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Square, the arcaded plaza at the heart of Explore Santander
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NZX[P_T_TZY^ bL_NSPO Q]ZX Y`XMP]PO Santander, pausing en route to discover Castro
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_Z XLYd ZQ >LY >PML^_TLYɪ^ XZ^_ TX[Z]_LY_ MWPYO^ _SP XZOP]Y bT_S PWPXPY_^ Q]ZX _SP
NPWPM]L_TZY^ Middle Ages, from its Gothic Santa María de la
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After an included lunch here, we return to
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-TWMLZ ;P]SL[^ dZ`ɪWW `^P _TXP _Z ^_]ZWW
WZaPWd MPLNSP^ ?SP Puebla Vieja :WO ?ZbY
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T^ YPL] _SP bL_P] LYO MZL^_^ _SP NT_dɪ^ ʭ]^_
LYRWP _SP X`^P`X WZZV^ WTVP XP_LW bLaP^
WTRS_SZ`^P ?ST^ XZ]YTYR bP RP_ _Z VYZb _SP
crashing upon one another or a stylized
city on an included tour.
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WTXP^_ZYP _SP 1]LYV 2PS]dɪ^ XL^_P][TPNP bL^ This afternoon, we arrive in Santander in time
[]LT^PO Md L]NST_PN_ ;STWT[ 5ZSY^ZY L^ ɭ_SP QZ] LY TYNW`OPO WL_P W`YNS >LY_LYOP] SL^ MPPY
R]PL_P^_ M`TWOTYR ZQ Z`] _TXP ɮ an important trading port since the middle
Breakfast, Lunch of the 18th century, when ships sailed from
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Day 3 Bilbao at leisure • Optional Winery QZ] ^`Y bZ]^ST[[P]^ QZ] XZ]P _SLY L NPY_`]d
& Laguardia tour TYNW`OTYR XPXMP]^ ZQ _SP ]ZdLW QLXTWd
bSZ M`TW_ L [LWLNP SP]P -LNVPO Md aP]OLY_
Enjoy time at leisure with lunch on your
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own today. Or join our optional tour that
dramatic vistas in all directions, as we’ll see
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on our included tour this afternoon.
and continues on to Laguardia. Occupied
roughly since the Bronze Age, Laguardia Breakfast, Lunch
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The four original entrance gates still stand,
LYO MPYPL_S _SP ZWO ^_]PP_^ ]`Y L YP_bZ]V ZQ Day 5 Visit Santillana del Mar • San
tunnels carved out in the Middle Ages to help Vicente de la Barquera
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MPNLXP ]P [`][Z^PO L^ bTYP NPWWL]^ TY WL_P] VYZbY L^ ?SP ?ZbY ZQ ?S]PP 7TP^ 4_^ YLXP
years. After an included lunch on this optional _]LY^WL_P^ _Z _SP ɭ>LTY_ɪ^ ʮL_ Md _SP ^PLɮ M`_
_Z`] bP ]P_`]Y _Z -TWMLZ QZ] _SP MLWLYNP ZQ _SP L^ _SP WZNLW UZVP RZP^ T_ T^ YZ_ ^LTY_Wd ʮL_
day at leisure and dinner on your own. Z] ZY _SP ^PL BPɪWW PYUZd L ^_]ZWW _S]Z`RS
Breakfast this small village, with its medieval lanes
and dwellings intermingled with “newer”
structures from the 18th and 19th centuries.
BPɪWW ^PP _SP casonas ZWO SZ`^P^ _d[TNLW ZQ
_SP !_S LYO "_S NPY_`]d bT_S ^_ZYPbZ]V LYO
stucco meeting under red rooftops.
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