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By EXPLORING CANTABRIA

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9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$216 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 5h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages

Overview

    • Visit the caves of El Castillo and Las Monedas with a guide
    • Enjoy the atmosphere of Puente Viesgo and Vega de Pas
    • Explore the stunning landscape of valleys & rivers of the Pasiegos fields
    • See the waterfall that gives rise to the Yera river
    • Visit the Ethnographic Museum of Cantabria

Activity location

    • Santander
    • Santander, Cantabria, Spain

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Santander
    • Santander, Cantabria, Spain

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Santander: El Castillo Caves & Palaeolithic Art Tour

  • Activity duration is 5 hours5h
    5h
  • English
Starting time: 2:45 PM
Price details
NZ$215.95 x 1 AdultNZ$215.95
Total
Price is NZ$215.95
Until Wed, 19 Aug

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Tour guide and driver
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Hotel pickup and drop-off at your hotel in Santander
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Private transport in a minivan
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Entrance fee to Palaeolithic Art Interpretation Centre
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Entrance fee to El Castillo cave (visit in Spanish - your guide translates into English)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Entrance fee to Las Monedas cave (visit in Spanish - your guide translates into English)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Third-party insurance
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Food and drinks

Know before you book

  • Not allowed: Photography inside
  • Not suitable for: People with mobility impairments, Pregnant women

What you can expect

In this half-day tour, you will learn about history, caves, and palaeolithic art. In fact, this is an awesome opportunity to visit an authentic cave with paintings from the Palaeolithic era.

After picking you up at your hotel, we will drive towards Puente Viesgo to explore the famous Caves of El Castillo and Las Monedas, both World Heritage Sites by UNESCO since 2008 for their cave paintings. It will only take us 40 minutes to arrive at El Castillo Mountain where these famous caves are located.

The visit to the caves is done on foot and by a local guide of the caves (the visit is in Spanish, so if you don't understand Spanish, your tour leader will join you during this visit to translate it into English for you). Each cave visit will take about 50 minutes, you will be surprised by the art legacy our ancestors left us thousands of years ago.

Next, we will visit the recently inaugurated Palaeolithic Art interpretation centre in Puente Viesgo to learn more about cave art. We will also enjoy a nice walk along the village of Puente Viesgo, you will love the views over the Pas River and the Pasiego Valleys.

Location

Activity location

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    • Santander
    • Santander, Cantabria, Spain

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Santander
    • Santander, Cantabria, Spain