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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.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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Santa María de Cayón
Cantabria, Spain · Europe
About Santa María de Cayón
Santa María de Cayón works well as a base: 10 minutes from Penagos, 46km from El Soplao Cave.
Santa María de Cayón is in Cantabria, Spain, with about 6,700 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Penagos, about 5 km away.
Santa María de Cayón is a municipality in the province and autonomous community of Cantabria, northern Spain. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 9,167 inhabitants.
The biggest town inside the municipality is not its capital (where the town hall is located, and which gives name to the municipality),Read more
but rather the town of Sarón.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Santa María de Cayón?
Within an hour or so of Santa María de Cayón: Santander & El Sardinero (19 km), Palacio de la Magdalena (19 km), Cave of Altamira (24 km), Santillana del Mar (24 km).
Are there any good drives near Santa María de Cayón?
The nearest famous roads are Desfiladero de la Hermida, Puerto de San Glorio and Garganta del Cares Road (Poncebos).
Where is Santa María de Cayón?
Santa María de Cayón is in Cantabria, Spain, about 5 km from Penagos.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 6,710
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Spain
- Region
- Cantabria
- Timezone
- Europe/Madrid
- Coordinates
- 43.3085, -3.8368
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 María de Cayón
8 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.
19 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.
24 km · about 30 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.
24 km · about 30 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.
38 km · about 45 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.
41 km · about 50 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.
46 km · about 55 min drive
photogenic
Orbaneja del Castillo
Tiny Burgos village where a waterfall pours straight through the middle of the houses and cascades in travertine pools down to the Ebro. Park at the road below and climb the lanes beside the falling water.
53 km · about 60 min drive
Driving roads near Santa María de Cayón
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
- 66 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.
- 67 kmDesfiladero de la HermidaSpain's longest gorge carves a dramatic 21km road between towering limestone walls along the Deva river into the Picos.
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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