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What to see and do in Liendo

What to see and do in Liendo (Costa Oriental, Cantabria): 10 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 3 Monuments · 3 Nature · 2 Activities · 1 Curiosities

When to go to Liendo: festival calendar

May: Fiesta de San Isidro en Liendo (May 15)

How far each place is from the centre of Liendo

Los acantilados de Candina 3.1 km

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What to see and do in Liendo

Liendo
Village
Municipality of the Costa Oriental, with 1,218 inhabitants (INE 2025) over 25.96 km², with its capital at Hazas (30 m in altitude). It occupies a closed valley surrounded by low mountains, ranging from sea level to the 540 m in the south of the municipal area; the Candina massif reaches 489 m.
Camino de Santiago de la Costa a su paso por Liendo
Activity
The municipality is crossed by the Camino de Santiago de la Costa, part of the UNESCO World Heritage property "Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain," declared in 2015.
Colonia de buitre leonado del Candina
Nature
The Candina massif is home to one of only two coastal griffon vulture colonies in Europe, in an area where 98 breeding bird species have been identified.
Ermita de San Andrés
Monument
Hermitage in Liendo next to a bridge of Romanesque origin, listed as a bien de interés local (asset of local interest) since 2002.
Ermita de San Julián
Monument
Ruins of a 12th-13th-century hermitage preserved in the Liendo valley, among the oldest religious remains in the municipality.
Casona de los Albo
Monument
Ashlar-built manor house preserved in Liendo, one of the stone noble houses scattered across the valley.
Las cuevas de Liendo
Nature
The Liendo valley has more than twenty catalogued cavities, among them the Covacho cave, over three kilometers long, within a little-known karst area of Cantabria.
Los acantilados de Candina
Nature
Mount Candina, in Liendo, forms cliffs reaching 489 meters above the sea, among the highest on the Cantabrian coast, and hosts one of only two coastal colonies of griffon vulture in Europe.
Miguel Antonio de la Gándara, ilustrado de Liendo
Curiosity
Miguel Antonio de la Gándara, a native of Liendo, wrote in 1762 "Apuntes sobre el bien y el mal de España" (Notes on the good and evil of Spain), an influential reform memorandum addressed to Carlos III within Spanish Enlightenment thought.
Fiesta de San Isidro en Liendo
Activity
Agricultural festival in honor of Saint Isidore, celebrated in Liendo.