Museo Marítimo del Cantábrico
A maritime museum on the bay, with an aquarium, a whale skeleton, fishing boats and displays on naval history. Good for families.
The museum is on the San Martín waterfront and has four floors showing the marine life, fisheries, naval history and marine technology of the Cantabrian Sea. The ground-floor aquarium holds local fish and marine animals. A skeleton of a fin whale about 24 metres long hangs in the exhibition hall, and there are also traditional fishing boats, model ships and the history of Santander's port. Admission costs about €8, and the museum is closed on Mondays. It is about a 20-minute walk along the bay from the Pereda Gardens, and you can continue on to the Magdalena Peninsula.
Opening hours
Tue–Sun 10:00–18:00 (until 19:30 in summer); closed Mondays
Nearby sights
- Gran Casino del Sardinero
- El Sardinero Beach
- Magdalena Palace
- Jardines de Pereda & Paseo de Pereda
- Museum of Prehistory and Archaeology of Cantabria
- Centro Botín
- Mataleñas Beach
- Santander Cathedral