Stayed here for a week, and had a wonderful time! Paco was an amazing surf instructor, and I…read morelearned a lot about surfing etiquette, pop up technique, and how to turn on a wave. With morning surf lessons and afternoon free surf sessions, you really improve fast. They have professional photographers filming you in the water as well, and I got to see myself on a wave for the first time :) Thank you Latas for an amazing week!

The most stunning beach I have seen (although admitedly I have never been to the Caribbean ;), set…read morein El Sardinero, an iconic area in Santander, where you can also find a very distinctive building, the Casino. This beach is something worth seeing, especially when the tide is down, and the First and Second Sardinero beaches are joined through the corner under the Piquio Gardens, and then the First Sardinero beach is joined at the other end with the Concha beach (Shell beach). You can then walk them all up and down, having 1km and 500m more or less to walk each way. You can also walk the seaside walk all along it (and further more all the way to the city centre) without interruptions! If you like a good beach, I thoroughly recommend this one.

This beach is beautiful, and an easy, close getaway from the city feel. It's an easy bus ride from…read morethe city center that will only take about fifteen minutes, maybe less. It was really pretty even in the fall. I went before it got really cold here, so I'm sure it's amazing when it's warmer. The water is so distinctively blue from the sand and the beautiful cliffs. There's also a Regma ice cream right there and more. Being lazy so go to www.kimstravelblog.com for pictures and more info. I'll come back and post them here later :)