Santander to Santilla and Comillas

The last two walks have been very different. Santander is a much bigger city than it looked on the map so we took a cab to the edge to avoid a 37km day. My feet are finding the walking on tarmac aspect of this route very difficult. The walk was pleasant enough, a 2m train across the river, a large factory and lots of rolling farmland. We finally got to Santillana which is like a cotswold village. The convent was in the middle, beautiful and nicely done up. We had our own room and there was a gorgeous garden to sit in. The beds had sheets, and there was dinner, all for 27 euros each.
Today was a very pretty walk through wealthy villages full of large houses built with money made in the Americas. The picos de Europa mountains as background. Comillas is gorgeous, quite big, with a Palace, a very ornate university and a house by Gaudí which was spectacular. So by the time we had toured that, had a look at the port and had dinner with friends we added at least 4km to the daily walk. My feet and ankles hurt.Read more