Parador Hotel Santillana Gil Blas

Spain - Cantabria - Santillana del Mar

Luxury four star hotel in a beautiful ancestral home in the centre of the town that has been declared a National Monument

This Parador is installed in the beautiful Barreda-Bracho ancestral home located in the square of Santillana del Mar, a town declared a National Monument whose origins go back to the 8th century.

Friendly rooms possess wooden floors as well as traditional decoration consisting of forged metal lamps and paintings with motifs from the Altamira caves. The bedrooms, some with chimneys, are comfortable and offer beautiful pastoral and rural views.

In the dining room sample highland and Liebana stews. We strongly recommend you the "cocido montanes": a dish of boiled white beans, vegetables, bacon and sausages as well as prime beef sirloin "a la plancha", salmon stuffed with smoked meat, hake from the Bay of Biscay on green asparagus, the famous "sorropotun" (fish and vegetable stew), and the typical dessert "quesada pasiega".

Santillana del Mar is one of the most beautiful and well-preserved villages in Spain.

The town has a zoo and nearby are the Altamira Caves which contain one of the most celebrated examples of prehistoric paintings in the world. For some they are nicknamed the "Sixtine Chapel" of Prehistory.

Enjoy the feasts of Santillana. On January 5th there is the Three Wise Men Parade. June 28th partake in the feast of Santa Juliana, and August 16th, the Feasts of San Roque.

Explore the Cabarceno Natural Park and the route of the Cares river. Experience the impressive views of the "Picos de Europa" (Peaks of Europe) mountains.
In this environment you may practise speleology, bungee-jumping, parapente, climbing, microlight aircraft flying, and canoeing.

The Parador is approximately 119 kms from Bilbao and the famous Guggenheim museum, designed by the american architect Frank O. Gehry.

This Parador has fifteen twin bedded rooms, eight double bedded rooms, and three suites.

In the rooms you will find a telephone, television, TV canal plus and a mini bar.

Also for the comfort of your stay there is heating, air conditioning, and a restaurant and bar.

Distance from the nearest airport is approximately 23 kms, train station is 8 kms away and the nearest port is 25 kms away.

Animals are not allowed.

Map with location

DIRECTIONS

The Parador is located in Santillana del Mar's main square, in which the city's most characteristic buildings are also located: Torre de Don Borja, Casa del Aguila y la Parra, Torre de Merino and the Town Hall. Guests can access the Parador from the Travesia Santander-Comillas by way of a cobblestone street just under 100 metres long. Santillana is located 24 km from Santander.