Cantabria and Asturias: coast and mountains

4 days · ~8 h 55 driving ·Coast, Mountains

Four days along Spain's green north coast and into the Picos de Europa. In Cantabria, Liérganes has a legend of a man who turned into a fish, Santillana del Mar is a village of stone mansions near the Altamira caves, and Comillas has a summer house designed by Gaudí. Carmona and Bárcena Mayor lie in quiet valleys inland, and Potes and Mogrovejo face the Picos. In Asturias the trip returns to the sea at the fishing villages of Lastres, Tazones and Cudillero.

Day by day

Driving times are approximate, from OpenStreetMap roads without traffic; long legs are rougher estimates. The Google Maps links give up-to-date times.

Day 1
~2 h 10 driving · 6 h visiting
1. Bilbao AirportLeaving from
2. ~1 h 15 driving · 95 km
  LiérganesCantabria
3. ~35 min driving · 41 km
  Santillana del MarCantabria
4. ~20 min driving · 17 km
  ComillasCantabria
5. Overnight in Comillas
Day 2
~2 h 35 driving · 6 h visiting
1. ~40 min driving · 36 km
  CarmonaCantabria
2. ~30 min driving · 28 km
  Bárcena MayorCantabria
3. ~1 h 25 driving · 78 km
  PotesCantabria
4. Overnight in Potes
Day 3
~2 h 20 driving · 6 h visiting
1. ~10 min driving · 10 km
  MogrovejoCantabria
2. ~1 h 40 driving · 122 km
  LastresAsturias
3. ~30 min driving · 28 km
  TazonesAsturias
4. Overnight in Tazones
Day 4
~1 h 50 driving · 2 h visiting
1. ~1 h 05 driving · 81 km
  CudilleroAsturias
2. ~45 min driving · 62 km
  OviedoReturning to

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