El Sardinero, particularly in the secondbeach of Sardinero. This festival celebrates the arrival of summer with a bonfire and a pilgrimage. In other parts of the municipality are also makes bonfires as in la Albericia and the Barrio Pesquero neighborhoods.
July 25: Festivals of Saint James (Regional Tourist Interest).
August 30: Feasts of the Holy Martyrs (Emeterius and Celedonius). Santander patrons.
September 15: Fiestas de la Virgen de la Bien Aparecida, patroness of the Diocese of Santander and Cantabria ('Regional Tourist Interest'.)
Gastronomy
Santander offers a magnificent selection of seafood that has a high reputation in the Iberian peninsula. Amayuelas highlights products such as ensis and morgueras, panchos, red mullet, anchovies, seabass and sardines, as well as breakers and squid.
Santander's cuisine is based mainly on fish. The gastronomic tour could start at the Barrio Pesquero, continuing on to Puertochico, El Sardinero and finally to Corbán.
Santander also caters dining of other municipalities in Cantabria in fish and shellfish such as theclams of Pedreña, the bonito of Colindres, the anchovies of Santoña, breams of Castro Urdiales, etc. But it also deserves special mention the great variety of legumes, fruits and vegetables produced in the region of Liébana, as well as tables of different kinds of quality cheeses that produce Cantabriaand which supplies the city of Santander.
Santander's meat comes from the cattle that are raised in Cantabria. Reared on natural grasses, theveal, heifer, yearling and ox enjoy a great reputation. Santander's restaurants offer a kitchen with great charisma, and based on its varied and exquisite cuisine.
Some typical dishes of the city of Santander are the fried calamari called rabas and double
