Cantabria Beaches

The beaches of Cantabria are undoubtedly between the best in northern Spain. It is a region that offers you coast and mountains separated by a very short distance and this has made it a first-rate tourist destination. It has a coastline that covers more than two hundred kilometers and that includes beaches for all tastes.

There are ideal ones for you to sunbathe and bathe quietly with your family. Also more lively, with great success among the youth, and equally perfect for surfing. Likewise, there are urban and rural ones, located in wonderful landscapes. But all the beaches of Cantabria they have a common denominator: they are magnificent. If you want to know them, we invite you to follow us.

The best beaches in Cantabria

We will begin our route through the beaches of Santander, which are many and very beautiful and then continue through those offered by the other towns in Cantabria, with nothing to envy to the first.

El Sardinero, emblem of the beaches of Cantabria

El Sardinero is the best example of the beaches of Cantabria and also the most popular. However, we should speak from now on in the plural, since this part of Santander has two homonymous beaches. It is true that they are one after the other and even when the tide rises, they remain united.

Together, they form a beautiful sandy area of ​​almost two kilometers with calm and pleasant waters. It owes its name to the area where it is located and this, in turn, is so named because in that part of the sea there was an important fishing ground for sardines.

The first beach is framed by a beautiful promenade. And, if you visit it, you can take the opportunity to see some monuments in the area such as the building of the Grand Casino, built at the beginning of the XNUMXth century; the one of Great Hotel and other stately palaces from the same period.

We cannot forget, in addition, that one of the natural limits of this beach is the La Magdalena peninsula, where is the precious palace of the same name, an eclectic-style construction that combines French and English architecture with contributions from mountain baroque.

The dangers

Just around the peninsula of La Magdalena, you will find this beach that, despite its name, is one of the more secure of all Cantabria. It is a wide sandy area that has all the infrastructures and services so that you can enjoy a beautiful day at the beach without surprises.

Also, you can take the opportunity to know the Cantabrian Maritime Museum, which is next door. It has modern aquariums and also ethnographic samples on the ancestral relationship of the Cantabrians with the sea that bathes them.

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Despite its small size of fifty meters, it is among the beaches of Cantabria most beautiful for its peculiarity. With the coastline on one side and a rocky promontory on the other, it is a sandy area bathed on both sides and that disappears when the tide rises. This makes it dangerous when there is wind, since strong waves rise.

Otherwise, it is a quiet beach. In fact, it is one of the favorites by fans of nudism. If you want to know it, you will find it near Santander, specifically about three kilometers from Grove of the Navy.

El Puntal, one of the most curious among the beaches of Cantabria

It is also found in the bay of Santander and it is also curious. Because it's about a tongue of fine golden sands of about five hundred meters in length with the mouth of the Cubia river on one side and the open sea on the other.

You can get to it from Somo through a wooden walkway between the dunes. But you can also do it from the Palace of the Embarcadero de Santander aboard one of the unique "pedreñeras", barges well known for making the route to the town of Pedrena.

Somo

Next to the previous one you have the sandy area of ​​Somo, with almost four kilometers of extension and a strong swell that makes it suitable for the practice of surf. This beach has adapted services and belongs to the municipality of Ribamontan to the Sea, famous for its crafts and also for their seafood grills that we recommend you try.

Langre, another wonder of the beaches of Cantabria

In the same municipal area is the Langre beach, one of the most spectacular in the entire region. With a kilometer in length and closed by an imposing cliff More than twenty meters long that continues along a coastal strip, this beach has abundant waves. However, it is not the best among the beaches of Cantabria for surfers.

On the other hand, it is very common to see Divers in the cliff area. However, if you prefer a quieter bathroom, we recommend the pools of Llaranza, some natural pools also close to the cliffs.

Arnya

This beautiful beach of fine white sand is located in the municipality of Piélagos, near Santander. It stands out, above all, for its truly paradisiacal environment: the one that makes up the call Broken Coast. It is a rocky complex with more than ninety million years old formed by limestone cliffs and virgin islets.

Therefore, if you come to know it, you will enjoy a wonderful landscape and also a lot of tranquility, since its difficult access causes it to be little crowded.

Los Locos

Suances has magnificent beaches such as that of The saberThat of La Concha or of The Ribera. But Los Locos is one of the best. Framed by a hill and three hundred and fifty meters long, it is windy and has strong waves. Therefore, it is also great for you to surf on. It has equipment such as showers and wastebaskets, however it does not have lifeguard service.

Moreover, since you visit SuancesTake the opportunity to enjoy its architectural heritage made up of several quintas and stately homes such as those of the Amo or the Ferreros family. And, at the very foot of the beach, you have the ceruti castle, which imitates a medieval palace although it was built in 1904.

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Located between the municipalities of Quotation marks and San Vicente de la Barquera, this beautiful beach is about two kilometers long. But, above all, it is surrounded by a wonderful natural environment: that of the parque natural from which it receives the name. In addition, it is magnificent for surfing, as it has good waves all year round.

If you decide to get to know this beach, don't miss the chance to visit Comillas, one of the most beautiful towns in Spain. Essential is that you see their medieval houses, the old university, Sobrellano palace; the Gaudí's whim and baroque church of San Cristóbal, all of them assets of cultural interest.

Fonts

You also have very good beaches in the municipality of San Vicente de la Barquera, both in the capital of the same and throughout the council. Among them, stand out that of Meron, With the Rosebush o Tostadero and that of Mace. However, we are going to tell you about one less known but of great beauty.

This is the Fuentes beach, a small cove barely one hundred and fifty meters long and twenty wide. It is located in a cove formed by two rocky outcrops whose stone turns reddish in contact with the sun's rays. On the other hand, it is almost virgin and has no surveillance, so you must be careful when bathing.

Berellín, one of the westernmost beaches in Cantabria

Berellín beach is located in the municipality of San Vicente Valley, which is the last one in Cantabria before reaching Asturias. It is also a cove forty meters long by twenty meters wide. Framed by two promontories, it is closed by extensions of rocks that give it a spectacular image and they give tranquility to its waters. Despite its small size, it offers you all the services.

As you visit Val de San Vicente, you can see two archaeological sites in the council: the Castro del Castillo and Cave of the Fuente del Salínas well as a Estrada tower. Even if you have more time, you can start the Lebaniega Route, which will take you to Camaleño.

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We are now moving to the east of the Community of Cantabria to tell you about this beautiful beach of Santoña. It has nothing to do with the previous ones, since it is a sandy area of ​​more than two kilometers in length framed by the mount Buciero on the one hand and the municipality of argonos on the other.

In what does coincide with the previous ones is in its privileged landscape. It is open to the sea to the north and to the south you have the marshes of Santoña. It offers you all the services and holds the distinctive of Blue flag.

You can also take advantage of your trip to Santoña to see some of its monuments. For example, the Romanesque church of Santa María del Puerto, Chiloeches house-palace and house of the Marquis of Manzanedo, all of them assets of cultural interest.

The Regatón

Account Laredo with three main beaches. Very unique is that of I saved her, for forming a curve around El Puntal. It is also beautiful for its natural setting that of aila, with strong waves and winds.

But the most spectacular is probably the El Regatón beach, which goes from El Puntal to the municipality of Colindres and runs next to the estuary of Treto. They are almost three thousand meters of fine and golden sand. Its waters are calm and it offers you all the services.

Do not miss the opportunity to visit the old town of Laredo, six medieval streets that are known as the Old Pueblaas well as his gothic church of Santa María de la Asunción and the modernist building of the market.

seaarm

We arrived at Castro Urdiales, already close to the the Basque Country, to know its beaches. The best is probably the seaarm, which is located in the town itself and, therefore, has all the services. In addition, it is surrounded by a beautiful promenade. Its extension is about four hundred meters and it is between the Cotolino point and Don Luis dock that partially close it.

Right next to the port, you have the old town of Castro Urdiales, in which the castle of Santa Ana, from the XNUMXth century, stands out; the Gothic church of Santa María de la Asunción; the hermitage of Santa Ana and the medieval bridge. We advise you to visit them, since these monuments have the category of Historical-Artistic Set.

In conclusion, these are some of the best beaches in Cantabria, but there are many more that we recommend you see. For example, that of one-eyed on the coast of Trasmiera; that of Trengandin, near the Santoña marshes; that of The Madero, on the Costa Quebrada, or that of gate, with its imposing Aguja de las Gaviotas.