How to spend 3 days in Santander

Travel Itinerary

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Itinerary by: Michelle M

a year ago

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Duration: 3 days

Itinerary Contents

Day 1
Day 2
1. Gran Hotel Sardinero, Santander for the beach view
2. Hotel Eurostars, nice to eat/have a drink
Day 3
1. Palacio de la Magdalena - Royal's summer royal palace
2. Playa de los Bikinis (near to Palacio de la Magdalena)

Itinerary Introduction

Santander is another wonderful city like its neighbouring city, Bilbao (2 hours away by coach). Santander is full of lovely beaches and incredible food (pinxtos) which means you can hop from place to place having a drink and a bite in each. The centre is a 20 minute public bus journey away from Santander airport.

Santander - Travel Itinerary

Day 1

11:00 - 14:00

Centro Botin - Art Centre with amazing views

Muelle de Albareda, Paseo de Pereda, s / n, 39004 Santander, Cantabria, Spain

Centro Botin, the Art Centre with amazing views, overlooks the waters of Bahia de Santander where the route from Portsmouth, UK comes into Santander, Spain. The building houses art, eateries, views and exhibitions.

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Centro Botin - Art Centre with amazing views

14:00 - 15:00

Monumento a Los Raqueros - a diving statue to see on Santander's Promenade

Paseo de Pereda, 34, 39004 Santander, Cantabria, Spain

Whilst you're strolling the long stretch of Santander's promenade, keep an eye out for a cluster of statues looking like they're diving into the sea

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Monumento a Los Raqueros - a diving statue to see on Santander's Promenade

15:00 - 17:00

Playa de los Peligros - beach for water activities with great sand

Playa Los Peligros, Santander, Cantabria, Spain

This is a beautiful beach, one of many of Santander's soft sandy beaches yet this one has a fair share of water activities taking place without it being crowded on the beach itself.

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Playa de los Peligros - beach for water activities with great sand

Day 2

11:00 - 13:00

Gran Hotel Sardinero, Santander for the beach view

Plaza de Italia, 1, 39005 Santander, Cantabria, Spain

A long but pretty walk from Hotel Bahia to Gran Hotel Sardinero is for the purpose of seeing even more lovely beaches - in this case Primera Playa, and though can get a bit busy due to its location, has the best icecream parlours near by!

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Gran Hotel Sardinero, Santander for the beach view

11:00 - 13:00

Hotel Eurostars, nice to eat/have a drink

Av. Pérez Galdós, 28, 39005 Santander, Cantabria, Spain

A 4.5 star hotel close to the beaches of Playa de la Magdalena and Playa de los Peligros. Nice for a drink/eat.

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Hotel Eurostars, nice to eat/have a drink

Day 3

11:00 - 13:00

Palacio de la Magdalena - Royal's summer royal palace

Av de la Reina Victoria, 39005 Santander, Cantabria, Spain

"The Palace of La Magdalena is the most emblematic building of the city of Santander and one of the most prominent examples of civil architecture in northern Spain. With a majestic landscape, it is situated at the highest point of the Peninsula bearing the same name.... The monarchs and their children spent their summers between 1913 and 1930 in Cantabria. Apparently, it was the Queen, called Ena in the privacy of her family, who especially enjoyed the landscape and the architecture, very close to those of her native England: writers and poets evoked her homesickness for the Isle of Wight and they actually associated it with her stay in Santander and her subsequent exile"

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Palacio de la Magdalena - Royal's summer royal palace

14:00 - 16:00

Playa de los Bikinis (near to Palacio de la Magdalena)

Playa de los Bikinis, Spain

Yet another lovely sandy beach with also greenery, located along side of Playa de Magdalena and it's Palace Magdalena. Photo Credit: De Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51326282

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Playa de los Bikinis (near to Palacio de la Magdalena)

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