Santander with children: 10 best activities to do

When we are Family and the approaching vacationWe always look for destinations that are suitable and very pleasant for travel with children.

And I assure you from experience that city ​​of Santander en Cantabria has that characteristic and becomes a ideal destination to travel with the family.

La Cantabrian capital It has great attractions so that our children can enjoy an excellent vacation, but also in the surroundings of Santander There are other places that should become an excursion to surprise you.

I have been able to experience that in several summers in which the family has traveled to Santander (and other places in Cantabria) to spend the holidays.

Best things to do in Santander with children

Facing your family holidays, below we are going to make you the best proposals to enjoy the holidays with children in Santander.

Go to Sardinero beach

Talking about children and vacations is synonymous with the beach, and if you don't know it yet, I will tell you that the city ​​of Santander has one of the most beautiful beaches in Spain.

It is a great urban beach located in the Sardinero area and divided into two parts by the beautiful Piquío gardens.

It is a huge beach that extends next to the peninsula where the famous Magdalena Palace.

Walk through Magdalena Park with children

This peninsula is an ideal place to walk with children during the afternoon.

walk through the Magdalen Park gardensa is another essential in your holidays in Santander, and if you prefer, you have the possibility of going up with the children to the Magdalena tourist train that runs through the entire park and leaves from the access gate to it.

From the viewpoints of this park you will have excellent views of the Santander Bay and its exit towards the sea, and the children will enjoy watching the boats sail through that area.

Galleons of the Open Air Museum of Man and the Sea

Furthermore, in these gardens there is another place that will be very interesting, known as open-air museum of Man and the Sea.

Surely it will catch your attention to see the three ships that emulate the galleons from the 15th and 16th centuries, which were used by the Santander adventurer Vital Alsar during his expeditions crossing the Atlantic in the 70s of the last century.

Cruise by boat to Somo beach

In the same city ​​of Santander You also have other options of beaches to go to with your children.

But what will be most interesting for children is crossing by boat to the area of ​​the Somo beach prop, which extends in front of the Magdalena peninsula.

Furthermore, on this beach you will find much fewer people than on the city's urban beaches.

Boat cruise through the Bay of Santander

Another activity that should be essential is to sign up for boat cruise that between the months of April and October runs through the Santander Bay.

Lasting one hour, the boat departs from Gamazo dam, Along the Cantabria Festival Palace.

On this very pleasant excursion you will arrive with the boat to the natural area of ​​the island of Mouro, a place from where you will have excellent views of Sardinero beach and the entire area.

Visit the Aquarium of the Maritime Museum of Cantabria

Another advisable place to visit in Santander with children is the Cantabria Maritime Museum, an large aquarium, an attraction that always arouses great interest in the little ones.

Su Time In summer it is from 10 a.m. to 19,30:XNUMX p.m., and the price of admission It is 8 euros for adults and 5 euros for children from 5 to 12 years old.

Surroundings of Santander with children

As I mentioned at the beginning, an advantage of the Cantabrian capital is that it is close to the city, so doing some excursions very interesting for your children.

Going to Liencres Beach with children

Near Santander There are many other beaches, but if I have to highlight one, I will point out the one that is one of the best beaches in CantabriaThat of Liencres.

Without a doubt, it is the one I like the most because it is a natural area with dunes, specifically, the Liencres Dunes Natural Park.

The beach extends from the parking lot, which you will reach after passing through a lush forest, and the further you go, the fewer people you will have around you.

Of course, I warn you that if you like the rough sea, this is your ideal beach, although my advice is that you be especially vigilant with children when they bathe.

Cabárceno Nature Park with children

If there is a must see in a holiday trip with children to Cantabria, this is Cabarceno Park.

You may think that it is a big zoo, but I can tell you that it is much more.

To begin with, it is an area of ​​spectacular landscapes, the result of the action of man for centuries, since 5.000 years ago they were iron mines.

This landscape was rehabilitated in its day to house large open areas where a great diversity of animals is preserved and displayed.

To give you an idea of ​​its grandeur, just the fact that the elephant enclosure alone occupies more surface area than the Madrid zoo.

En Cabárceno you will spend a full day with children, touring the different animal enclosures by car, going up the cable car up to the top of a mountain, or seeing the very interesting birds of prey exhibits or sea ​​lions.

Neocave and museum of Altamira with children

You sure know that Cantabria It is a territory of great visitable caves, most with vestiges of the rock art.

Near the city of Santander you have one that is worth visiting, which is the Castle Cave, in the Torrelavega area.

But surely you can't stop visit the Neocave and museum of Altamira, a complex that he built to safeguard the original Altamira cave.

In addition to seeing a museum exhibition which explains the importance of rock art in Cantabria, your children will be able to enter the neocave that emulates in an incredibly faithful way what is one of the rock art caves most famous in the world.