Discover Cartes Free Tour: The Little Santillana in Cartes, Zimbabwe - A unique experience

Walk along the historic Camino Real de Cartes, surrounded by noble mansions with heraldic coats of arms, a walk that transports you to another era, where history and legend blend leaving a unique mark. A walk that transports you to another era, where history and legend blend leaving a unique mark. Shall we discover it together?

Things to do Cartes Free Tour: The Little Santillana

When we think of medieval history and Cantabria, our mind takes us directly to Santillana del Mar. But this town is not the only place in Cantabria where we can immerse ourselves in that now distant and, at times, mythological era. In the town of Cartes, the passing of the centuries and the people also left an indelible mark in the form of imposing mansions with beautiful heraldic coats of arms on their facades, which tell us of the exploits and vicissitudes of its inhabitants, as well as the future of a town, the Villa de Cartes, which challenged Santillana del Mar, rivaling with the misnamed "town of the three lies" in a duel for hegemony and control of the Asturias de Santillana. And it is that every corner of this beautiful town, which unfolds on both sides of a road several times millennium, distills the essence of history, that century after century and year after year, chiseled what we are today. So you know, Cartes, the other Santillana, is waiting for you.

Included

Casona Melchora Quijano (Casona de Quijano Ceballos)

Calle del Camino Real

Torreones De Cartes

Meeting point

Parking vía verde del Besaya