# Car parks at the town entrance

Service en Santillana del Mar and Altamira · Santillana del Mar and Altamira

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/cantabria/santillana-del-mar/services/santillana-car-parks · Revisado: 2026-11-12

Two large car parks at the entrance · The old town is pedestrianised

Santillana del Mar is visited on foot. The cobbled streets of the historic centre, from Plaza de Ramón Pelayo to the collegiate church, are not designed for cars, so a visit always starts in one of the two large car parks the town has at its entrance. From there, in a few minutes' walk you are on calle de Juan Infante, the axis of the town.
How to get there by car
The municipality's tourism website gives these routes depending on where you are coming from:

From Santander: A-67 towards Torrelavega, exit for Suances and Santillana on the N-611 and, at the Barreda roundabout, the CA-131 to Santillana.
From Bilbao and the Basque Country: A-8 to Santander and, from there, the same route via the A-67, N-611 and CA-131.
From Asturias or the west: the Cantabrian motorway, A-8, Puente San Miguel exit and, from there, the CA-133 to Santillana.
Along the coast from the west: the CA-133 via La Revilla, Comillas, Ruiloba, Cóbreces and Oreña.
From the plateau (Burgos and Palencia): A-67 towards Santander as far as Torrelavega, A-8 towards Cabezón de la Sal and Oviedo, Puente San Miguel exit and CA-133.
From Suances: along the CA-351.

Santander airport, at Parayas, is about 34 kilometres away.
The car parks
The municipal website speaks of two large car parks at the entrance to the town, for cars and coaches, but does not publish their exact names, their rates or whether they admit motorhomes. If you are going on a summer weekend or a long weekend, arrive early.
When you have left the car, walk in along calle de Juan Infante and follow the walk through the town to the Collegiate Church of Santa Juliana. If you are going to sleep inside the old town, as at the Parador Gil Blas, the Hotel Altamira or the Posada Casa del Organista, ask when you book where to leave the car and how to get there with your luggage.
Altamira and the surroundings
The Altamira Museum and the Neocave is about 2 kilometres from the town and has its own free car park, so the normal thing is to drive there and then return to the car parks at the entrance. The same goes for the Santillana zoo and for Santa Justa beach, at Ubiarco, about ten minutes away.
Without a car
If you prefer not to drive, there is a bus from Santander and Torrelavega and a taxi service on 608 483 441. For maps and walking routes, call in at the municipal tourist information point.

## Practical details

- Address: 39330 Santillana del Mar, Cantabria
- What they offer: Car parking, Coach parking

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Coordenadas: 43.3895, -4.109

## Cerca de aquí

- [Posada La Casa del Organista](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/cantabria/santillana-del-mar/where-to-stay/posada-casa-del-organista), a 87 m
- [Celina Bonita](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/cantabria/santillana-del-mar/where-to-eat/celina-bonita), a 164 m
- [A walk through the town of Santillana del Mar](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/cantabria/santillana-del-mar/things-to-do/santillana-old-town-walk), a 257 m
- [Hotel Altamira](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/cantabria/santillana-del-mar/where-to-stay/hotel-altamira), a 259 m
- [Hotel Altamira restaurant](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/cantabria/santillana-del-mar/where-to-eat/hotel-altamira-restaurant), a 259 m
- [Parador de Santillana Gil Blas](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/cantabria/santillana-del-mar/where-to-stay/parador-de-santillana-gil-blas), a 325 m
- [Restaurant at the Parador de Santillana Gil Blas](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/cantabria/santillana-del-mar/where-to-eat/parador-gil-blas-restaurant), a 325 m
- [Sidrería Casa Miguel](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/cantabria/santillana-del-mar/where-to-eat/sidreria-casa-miguel), a 380 m

Destino: [Santillana del Mar and Altamira](https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/cantabria/santillana-del-mar.md)