Accompanying Persons Program

It is one of the most visited areas in Cantabria which boasts natural landscapes of extraordinary beauty.

• Pick-up at the hotels about 8.30 h.

Drive through the steep gorge of La Hermida, an imposing 20-kilometre-long channel carved out of the limestone of the Picos de Europa by the river Deva.

Visit to the monastery of Sto. Toribio de Liébana. It is renowned as being the home of a relic named the “Lignum Crucis”, reputed to be the largest known piece of the cross of Christ.

Go up through the valleys until Fuente De cable car, which takes the visitors to an altitude of 1800 metres, passing through the impressive Fuente De glaciar cirque, in the heart of the central range of the Picos de Europa.

• Lunch in a typical local restaurant.

Visit to Potes which is one of the most attractive villages in Cantabria. Located in the centre of Liebana district, it is an area surrounded by spectacular mountains, running streams and clear rivers. Its streets have many bridges and outstanding buildings and monuments, such as the Infantado and Orejón de la Lama Towers (15th century). The historic part of the village is full of narrow streets and stately houses, symbols of its former splendour. It is the ideal place to buy the typical local products of the district such us autochthonous cheeses, orujo, honey and cheek peas.

• Arrival in Santander about 18.30 h.

Price: 85€
It includes: transportation, lunch, official tour guide (English-Spanish), entrance fees and taxes.
Minimum number of participants: 15

• Pick-up at the hotels about 9.00 h.

The Cabárceno wildlife park is a spectacular paradise for fauna where hundreds of animals representing all the zoological communities of the Earth live in semi-liberty.

Over thousands of square metres you will find yourself living the dream of the five continents.

In this reserve for animals in danger of extinction you can observe, in a way that is unique in the whole of Europe, a host of wildlife from far-away countries: tigers, bears, lions, jaguars, elephants, rhinoceroses, giraffes, buffalos and many more, living and reproducing in a habitat which is thousands of years old, and has now been restored.

Price: 80€
It includes: transportation, lunch, official tour guide (English-Spanish), entrance fees and taxes.
Minimum number of participants: 20

• Pick-up at the hotels about 9.30 h.

Santander lies in a protected natural bay, calm waters and golden beaches and is a member of the exclusive club of the “Most beautiful Bays in the World”. It has also been a major tourist destination since the Spanish Royal Family first chose it as their summer home at the beginning of the 20th century. The city’s buildings and surroundings reflect more than 2.000 years of history.

The aim of the visit of Santander is showing the city through an attractive tour, explaining the most important tourist sites in Santander: its streets and historical places, its ensemble of beaches as well as its more representative monuments and buildings.

• Return to the hotels about 13.00 h.

Price: 40€
It includes: transportation, lunch, official tour guide (English-Spanish), entrance fees and taxes.
Minimum number of participants: 15