Parque Las Llamas – a great place to walk, run or workout (5 minutes’ walk)
Magdalena Palace – Santander’s most well-known site with a lot of history. It’s been a summer home for the Spanish royal family, a prisoner of war camp during the Civil War and even the set of a TV series (40 minutes’ walk or 10 minutes by public transport; taxi/Cabify or bus line 7C1)
Cabo Mayor Lighthouse – great views, good rabas and Mataleñas beach (1 hour around the coast or 30 minutes along the road)
La Casita – serves food and has a terrace (Avenida de los Castros, 5 minutes)
Bar Chupi – best rabas in Santander (Avenida de los Castros, 10 minutes)
Regma – local ice cream company. The cheesecake flavour is the best (Plaza Italia, 15 minutes)
How to get to the centre of Santander
Easiest: Taxi/Cabify or bus lines 7C1 (via the Magdalena Palace) or Linea Central (more direct)
Simplest: Túnel de Tetuán (10 minutes’ walk)
Alternative: Calle la Universidad to Carrefour Express (10 minutes uphill) then down into the centre. Don’t miss the views of the bay on the way down on the left.
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