabrian Highway) or N-634 to Puente San Miguel, then the CA-133 road to Santillana del Mar.
* from Madrid, Bilbao, Burgos, Palencia or Valladolid: take the highway to Torrelavega, then as above
* from Comillas: take the CA-131 road.
Distances from Santillana del Mar:
* Suances 6 Km.
* Torrelavega 6 Km.
* Comillas 16 Km.
* Santander 30 Km.
* San Vicente de la Barquera 30 Km.
* Parque de Cabárceno 30 Km.
* Picos de Europa 70 Km
* museum of the Cantabrian scultpor Jesús Otero
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* museum displaying torture tools and "instruments for public humiliation" El Museo de la Tortura or Torture Museum contains an impressive collection of instruments of torture from around Europe, including those used in the Spanish Inquisition. The museum is interesting and rich in history, but be warned that it is not for the faint of heart!
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abbey dating to the 12th cent, beautiful Romanesque church, in ancient times one of the most powerful monasteries of Spain, attracting many noble families who built their houses in Santillana del Mar
* Romanesque cloisters dating to the 12th and 13th cent with scenes from the Bible and fighting scenes
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* decorated with Baroque coat of arms saying 'Un bon morir es onra de la vida' - A good dying honours life
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Epiphany: Santillana, 5 January. Medieval Festival: June. Folia: Variable, San Vicente de la Barquera, 30 km. Procession for Santa Juliana: 28 June, Santillana del Mar. San Roque: 16 August.
There are beaches at
* Urbiaco (5 km),
* Cobreces (10 km),
* Comillas (17 km),
* Oyambre (20 km) and
* Suances (10 km)