San Vicente de la Barquera
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關於San Vicente de la Barquera
San Vicente de la Barquera is a town in Cantabria on the north coast of Spain. With a population of 4000 in 2025, it's a beach resort and has an old centre, but its main attraction is the coastlands of Oyambre nature park.
San Vicente de la Barquera旅遊指南
如何抵達
San Vicente is just off coastal motorway A-8. Driving from Madrid, follow A-6 north to Valladolid then A-67 towards Santander to join A-8 at Torrelavega. Alsa buses from Santander run four times a day via Torrelavega, taking 65 min, and continue to Llanes, Oviedo and Gijón. Cantabria buses also run four times a day from Santander, via Torrelavega, Santillana del Mar and Comillas. 1 Estación de Autobuses is the bus station, central in town. San Vicente railway station was 2 km south of town at La Acebosa, but it's disused. This was on the metre-gauge FEVE line, but taken over by RENFE who neglected it. Standard-gauge Cercanías trains from Santander run via Torrelavega only as far west as Cabezón de la Sal.
當地交通
Town is small and walkable, and the closest beaches are 2 km east. Half a dozen taxi firms ply in town.
必看景點
A total solar eclipse on Wednesday 12 Aug 2026, starting at 20.27 and lasting 87 sec. The chances of a clear sky are only 40%, and you need to find a spot with a clear view to the northwest horizon, where the sun will be setting. 1 Castillo del Rey, Av Antonio Garelly. Tu-Su 11:00-14:00, 17:30-20:00. Sturdy castle first built in the 13th century and restored in 1990. Adult €2. (updated Jun 2026) Old Town huddles beneath the castle. Puente de la Barquera is the picturesque bridge across the creek of Brazo Mayor to New Town. 2 Santa María de los Ángeles, Alta 12, ☏ +34 942 710026. Daily 10:00-20:00. Impressive Gothic church built 13th-15th century. The grand marble sepulchre is of Antonio del Corro (1472-1556) of the Spanish Inquisition. There's a good view from the plaza just west, and one of the old city gates. (updated Jun 2026) 3 Santuario de La Barquera is a 15th century chapel at Paseo de la Barquera 18. It's seldom open but the gardens are peaceful. 4 Peña Menor is an offshore rock that now forms the end of the harbour north breakwater. Good views of Old Town. Puente de la Maza is the long bridge east towards the beaches, a traffic bottleneck in summer. It's 500 m long, first built in the 15th / 16th century, with 28 arches.
體驗活動
Beaches lie east of the estuary. They're long and sandy, with building curbed by the nature park: Rosal, Merón, Bederna and Gerra. Further east beyond the rocky headland are Oyambre and La Rabia beaches towards Comillas the next resort. This is the cool breezy Atlantic, good for watersports such as wind-surfing. More sheltered for sun-lounging and kiddy-bathing are La Maza and Puntal, within the estuary near the bridge. Golf: Golf Santa Marina is 3 km east of town. Golf Shangri-La is in the hills 10 km south. El Camino is the collective name for the plexus of pilgrimage trails towards Santiago. The classic route from France is much further inland via León, but when that region was under Moorish occupation pilgrims switched to a route along the coast. The local section of this Camino del Norte is from Santander to Torrelavega, Santillana del Mar, Comillas, San Vicente, Unquera, Llanes and Ribadesella, thence across Asturias to Oviedo.
購物
Lupa is the main supermarket, on Padre Ángel in Old Town, open M-Sa 09:00-21:30, Su 09:00-15:00.
美食
Over a dozen cafes and restaurants line the main street through Old Town, serving trad fare.
飲品與夜生活
Bars serve tapas. Cantabria produces a small amount of wine, but the main drink is cider.
住宿
Hotel Cantón is a miserable place 50 m north of the bus station at Padre Ángel 8. Pensión Arenal at Arenal 17 has clean simple rooms. Hotel Luzon, Av Miramar 1 (300 m north of bus station), ☏ +34 942 710050. Basic hotel, cleaning erratic, in a grand old building long past its best. Noisy through the thin walls. (updated Jun 2026) Hotel Faro is north end of the bridge at Fuente Nueva 1. 1 Hotel Playa de Merón, Av Francisco Giner de los Ríos 30, ☏ +34 942 712426. Smart hotel by Rosal and Merón beaches. (updated Jun 2026) Camping El Rosal (100 m north of Hotel Playa de Merón), ☏ +34 942 710165. Clean friendly campsite by the beach. Tent €18 plus €7 ppn. (updated Jun 2026)
順遊推薦
Comillas east along the coast was a resort for 19th century nobility, so it has many fine buildings. Santillana del Mar is a picturesque and very touristy medieval village. The nearby Caves of Altamira have prehistoric art. Santander is mostly modern but has lots to see and do. Picos de Europa is the mountain range rearing up west on the boundary with Asturias.
城市概覽改寫自 Wikipedia，旅遊指南來自Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA)。照片來自 Wikimedia Commons.