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Walk through Santillana del Mar's medieval streets and learn about the history of the romanesque collegiate Church of Santa Juliana and its magnificent cloister.

Outside Santillana, visit the replica of the Paleolithic Altamira Caves, which contain the most famous prehistoric paintings in the world. In the afternoon, travel to Comillas, a coastal fishing village, and spend the day relaxing by the beach, learning about the Marquis of Comillas or visiting El Capricho, Gaudi's modernist style palace. Visit the Cave of El Castillo in Puenteviesgo which houses preserved cave art dating back to the Lower Paleolithic Era (over 120,000 years ago) to the Bronze Age (approximately 6,000 years ago).
These Paleolithic art styles are said to have been an inspiration for artists such as Picasso and Miro.

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