El Bosque del Marqués

El Bosque del Marqués is a locality in Reocín, Cantabria. El Bosque del Marqués is situated nearby to the locality Boquerizo, as well as near the hamlet Quijas.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cave of Altamira and National Museum and Research Center of Altamira.

Cave of Altamira

Cave

Photo: Locutus Borg, Public domain.

The Cave of Altamira is a cave complex, located near the historic town of Santillana del Mar in Cantabria, Spain. It is renowned for prehistoric cave art featuring charcoal drawings and polychrome paintings of contemporary local fauna and human hands. Cave of Altamira is situated 2½ km north of El Bosque del Marqués.

National Museum and Research Center of Altamira

Museum

Photo: Alonso de Mendoza, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The National Museum and Research Center of Altamira, also known as Altamira Museum, is a center dedicated to the conservation of, research into, and the sharing of information about the cave of Altamira in Santillana del Mar, Spain, named a World Heritage Site by Unesco. National Museum and Research Center of Altamira is situated 2½ km north of El Bosque del Marqués.