Thursday, April 25, 2013

VILLAGE NEAR SANTANDER: LIÉRGANES



Liérganes is located in the middle of the countryside. It has two mountains called " The breast of Liérganes". It´s a beautiful and nice town and quite traditional, in spite of some modern buildings just next to the railway station. It has a spa where you can have a coffe and a lot of coffe shops where you can taste "chocolate con churros". On Sundays mornings there is a street market and it´s perfect for a free afternoon. There is an old legend about a fish-man, this was a man born in this village who disapears and was seen in the middle of the sea covered with scales swimming ( there is a small museum next to the old bridge). The old part and the churches are quite old and also you can walk to La Cavada and visit there if ít´s open the Museum of the old factory of cannons. It´s quite easy to go there because there is a train between Feve train station and Liérganes, one each hour and it takes 45 minutes. It´s an interesting experience because it goes from urban landscapes to more rural ones. There is a train station also in La Cavada so as to return.







Thursday, April 18, 2013

VISIT THE ALTAMIRA MUSEUM IN SANTILLANA DEL MAR



It´s less than one hour from Santander. It´s an incredible prehistorical masterpiece and now you can enjoy the modern museum with a fantastic cave copy. You should take the bus to Santillana del Mar and from there 45 minutes´walk. Another option is to go to Torrelavega and form there there are some buses to the caves ( check the timetables) or take a taxi. The museum is in the middle of a fantastic park and there are regular workshops (better check in their web site). In highseasom maybe you should book the tickets.



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