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[QUOTE="peregrina2000, post: 116702, member: 537"] Hi, Sharni, I wouldn't describe the walk from Santander to Santillana as spectacular. None of it is along the coast, it's all on pavement, and you have to decide in Boo whether to add on 9 kms to get to Mogro on the side of the road or scamper across the FEVE rail line in the hopes that you've timed it right and a train doesn't come. When I walked the Norte four years ago or so, the German women we were with had explicit details in their guidebook on how to run across the bridge. Locals were doing it, I am not recommending it because I know it's illegal,but we did it to save those 9 kms. Last year doing the Vadiniense, I walked to Mogro from Santander on my first day, since I had spent the morning visiting the city and left Santander after noon. I didn't have a German guide, so I didn't find the shortcut in Boo and wound up taking the full 9 km detour. That turned my intended 12 kms into more than 20 but oh well. The next day we went Mogro to Cobreces, then Cobreces to San Vicente. Mogro to Cobreces is another day of 100% road walking. With a couple hours' stop in Santillana (visited the church, not the caves) . After installing ourselves in the Cobreces albergue (on the monastery grounds), we walked another 1-2 kms to the beach and it was very nice, but the Camino doesn't take you there. Cobreces to San Vicente included a nice stop in Comillas, a pretty, touristy town on the coast. There is actually a beach option for part of the way into Comillas, but again it's in the German guide, so I was on the road all the way. Comillas to San Vicente is, IMO, the high point of the entire stretch from Santander to San Vicente. Finally you get off the road a bit, finally you get to see the water, even though it's probably only about 4kms of the entire walk from Santander. So that's my longwinded way of saying that I don't think Santander to San Vicente is spectacular! I agree with oursonpolaire that San Vicente is pretty, a nice town on the water, and I think Comillas and Santillana are also well worth some visiting time (though Santillana is overloaded with tourists). I'd make the decision based on time and based on how much tolerance you and your feet have for asphalt. Buen camino, Laurie [/QUOTE]
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