Santoña Tourist Office

The Santoña Tourist Office is at Calle Santander, 5, in the centre of the town. It is open all year and is the town council's year-round information office, with personal service, help planning routes and official information. In summer a kiosk is added next to the Juan de la Cosa monument, intended for quickly picking up maps and guides.

Opening times

• 1 September to 14 June: Monday to Friday, 9:00 to 16:00. It is closed on Saturdays and Sundays.
• 15 June to 31 August: every day, 10:00 to 14:00 and 17:00 to 20:00.

Phone 942 660 066 or email [email protected]. The town council's website gives no separate hours or phone number for the summer kiosk. For council business, at Calle Manzanedo, 27, the phone is 942 628 590, Monday to Friday 8:00 to 15:00.

Download the leaflets beforehand

As the office is not open at weekends outside summer, the practical thing is to download the leaflets beforehand from the town council's website, all in PDF: the Santoña tourist guide, with history, beaches and routes; the guide to the Santoña, Victoria and Joyel Marshes; the guide to the marshes route; the one on the Monte Buciero trails, with distances and advice for the lighthouses and cliffs; and the official map of the town. The link for the Monte Buciero guide does not always open the right file; if it fails, ask for it at the office or at santonaturismo.com.

What to ask

The Monte Buciero routes are what people look for most. The Monte Buciero lighthouse trail is a 12-kilometre circuit past Napoleonic forts, holm oak woodland and the Caballo and Pescador lighthouses, of medium-to-hard difficulty: ask about the state of the path and the weather before setting out. If you prefer to see the cliffs from the water, there is the boat trip to the Caballo lighthouse.

Santoña is also anchovy country. You can see how they are worked on the visit to Conservas Emilia or at the Anchovy Art Gallery, and the Fort of San Martín, at the end of the promenade, has the canning museum. In summer, Santoña Tourism organises activities that are booked and paid for online at santonareservas.ovtspain.es.

Towards Laredo

To cross to Laredo without a car, the Puntal ferry leaves Santoña from March to October. On the other side, the Laredo Tourist Office is also open at weekends. For lunch, El Restaurante de Pilar looks out over the fishing harbour.