Surf Summer Camps: Our Accommodation at Monte Corona, Santander

The Monte Corona Youth Hostel in Santander

Natuaventura’s Surf Summer Camps, Santander 15 Days and Santander 10 Days, are held at the Monte Corona Youth Hostel in the Santander area.

The hostel is located in the Monte district, just 3 km from the beaches of El Sardinero and La Magdalena. Also on the outskirts of the city centre, surrounded by nature, it offers a peaceful and serene setting far from the noise and bustle of urban areas. Santander and its surroundings provide an unrivalled backdrop for outdoor activities, combining beach and mountain.

1. Introduction to the Monte Corona Youth Hostel
2. Facilities and main features
3. Why Monte Corona is the ideal accommodation for surf summer camp participants
4. Experiences near the hostel in Santander

1. Introduction to the Monte Corona Youth Hostel

The Monte Corona Youth Hostel is located in the city of Santander, more specifically in the Santander district of Monte, in the province of Cantabria. Just 3 km from the beaches of El Sardinero and La Magdalena, its precise address is number 37, Calle Aviche, which gives its name to the neighbourhood to which it belongs.

The hostel is a state-assisted private school that transforms into a youth hostel in summer, specially equipped for small, medium, and large groups. The entire space is set up to accommodate campers and features extensive grounds for activities, as well as gardens and sports courts made available for use.

Participants are housed alongside the team of monitors, who live with them, design and run the camp activities, and accompany them 24 hours a day to ensure these surf summer camps are fully enjoyable experiences.

Facilities at the Monte Corona Youth Hostel

2. Facilities and main features

The Monte Corona accommodation in Santander offers a range of facilities that guarantee the comfort and wellbeing of all campers. The large number of rooms available allows participants to be distributed by age group in spacious dormitories of 8 to 14 bunk beds, bright thanks to their large windows. The generous space allows them to store their luggage in an orderly fashion.

Each floor also has separate male and female bathrooms with individual showers just metres from the dormitories. The kitchen is on the ground floor next to the dining room, which operates on a rota organised by the monitors so that children can eat in a calm and relaxed atmosphere.

On this same floor, the complex has common areas where campers can socialise during free time and take part in activities — including multi-purpose halls, games rooms, table tennis tables, and sports courts.

Just 100 m from the Monte Corona Youth Hostel, there are gardens with football and basketball courts covering a total of 10,000 square metres of grounds with mature trees and green spaces. This area is regularly used during the Surf Summer Camps for group dynamics involving the whole camp, themed days, or evening events. It is also used for outdoor cinema nights.

The gardens of the Monte Corona Youth Hostel

3. Why Monte Corona is the ideal accommodation for Santander campers

One of the distinctive features of the Monte Corona Youth Hostel that keeps campers coming back year after year is undoubtedly the shared space it offers for two simultaneous Surf Summer Camps. The facility hosts the Santander 15 Days camp and the Santander 10 Days camp at the same time, meaning children share a communal experience in the common areas and during group games. Not only do they learn to get along with their dormitory companions, but they also benefit from meeting new faces during their time at the hostel, leaving no room for boredom.

This arrangement also brings the advantage of constant supervision by 25–30 monitors at the Monte Corona Youth Hostel. While one group is having a meal or showering, the other camp is carrying out parallel activities with monitors present, ensuring no one is ever left unsupervised.

If you have any questions about the difference between the Santander 15 Days camp and the Santander 10 Days camp, take a look at this article about our Surf Summer Camps.

4. Experiences near the hostel in Santander

Beyond the comforts the accommodation offers, Monte Corona is especially well positioned thanks to its proximity to some areas of great interest to visit during a Summer Camp.

The accommodation is 2 km from La Maruca beach, reached via a short walking trail through the paths of the Monte district. The beach sits in a privileged spot at the mouth of the Ría de San Pedro. Right alongside the beach there is a large viewpoint belonging to the Coastal Interpretation Centre, which opens onto a broad green area where monitors settle with children from the Surf Camp to spend the day. From there they can head down to swim in the sea or buy an ice cream at the seafront promenade.

Another of Cantabria’s great tourist attractions is just 30 minutes by coach from the Monte Corona Youth Hostel — the village of Santillana del Mar, with its incredible historic quarter full of stories and local shops where children always make the most of the chance to buy souvenirs for their families. This village also houses the famous Altamira Caves, which contain what are probably the most celebrated prehistoric paintings in the world.

We cannot talk about experiences near the hostel without mentioning the famous trek to Berria Beach that our Santander Surf Camps undertake. After a 40 km coach journey from Monte Corona, campers begin a trekking route from the town of Santoña, walking along the seafront promenade and reaching the foot of the mountain. From there they walk with views of the coast and the Cantabrian cliffs, enjoying the green and fresh northern landscapes. At the end, a wide beach awaits where they can take a dip and spend the rest of the day playing beach games and sports with their monitors.

All in all, the Monte Corona Youth Hostel gives us every reason to be considered the perfect accommodation for our Surf Camps in Santander: a privileged location close to points of interest and surf beaches, excellent facilities for the care of campers, and a spacious, multifunctional space for a comprehensive activities programme.

Trekking to Berria Beach