Car Hire Santander Airport

The Spanish city of Santander with 180,000 inhabitants is the capital of the autonomous community of Cantabria. Santander is located directly on the sea on the North coast of Spain and is located 220 km west of the border from Spain to France.

The Atlantic coastal area of Spain covers of the Basque country, Cantabria and Asturias to Galicia. The area is called also "the Green Spain", because it has a milder climate with less extreme temperatures as the rest of Spain. More rainfall ensure that nature here shows in green colour. Therefore, Santander is a very popular seaside resort, visited mainly by Spaniards from the hot inland.

Book a rental car at the airport in Santander, Cantabria

Aeropuerto de Parayas airport is located directly next to the port of Santander. The airport is located five kilometres southwest of the city in the District of Maliaño. A flight from Germany to Santander takes well two to just under three hours.

Who visit not only Santander, but would like to explore the region to this city, book a rental car is in this city, Cantabria. A rental car for this city can be booked directly on arrival at the airport because there are there several car hire companies to choose from. So you will reach also directly flexible and comfortable with the car to hotel or apartment in this city, Cantabria.

Sun, beach and cultural highlights in this city

If you are mainly interested in seaside, definitely finds its beach in this city, Cantabria. In particular in the District of El Sardinero from this city there is to discover several expansive sand beaches.

On the basis of much of 1941 this city hardly historical building offers, some still there a lot to discover. So a castle is La Magdalena, 1912 for King Alfonso XIII. was built, and today as the summer University is used. The Iglesia Catedral is also de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción from the 12th century.

Tour the surrounding area of this city

The cave of Altamira located 30 km west of this city and Santillana del Mar is located close to the city. Altamira Cave art inspires with Frankokantabrische and is part of UNESCO Welteres.90 Km southwest of this city you can make a trip to the Picos de Europa. The Picos de Europa are a not very extensive mountain range in terms of area, however, there are Alpine style mountain of lot of to enjoy nature. Fortune who has can see there even wolves and bears.

With the car of this city from to reach also the 100 kilometers to the East, Bilbao, and can be visited there including the Guggenheim Museum. Also, a tour in which offers to 220 kilometres south, Burgos. Burgos is the Gothic Cathedral, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1984. The Catedral de Burgos wude by the same architect built such as the Cologne Cathedral and the Strasbourg Cathedral.