# Conservas Ana María

Activity company en Santoña

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/companies/ana-maria-canned-anchovies

Family-run cannery in Santoña, founded in 1997, with the Anchovy Art Gallery, a factory visit and a tourist train around the town.

## Who they are

Conservas Ana María is a family company in Santoña created in 1997, which began with artisan anchovies and today also cans northern bonito in a new plant. In its building, a work of contemporary architecture on the Marismas industrial estate, it opened the Anchovy Art Gallery (Galería de Arte de la Anchoa), which the house presents as the Santoña Anchovy Museum.

## What you visit

General admission covers the museum, the temporary exhibitions and the interior of the building, with a demonstration of anchovy salting and a tasting. From Monday to Friday, the 12:30 session includes a tour of the factory to watch the women artisans at work. They also organise a tourist-train route around Santoña, the Santoñuco, with an audio guide, on its own or combined with the factory and the gallery.

## Prices

Gallery, €9 for adults and €7 for ages 5 to 12; train, €5 and €3; train, factory and gallery, €12 and €10. Under-fives do not pay. Tickets are bought on its website.

## What they run

- [Anchovy Art Gallery](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/cantabria/santona-and-laredo/things-to-do/anchovy-art-gallery), in Santoña and Laredo. Entry to the Anchovy Art Gallery. Desde 9 € adult; ages 5 to 12, €7. 1 h. Sobado demonstration and tasting; Monday to Friday, the 12:30 tour goes into the factory. Tourist train, factory and gallery. Desde 12 € adult; ages 5 to 12, €10. Route on the Santoñuco train with audio guide from the Carnival monument; the factory, subject to working hours

Independent companies: you book with them, on their terms. Prices are as they publish them and may change.

## Practical details

- Address: Calle Baldomero Villegas, 19, 39740 Santoña, Cantabria
- Phone: +34 644 668 848
- Email: info@conservasanamaria.com
- Meeting point: Anchovy Art Gallery, Calle Baldomero Villegas, 19, Santoña
- Meeting point: Tourist train departure, Carnival monument, Santoña

## Contact

- Web: https://galeriadeartedelaanchoa.com/
- Coordenadas: 43.4458, -3.4588

## Preguntas frecuentes

### Can I see the factory working?
Monday to Friday, on the 12:30 visit, subject to working hours.

### Is there a tasting?
Yes, you try the anchovy at the end.

### Where does the train leave from?
From the Carnival monument, in Santoña.