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Santander & El Sardinero
An elegant coastal city with a spectacular crescent bay, grand belle epoque beach promenades, and the striking Botin Centre.
10 km · about 20 min drive
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Santa Cruz de Bezana
Cantabria, Spain · Europe
About Santa Cruz de Bezana
Santa Cruz de Bezana works well as a base: 5 minutes from Boo, 43km from El Soplao Cave.
Santa Cruz de Bezana is in Cantabria, Spain, with about 11,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Boo, about 4 km away.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Santa Cruz de Bezana?
Within an hour or so of Santa Cruz de Bezana: Santander & El Sardinero (10 km), Palacio de la Magdalena (11 km), Santillana del Mar (17 km), Cave of Altamira (19 km).
Are there any good drives near Santa Cruz de Bezana?
The nearest famous roads are Desfiladero de la Hermida, Garganta del Cares Road (Poncebos) and Puerto de San Glorio.
Where is Santa Cruz de Bezana?
Santa Cruz de Bezana is in Cantabria, Spain, about 4 km from Boo.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 11,279
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Spain
- Region
- Cantabria
- Timezone
- Europe/Madrid
- Coordinates
- 43.4437, -3.9032
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Spain
Guardia Civil (traffic police): 062. Two warning triangles required in vehicles.
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Worth the detour from Santa Cruz de Bezana
7 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Palacio de la Magdalena
An eclectic royal summer palace on a sea-girt peninsula in Santander, ringed by beaches and a small free-roaming zoo of seals and penguins.
11 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Santillana del Mar
A flawlessly preserved medieval town of cobbled lanes and golden-stone manor houses, dubbed 'the town of three lies' by Sartre.
17 km · about 20 min drive
ancient ruins
Cave of Altamira
The 'Sistine Chapel of Paleolithic Art,' containing stunning 36,000-year-old polychrome bison paintings on cave ceilings.
19 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Comillas & El Capricho de Gaudi
A charming Cantabrian coastal town featuring one of Gaudi's earliest and most whimsical buildings, the sunflower-adorned El Capricho.
32 km · about 35 min drive
beach
Playa de Oyambre
A wild golden arc of dune-backed sand within a protected natural park, framed by green meadows and the distant Picos de Europa.
36 km · about 40 min drive
natural wonder
El Soplao Cave
An old mining cave turned underground wonderland of rare eccentric stalactites that defy gravity, reached by a little mine train.
43 km · about 50 min drive
Driving roads near Santa Cruz de Bezana
5 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
- 65 kmDesfiladero de la HermidaSpain's longest gorge carves a dramatic 21km road between towering limestone walls along the Deva river into the Picos.
- 73 kmVizcaya Bridge (Puente Colgante)The world's oldest transporter bridge, a UNESCO iron giant that ferries cars and people across the Nervion estuary in a hanging gondola.
- 78 kmGarganta del Cares Road (Poncebos)The narrow road up to Poncebos through the Cares gorge, where the walls close to a slot and the Ruta del Cares path begins.
Driving in Spain
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.55/litre
- Motorway tolls
- ~€4.00/100km
When to drive here
April to October
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