Discover Ubiarco: Coast, Culture and Routes

Ubiarco combines the coast of Santillana del Mar with prominent traces from different periods and routes whose destinations are clearly defined. The Ermita de Santa Justa, the Costa Quebrada Geopark and the paths along the cliffs give the place several distinct points of interest. In Ubiarco, nature, local history and route courses stand side by side as different themes. For planning your trip, these themes can be considered separately: buildings, coastal landscape, geology and trails each provide their own focus.

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Culture

The current building of the Ermita de Santa Justa is documented as early as the 16th century. The Paredón de San Telmo consists of two wall sections from an old medieval coastal watchtower. The Iglesia San Juan Bautista was built in the 17th century. Santa Justa la Chica is celebrated on 19 July. For your own planning, you can note buildings and calendar dates as separate cultural points of reference. This section thus brings together a documented building, a remnant of historical coastal observation, a church building and a fixed date without mixing up their different contexts.

Nature

The section of the Costa Quebrada Geopark in Santillana del Mar focuses on Ubiarco; its landscape landmarks there include Playa de Santa Justa and its hermitage. Playa de Santa Justa, also known as Playa de Ubiarco, is approximately 260 metres long. Access to Playa de Santa Justa is via a turnoff from the CA-351 road, followed by approximately 500 metres. Cueva de las Palomas formed at the foot of an impressive anticline. The coastal information uses different scales: the Geopark describes the landscape area, the beach length remains approximate, access is defined via a road turnoff, and the cave is classified geologically. You can set this information out separately side by side. This means that the name, landscape area, approximate extent, access description and geological formation each stand as separate items of information in the nature section.

Routes

The walking route “Los Acantilados” is 15.4 kilometres long and runs through Ubiarco to Ensenada Calderón. The circular route “Por el mar de Santillana” leads to the Ermita de Santa Justa in Ubiarco and then back to the main square of Santillana del Mar. For route planning, you can consider distance, form of travel, destination and return as separate points of comparison. The two descriptions can be read side by side without mixing up their different courses. Thus, one route describes a walk of a specified length and endpoint, while the other is identified by its circular route and return to Santillana del Mar.

Other places at the same higher level are Viveda and Queveda.

To the higher-level travel overview: Santillana Del Mar.