City break in Santander. Active leisure ideas for Santander - attractions, recreation and nightlife

The scenic port city of Santander will be of great pleasure to visit for beach recreation fans as well as for open air leisure admirers and nature enthusiasts. Marvelous beaches and great parks of breathtaking beauty are still the most wanted places of rest among travelers. The resort city offers about ten beach areas with the most buzzing coastal parts among them being the Magdalena Beach and the Sadinero Beach. These areas will be of great pleasure and attraction for those tourists tending to rest in a lively and buzzing atmosphere.

Serene private leisure enthusiasts should better visit one of the suburban areas named Puntal which is famous for serene and well equipped beaches. The Somo island will be as well of great interest for serene recreation admirers. The island offers several excellent golf centers apart from perfect beach areas.

The Puerto Chico embankment is one of the most lively and buzzing destinations of the resort in the evening. The street attracts hiking fans, nightlife enthusiasts, dainty dishes admirers as the embankment concentrates various entertainment and gastronomy establishments. Any moment tourists can leave the beach area and set off to an exploration tour through the most beautiful nature areas of the seaside. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

Not far from the city center tourists will find the Parque de la Naturaleza de Cabarceno zoological park being an oasis of virgin nature in the heart of the city jungle. A high hill slope hosts a great park area named the Peninsula of Magdalena offering a vibrant view over the city and its suburbs. Among scenic parks and gardens of the resort city the Parque de Matalenas and Parque del Doctor Morales parklands are best worth mentioning. The last of the mentioned park areas feature a unique design of its territory.

In a few minute drive from the city center tourists will discover the largest and the most popular day spa center named Thalasso Real offering its customers a wide choice of healing and health improving programs, about ten types of massage procedures and a rich assortment of beauty treatments. The day spa center also features a sauna and a large swimming pool. The health complex is a perfect place for a family visit.

Nightlife enthusiasts should focus on excellent entertainment facilities of the city with the Gran Casino Sardinero being one of the most visited destination among popular night clubs and bars. It will be of great pleasure as for classic table games admirers so for those gamblers giving preference to slot machines. Those tourists who can not imagine a vacation without favorite music and dancing should pay a visit to the Santa Fe club offering its guests an excellent music program, the brightest and largest dance floor and a cozy bar with a vast choice of treats and cocktails.

Santander can offer its guests a variety of other activities in addition to a beach holiday. This includes visits to entertainment centers. Xkapa is the most popular escape-quest club, where participants can play the role of inmates, detectives, or art looters. Each room has an atmosphere that is suitable, which is why the center is in such high demand. Among other centers of this kind are interesting clubs such as Travel Lab Escape Room and Logicamente Escape Room. Thanks to the development of scientists, both complexes offer you a journey by car to the past. The only difference is that the first club pays special attention to the children’s program – so those traveling with their kids should pay attention to this complex (Travel Lab Escape Room).

The BinaryLabs Entertainment Center is going to delight gamers with its beautifully recreated virtual reality, from which participants do not want to return. Another popular club, VR Game, offers the same leisure. Those who enjoy watching films should go to the Filmoteca de Cantabria cinema, considered to be the best in the entire city. During the time in Santander, travelers are advised to follow the billboard of upcoming events and concerts at the Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria. It should be noted that the best performances are held here.

Lovers of active recreation in nature will not be bored, at least because Santander has a lovely rope camp, Forestal Park Santander. Everyone, regardless of their level of training, can climb the cable car. It should also be noted that it is better to come here with your dear ones (family or friends) – just like in the escape quest clubs. The Club de Golf Matelenas and Campo de Golf La Junquera are popular among golf clubs and beautiful green areas.

On the Península de La Magdalena, where the beach is considered to be the best, you can find another remarkable place – the mini zoo Parque Marino de La Magdalena, whose inhabitants are ducks, geese, seals, penguins. Of particular interest to the mini-zoo of marine animals are children who should not be left at the hotel if you plan to visit the peninsula and the beach. Many tourists come to Santander not only to enjoy a beach holiday but also attend cooking classes to learn how to cook like they do in the Cantabria region. Such master classes are conducted by the studio Chefsworking.

Santander is also interesting at night when it is filled with people who want to spend quality time after dusk. So if you want to dance, you should choose between the club Sala Niagara or Sala Kudeta, while for those who want to enjoy a glass of strong drink and see some theatrical or stand-up performances at the same time, they are welcome to the Sala Rocambole bar. Fine cocktail connoisseurs will be well received in the bar Floridita Santander Oficial or Disco Pub Stop. Lovers of stronger drinks, on the other hand, will enjoy a visit to the beautiful bar Little Bobby Speakeasy (a wide selection of them can be found here). La Barruca with its spacious environment is another interesting place to spend the night.