Tourist Visits
Santander
  Santander
is a beautiful city located in the North Coast of Spain, in the region
of Cantabria. It enjoys an extraordinary landscape mainly due to
its coastal location, forming a peninsula surrounded by a bay, and its
cliff coastline open to the Bay of Biscay. But perhaps the beaches are
its best known and appreciated natural spaces. Its sinuous outline offers
both small and large sandy beaches: some sheltered from the wind and with
calm waters; others, open to the Bay of Biscay, with more surf. Next to
these and between them, green spaces of great beauty look to the coast.
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Puerto Chico (the "Little Harbour"), in the Bay of
Santander
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Beach of the Magdalena, with the Royal Palace behind
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Cantabria
  Santander
has beautiful surroundings with many possibilities for cultural and outdoors
activities. The region of Cantabria is located in the central area of the
coast of the Bay of Biscay and marked by the rough relief of the Cantabrian
Mountain Range. The main tourist attractions of Cantabria are undoubtedly
its landscape and privileged natural environment, together with its great
artistic
monuments, such as the many caves with prehistoric paintings, the roman
village of Julióbriga, the medieval village of Santillana del Mar,
and many more. For additional information on tourism and hotels see http://turismo.cantabria.org/siting
and http://www.cibermedios.com/guia_cantabria.
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A street of Santillana del Mar
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The Picos de Europa
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Weather
Information
Temperatures in Santander
are usually mild. The average maximum in June is 19.8 degrees Celsius (67.6
Fahrenheit) and the average minimum is 14.2 degrees Celsius (57.6 Fahrenheit).
Although June is one of the driest months, rain is a possibility. For additional
information on the weather in Spain, you may check:
http://www.inm.es
(in Spanish)
http://www.yahoo.com/r/wt
(in English)
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