Free tour

Free Tour - Comillas: modernist, maritime, and cinematic!

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Comillas

Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes

Languages: Spanish

Guru: Elia

Registered on 30 March 2022

My name is Elia, I am a very active person with many hobbies. Graduated in tourism, Official Guide and Graduated in English Philology. I have worked as a guide in Manresa, my hometown, and in some towns in Cantabria for different foreign institutions and schools. In my free time I write children's books in English and Spanish. I have designed various tourism manuals for vocational training students. I am outgoing and cheerful, which has led me to participate in films that have been recorded in Comillas. I love to travel and show the heritage of the beautiful place where I am lucky to live.

Free reservation and cancellation

Pay-what-you-want tour, no set price, reservation and cancellation are free

Tour description

Throughout this one hour and 20-minute tour, we will stroll through the picturesque streets of Comillas, the Village of the Archbishops while enjoying its most emblematic monuments such as La Fuente Tres Caños, Casa Ocejo, the Sobrellano Palace, Gaudí's Caprice, and the Pontifical University.

We will visit these magnificent places while discovering their history. We will see the house where King Alfonso XII stayed. Did you know that Comillas was the capital of Spain for a day?

I will show you a sculpture that had to be relocated because it didn't fit in the place it was intended to be. Let's see who is the first on the tour to discover it!

We will see all the details of Gaudí's Caprice, as well as its relationship with music and why there are so many sunflowers on the facade.

We will find two hidden figures in the entrance gate of the University and I will explain why they are there.

We will continue towards the cemetery where we have an amazing story to tell you, but first, we will give a brief overview of the history of Comillas with cinema.

In Comillas, 24 movies have been filmed, and we will pass by some of the locations where they were shot. I will also tell you that I have participated in the filming of 4 of them. Comillas is so beautiful that film directors shoot their movies in our town since 1935.

Come and get to know this seaside village with me!

Highlights

What will we see on this tour?

Meeting point:

Plaza del Ángel, 1, 39520 Comillas, Cantabria, Spain

Constitution Square, in front of the old town hall

Outside visit

Fuente Tres Caños

Outside visit

eye house

Outside visit

Finca La Portilla

How much does this tour cost?

Free tours don't have a fixed price. At the end, each person contributes to the guide the amount they consider fair based on their satisfaction. As a guideline, Guruwalk recommends between €15 and $50 per participant.