Santillana de mar site

navigator
navigator Forum Participant Posts: 3
edited September 2016 in Overseas Campsites & Touring #1

Could anyone give me an update on Santillana site .We last stayed on this site 5 years ago and were very disappointedwith it and have avoided it since but wondered if there had been any improvements to date.thanking you all in anticipation the Navigator.

Comments

  • iansoady
    iansoady Club Member Posts: 419 ✭✭✭
    edited September 2016 #2

    We passed it a couple of weeks ago but didn't go in - it did look very crowded. We actually stayed on El Huelgero a few miles away which was a good site (but awful food in the on-site "restaurant"!).

    El Huelgero was convenient for the Altamira cave museum which I've wanted to bisit for years (but was slightly disappointed in as it wasn't a patch on Lascaux II).

    We did have a good dinner in Los Infantes(?) hotel on the main street in Santillana one evening.

    If you're interested in Roman remains, the mosaics at the villa at La Olmeda, which is 150 miles or so south, was well worth the drive.

    Our time at El Huelgero was disrupted by an infestation of pilgrims who let off very loud fireworks throughout the night of the 7th Sptember (I think) - presumably some religious ritual.

  • navigator
    navigator Forum Participant Posts: 3
    edited September 2016 #3

    Thank you for your response 'We are using ELheguero as a base at present to tour around north coast and the Picos beautiful area .Will have to use Santillana for a few days as this site closes 30th,september and we get ferry home in october.You are correct
    about restuarant was much better 2 years ago.Thanking you again the Navigator.

Categories