El Transcantabrico Clasico with World Journeys
Luxury rail journey aboard Renfe Luxury Trains
The "El Transcantabrico" route starts in Santiago de Compostela, a magnificent city in the northwest corner of Spain and takes you on an eight day luxury train trip to the town of Leon. The journey will take you 1000 kilometres along the Cantabric coast from Galicia to the Basque country through steep cliffs, mountains, sandy beaches and extensive wetlands. The route passes by the small fishing towns of Ribadeo and Cudillero, Oviedo, Gijon, Picos da Europa National Park, Covadonga Sanctuary, Llanes, the canyon of La Hermida, Santo Toribio de Liebana, Santillana del Mar, Altamira Caves, Santander, Laredo with a ferry excursion to Santona, and Bilbao with the famous Guggenheim museum designed by Frank Gehry.