Comillas

Member of Los Pueblos más Bonitos de España

Tony Rotondas (Wikimedia Commons user)Universidad Pontificia de Comillas CC BY-SA 3.0
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AnualCapricho gaudi 201108 CC BY 3.0
SandsteinComillas city and statue panorama 2009 CC BY-SA 3.0
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FernandoPalacio de Sobrellano 2021 CC BY-SA 4.0
P. B. ObregónPuerto de Comillas CC BY-SA 4.0
Spinor69Vida en Oyambre, San Vicente de la Barquera, Playa de Merón CC BY-SA 4.0
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Nacho Castejón MartínezVista aerea Comillas CC BY-SA 2.0
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When the Spanish royal family began spending summers here in the late 19th century, the shipping magnate Antonio López, first Marquess of Comillas, filled this small Cantabrian town with grand buildings. Gaudí's El Capricho, the neo-Gothic Palacio de Sobrellano and the old Pontifical University still rise above cobbled squares lined with noble houses. A sandy beach lies below the town.

Highlights

El Capricho, Gaudí's summer villa of 1883 to 1885, now a museum
Palacio de Sobrellano by Joan Martorell, with furniture by Gaudí
Plaza del Corro de Campíos, ringed by mansions with family crests
Cemetery built around a ruined church, with the Angel of Death sculpture
The town beach, and the long Oyambre beach five kilometres west (ES)

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Comillas (Cantabria), Comillas (EN), Comillas (IT)), Wikivoyage (Comillas). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Population: 2,075

Things to see

Capilla-Panteón de Sobrellano
Playa de Comillas (ES)
Casa del Duque de Almodóvar del Río (ES)
Cemetery of Comillas (ES)
Church of San Cristóbal, Comillas (ES)
Cueva de La Meaza (ES)
Fuente de los Tres Caños (ES)

Events through the year

Cabalgata de Reyes Magos Seasonal · 5 January, eveningFloats from local villages hand out bacon, chorizo and sweets
Fiesta del erizo Food and wine · Three weeks before Holy Week
Fiesta de la caballa Food and wine · Good Friday
Noche de San Juan Seasonal · Night of 23 JuneBonfires on the beach, main fire lit at midnight
Fiestas de San Pedro Religious · 28 and 29 JuneBonfire on the eve; picayos dance the saint up to his chapel
Folkomillas Music and arts · Third weekend of JuneFolk festival
Feast of San Cristóbal Religious · 10 July
Fiestas del Santo Cristo del Amparo Religious · Mid-July, main day 16 JulyCandlelit procession to the harbour, sea procession and fireworks
Feria y Arrastre de Comillas Sport and games · Third weekend of AugustCows and oxen drag concrete blocks on sledges
Feast of San Andrés Religious · 30 NovemberVisitors are offered bread, eggs and wine

Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.

Adapted from Wikipedia (Comillas (Cantabria), Comillas). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Local food & wine

Núria PueyoMarmitako CC BY-SA 2.5
SorropotúnDishTuna stew with potatoes, onion, pepper and tomato
Fish and seafood soupsDish

Adapted from Wikipedia (Comillas (Cantabria)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where to sleep

19 places to stay within 3 km

Hotels 11
Hostels 4
B&Bs and guest houses 2
Campsites 2

Thermal baths nearby

Hot spring: Pileta de captación del manantial · ~42 min by car

Nearby member villages

Santillana del Mar · 15 km
Carmona · 16 km
Bárcena Mayor · 28 km
Potes · 37 km
Mogrovejo · 43 km