Hotel Azul de Galimar

San Vicente de la Barquera


This modern, professional hotel with a lawn garden sits in an excellent hilltop position on the eastern side of town. It has 16 airy, attractive rooms painted with pastel shades and floral prints. Ground-floor sea-facing rooms have lovely private terraces overlooking the estuary; most upper-floor rooms sport little balconies or floor-to-ceiling windows. It’s signposted from the Puente de la Maza.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby San Vicente de la Barquera attractions

2. Castillo del Rey

0.34 MILES

San Vicente’s 13th-century castle, one of Cantabria’s best preserved, rises near the top of the old part of town. Sights inside are limited, and exhibits…

3. Puente de la Maza

0.36 MILES

The eastern inlet bordering San Vicente, the estuary of the Río Escudo, is spanned by the long, low-slung, 15th-century Puente de la Maza.

4. Playas del Rosal & de Merón

1.44 MILES

Along the coast east of town, these two beautiful beaches are basically one broad, 4km-long golden strand. Merón gets surf, while El Rosal (the western…

5. Playa Oyambre

3.68 MILES

The 2km-long, soft-blonde Playa Oyambre, 5km west of Comillas, is a sandy dream protected by the Parque Natural Oyambre. It has frequently surfable waves,…

6. Antigua Universidad Pontificia

5.09 MILES

Several Modernistas had a hand in this imposing neo-Gothic former seminary, looming over the west end of town. Domènech i Montaner contributed its…

7. Palacio de Sobrellano

5.37 MILES

With this marvellous 1888 building, the Marqués de Comillas’ summer palace, Modernista architect Joan Martorell truly managed to out-Gothic real Gothic…

8. Capilla-Panteón de Sobrellano

5.41 MILES

On a grassy hillside beside the Marqués de Comillas’ summer palace is the marquis’ family tomb, an intricate ‘mini-cathedral’ designed by Joan Martorell,…