Altamira Museum Tour: Explore Santillana Del Mar

Explore the World Heritage sites of Santillana del Mar and the Altamira Museum on this guided tour. Visit the Neocave, walk around the charming village, and enjoy free time for shopping.

Duration: 4 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Museo de Altamira - Visit the Museum of Altamira and enjoy a guided visit to the so-called “neocave”. Please notice that the regular visit to the neocave is only in Spanish available, but the tour leader can join you during this visit to translate it into English if you want.
What's Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Entrance fee to the Collegiate Church of Santa Juliana
  • Driver/guide
  • Transport by air-conditioned minivan
  • Entrance fee to the Altamira Museum
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information

HIGHLIGHTS
• Explore the Altamira Museum and the Neocave
• Stroll through the charming village of Santillana de Mar
• Discover the Collegiata Church of Santa Juliana
• Enjoy leisure time for shopping in Santillana
SUMMARY
Experience the enchanting village of Santillana del Mar, where you can enjoy leisure time for shopping and, if…

Location
Museo de Altamira
Avda. Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola s/n
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Ght1989
Jul 18, 2025
Comforting tour - Maria was excellent as a guide. Very attentive, very understandable, and above all very well informed about the history of Santillana del Mar and Altamira.
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C712elpeterg
Jul 14, 2025
Knowledgeable tour of two fascinating sites. - Our guide, Pepe, did a great job of showing us the interesting Santillana del Mar and was very knowledgeable about Altamira cave which increased our enjoyment of the tour.
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Tourist26198566302
Jun 27, 2025
Highly recommended - We did the excursion to Santillana and neocave Altamira. Family. Highly recommended. Very well organized. The guide, very friendly. We will definitely repeat for other excursions. Highly recommended also for children.
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Pauline_b
May 7, 2025
Unbelievable Adventure - I enjoyed the Cave of Altamira, and the village of Santillana. It was like stepping back in history, and reflecting on today... and how far humans had come...
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Yasetb_rm
Apr 20, 2025
Beautiful town of Cantabria - Neither Santa, nor plain, and it has no sea, but it is beautiful. Very well preserved. A charming little town, full of curious corners, balconies with flowers and a lush green. Cobblestone streets and houses of hundreds of years. A must-see site.
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Alexhe2416oz
Apr 2, 2025
A great experience with a friendly guide and group! - I went on this tour with my Grandad, and we really enjoyed it. Our guide, Pepe, was excellent, and despite most of the group being Spanish speaking, Pepe took the time to translate everything for my English speaking Grandad. The tour itself was informative and interesting. My favourite part was exploring Santillana - what a beautiful and historic town!
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Martha_p
Oct 4, 2024
Worth it! - Our tour guide Gabriela was amazing, very knowledgeable and switched from English to Spanish with no effort. Great driver too. The two places we went were very nice, a must stop when visiting Santander.
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Rachel_k
Mar 19, 2025
Great half Day tour. Beautiful town - This was a well run & informative tour. Beautiful town & interesting museum tour. Pick up & drop off was as stated. Gabriela did very well communicating in Spanish & English & was very knowledgeable. The weather did not cooperate but was still enjoyable.
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Bonnie
Oct 28, 2024
Great itinerary, great guide - I signed up for a tour in English and only discovered, at the moment I was picked up, that the rest of the group was monolingual Spanish so the whole tour would be in Spanish. My Spanish was not good enough to follow most of the narrative and there was no possible way for the guide to convey all the information in both languages. She was very obliging but the tour operator had put her in an impossible position. That being said, the itinerary was excellent (though an hour free time in Santillana was too much for a very rainy day). The Altamira “neocave” is well worth seeing and the guide had a lot to show and tell about it. She was obviously well informed and enthusiastic.
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Buspassroadtripper
Jul 8, 2025
Parking? - Following many good reviews and our love of history we were so looking forward to visiting these caves. However it was not to be. We arrived at 10.30, thinking that this was early enough for the crowds not to be overwhelming, only to find not a single parking space! We left, extremely disappointed along with several other potential visitors.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).