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Cantabria, Spain

Hiking trails near Santander

There are 34 mapped hiking routes within 50 km of Santander, Cantabria, Spain. Together they cover 840 kilometres of walking, with an average route length of 24.7 km and 579 m (1,900 ft) of climbing.

34
Trails
50 km
Search radius
9
Easy routes
7.5 km
Closest

The spread is genuinely broad: 9 routes rated easy, 16 moderate and 9 hard or harder. The terrain that comes up most often is pilgrimage route, summit push, river. Around 47 percent are circular routes, so parking once is usually an option.

The most reliable season overall is march to june, september to november. Start with Northern Route (Cantabria) or Camino del Besaya: Cantabria if you want the highlights without a lot of research.

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