Santillana Zoo

Santillana Zoo is a zoo in Santillana del Mar, Cantabria which is located on Avenida del Zoo. Santillana Zoo is situated nearby to Linces Boreales, as well as near Nutrias.

Photo: Javierme, CC BY 3.0.

Type: Zoo
Description: zoo in Spain
Also known as: “Santillana Quaternaric Park” and “Zoológico de Santillana del Mar”
Address: Avenida del Zoo 2, Santillana del Mar, 39330

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cave of Altamira and Collegiate church and cloister of St Juliana.

Cave of Altamira

Cave

Cave of Altamira

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 1½ km west of Santillana Zoo.

Collegiate church and cloister of St Juliana

Church

Collegiate church and cloister of St Juliana

Photo: Luis Fermín TURIEL PEREDO, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Collegiate church and cloister of Santa Juliana is a collegiate church located in Santillana del Mar, Spain. The church is dedicated to Juliana of Nicomedia. It is notable as an example of Romanesque architecture… Collegiate church and cloister of St Juliana is situated 1¼ km north of Santillana Zoo.

Museo de la Tortura, Santillana del Mar

Museum

Museo de la Tortura, Santillana del Mar

Photo: Stromare, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Museo de la Tortura, Santillana del Mar is a museum, which is situated 1¼ km north of Santillana Zoo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vispieres and Camplengo.

Vispieres

Hamlet

Photo: Bugunya, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Vispieres is a hamlet.

Camplengo

Hamlet

Photo: Bugunya, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Camplengo is a hamlet.

Villapresente

Village

Photo: Asotavento, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Villapresente is a village.

Santillana Zoo

Categories: botanical garden, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Santillana del Mar, Cantabria, Green Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

43.38068° or 43° 22′ 50″ north

Longitude

-4.10293° or 4° 6′ 11″ west

Inception

June 13th, 1977

Open location code

8CMQ9VJW+7R

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=zoo

Wikidata ID

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Spanish—“Santillana Zoo” goes by many names.

Basque: “Santillanako zooa”
French: “zoo de Santillana”
French: “Zoo de Santillana”
German: “Zoo Santillana del Mar”
Italian: “zoo di Santillana”
Spanish: “Zoo de Santillana del Mar”
Spanish: “Zoologico de Santillana del Mar”
Spanish: “Zoológico y Parque Cuaternario de Santillana del Mar”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Linces Boreales and Nutrias.

Nearby Places

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