Tours & Activities in Comillas
We will understand the process by which a fishing village becomes one of the most important centers of power of the 19th century in Spain and a summer resort for some of the richest families in the country. Did you know that Comillas was the capital of Spain and a royal residence, if Gaudí was actually in Comillas or why Comillas is known as the Villa of the Archbishops? From the starting point we will head towards the Campa de Sobrellano, where we will appreciate some of the most unique architectural complexes in Comillas, such as the Capricho de Gaudí, one of his main works of youth outside Catalonia or the Palacio de Sobrellano, the great palace built by the Marquis in his native Comillas. From there we will leave for the area of the Pontifical University, where the best modernist architects of the time left their mark and origin of the current Comillas Pontifical University. Due to its opening, there were times when Comillas had almost more seminarians than population, which has marked this fishing village. We will take the opportunity to also get to know the Old Cemetery, a real gem for its location on the seashore and which keeps the history of the ex-commune of Comillas. We will also learn about unique characters, town festivals, gastronomy or fun anecdotes. We will visit the main monuments of the town, but we will also go to the places where we can appreciate the best views or we will know places that normally go unnoticed. - Plaza de los Tres Caños - Casa Ocejo - La Portilla - El Capricho - Chapel Pantheon - Palacio Sobrellano - La Portalada (Seminary) - Park of the Statue - Casa del Duque - El Espolón - Corro San Pedro - Iglesia San Cristóbal - Corro Campíos
Throughout this tour of one hour and 20 minutes we will walk through the picturesque streets of Comillas, the Villa de los Arzobispos while we enjoy its most emblematic monuments such as La Fuente Tres Caños, the Casa Ocejo, the Palace of Sobrellano, the Capricho de Gaudí and the Pontifical University .
We will visit these magnificent places while discovering their history. We will see the house where King Afonso 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 since it did not enter the place it was destined to be. Let's see who is the first on the tour to discover it!
We will see all the details of Gaudí's Capricho , as well as its relationship with music and why there are so many sunflowers on the façade.
We will find two figures hidden 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 few brushstrokes to the history of Comillas with the cinema.
24 films have been recorded in Comillas and we will go through some of the enclaves where they have been filmed, I will also tell you that I have participated in the recording of 4 of them. Comillas is so beautiful that film directors have been filming their films in our town since 1935.
We encourage you to discover this fishing village with me!
On this guided tour of the Capricho de Gaudí, we'll explore the one-of-a-kind villa and learn intriguing facts about its history and construction.
On this tour you will learn the meaning of the Comillas coat of arms , we will discover a peculiar building by Antonio Gaudí for the Ocejo house, where the nobles hid while smoking.
We will know the history of why the church of San Cristóbal is consecrated to the Cristo del Amparo due to events that occurred in 1676.
We will see what the old circles were used for and we will see the houses that surround the Corro San Pedro to go to a construction that imitates a work by Gaudí "the Gate of the little birds" , once contemplating the square from the viewpoint of Santa Lucía, we will We will show the remains of a pinnace that is hidden among the sands of Comillas beach and there are few days when the tide is low enough to be able to see it.
We will learn about the mystery behind the Tudor house , the old slaughterhouse and later lodging for the camps organized by the Spanish Tudor Accumulator Society, where furniture movements, lights that turned on and off by themselves and the noise of people running in flip-flops could be heard.
We will talk about the reasons why the statue of the Marqués de Comillas was removed from the city of Barcelona where he lived for so many years, due to some great rumors by his brother-in-law and we will know where it is today.
We will explain the fabulous history of the Yellow Bird , a flight that used Oyambre beach as a landing strip.
We will continue with the disturbing story echoed by Iker Jiménez in his program “Cuarto Milenio” related to the Comillas cemetery.
To end the story of the ghost that inhabits the University of Comillas called "El Pajus" that appears every August 28.
