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Detailed Information
- Place Types Museum
- Address Avenida Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola, s/n, 39330 Santillana del Mar, Cantabria, Spain
- Coordinate 43.3774023,-4.1224051
- Website http://www.museodealtamira.es/
- Rating 4.4
- Compound Code 9VGH+X2 Santillana del Mar, Spain
Openning hours
- Monday Closed
- Tuesday 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM
- Wednesday 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM
- Thursday 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM
- Friday 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM
- Saturday 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM
- Sunday 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM
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Reviews
A www FreeElectrons.Family review: EXCELLENT museum, especially for young KIDS who can come in for FREE. We specifically had this museum as a stop during our 36-day family camping road trip from Spain to Poland and back this year.
At €3 euros per adult, this is a GREAT ALTERNATIVE to the expensive cave museums in FRANCE!
The only downside was that you have to get your ticket ahead early on the same day because there is no online booking.
There is a restaurant in case you get hungry. €1.50 for cerveza, €1.50 for reposteria, and between €2 for bocadillos. See photo of receipt for details.
There was a separate play-learning space for children but it was closed during the coronavirus pandemic when we visited.
And of course, there's a souvenir shop for all kinds of interesting mementos.
Read more about our family move abroad, camping, reviews and travels on our blog. Just google us! Big Smile! 😊 free electrons family 😄
Great substitute for the real Altamira caves. Good history lesson for the kids too.
Interesting visit. Good representation of the cave and the paintings.
Great but not with the magics of the real cave. Try to visit early in the morning otherwise you will need to wait some time
Absolutely enthralling. Although you can no longer enter and explore the real cave, the museum is a pretty effective alternative. After exploring the model cave, the museum is packed with a veritable treasure trove of history on cave paintings and the evolution of humans. Our three younger kids were nearly captivated for 2 hours that felt like 22 minutes. When they finally asked us to leave, we'd overstayed past the 6 o'clock closing time. Get here if you can. As Mr. Fagan sang,
"Before the fall when they wrote it on the wall
When there wasn't even any Hollywood
They heard the call
And they wrote it on the wall
For you and me we understood"
Just think, when viewing these drawings we're seeing the hands of people who lived, and animals that roamed here 18 thousand years ago. Quite a jump into the past.
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