The Basque Autonomous Community (Basque: Euskadi; Spanish: País Vasco; French: Pays Basque), also called the Basque Autonomous Community, is an autonomous community in northern Spain. Its basic institutions are the Basque Parliament and the Basque Government…

The Abbey of Santa María de Viaceli (Abadía de Santa María de Viaceli) is a monastery of the Order of La Trappe located in the town of Cóbreces, municipality of Alfoz de Lloredo, Cantabria (Spain), overlooking the Cantabrian Sea (Atlantic ocean) and just…

Bárcena Mayor is a town in the municipality of Los Tojos (Cantabria, Spain). It is located at an altitude of 495 meters in the valley of the Argoza River. Since 2015 the city has been a part of the network “The most beautiful towns in Spain“. It is now one…

Carmona is a town in the municipality Cabuérniga (Cantabria, Spain), which is 11 km from the capital of the municipality. Since 2019 the city has been a part of the network “The most beautiful towns in Spain“. See here Carmona in Andalusia. Located on the…

Castro-Urdiales, or simply Castro, is a city and coastal municipality located in northern Spain, in the autonomous community of Cantabria. It is one of the most populated coastal municipalities on the Cantabrian coast; in Cantabria only Santander and Torrelavega…

Comillas is a municipality and a town in the autonomous community of Cantabria (Spain) located in the Comarca de la Costa Occidental. This is a popular part of the Costa Cantabria of the Atlantic resorts of Spain. Since 2024, it is one of the Los Pueblos…

The Ebro reservoir, also called the Reinosa reservoir, is a reservoir built on the upper course of the Ebro river, in northern Spain. It is located between the region of Campoo-Los Valles (Cantabria) and the Burgos region of Las Merindades (Castilla y León)…

Juliobriga was the most important urban centre in Roman Cantabria in Spain, as stated by numerous Latin authors including Pliny the Elder. The site has traditionally been identified with ruins in the village of Retortillo near Reinosa and the Ebro reservoir…

Laredo is a city and a municipality in the autonomous community of Cantabria. Capital of the Costa Oriental region, it is located on the Cantabrian Sea, Spain. The city is a popular part of the Costa Cantabria of the Atlantic resorts of Spain. The city is…