Comillas
Member of Los Pueblos más Bonitos de España
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When the Spanish royal family began spending summers here in the late 19th century, the shipping magnate Antonio López, first Marquess of Comillas, filled this small Cantabrian town with grand buildings. Gaudí's El Capricho, the neo-Gothic Palacio de Sobrellano and the old Pontifical University still rise above cobbled squares lined with noble houses. A sandy beach lies below the town.
Highlights
- El Capricho, Gaudí's summer villa of 1883 to 1885, now a museum
- Palacio de Sobrellano by Joan Martorell, with furniture by Gaudí
- Plaza del Corro de Campíos, ringed by mansions with family crests
- Cemetery built around a ruined church, with the Angel of Death sculpture
- The town beach, and the long Oyambre beach five kilometres west (ES)
Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.
Population: 2,075
Things to see
Travel guide (Wikivoyage)
Comillas is a town in Cantabria on the north coast of Spain. It was an insignificant village until mid 19th century, when Spanish royalty began taking their summer holidays here, and local-boy-made-good Antonio Lopez y López embellished the place with his Cuban fortune. It therefore has a collection of fine buildings out of proportion to its size; in 2025 the population was just over 2000.
Nearby member villages
- Santillana del Mar · 15 km
- Carmona · 16 km
- Bárcena Mayor · 28 km
- Potes · 37 km
- Mogrovejo · 43 km