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Autonomous Community

Cantabria

Northern Spanish community with green landscapes and the Cave of Altamira.

Descubre Cantabria

Cantabria combines coast and mountains in a compact territory. The Cave of Altamira, with its 15,000-year-old cave paintings, is known as the "Sistine Chapel of rock art". The Picos de Europa loom to the south, while the coast offers beaches and fishing villages. Santander, its capital, is notable for the Magdalena Peninsula.

Points of interest

Cave of Altamira
Magdalena Palace
Picos de Europa
Comillas (Gaudí's Capricho)
Cabárceno Park
Santillana del Mar