What to see in the Basque Country

Cities, villages and nature

Open each one to see all its sights, where to stay, day trips and when to go.

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  San Sebastián

  La Concha beach, a Parte Vieja packed with pintxos and the Comb of the Wind: elegant, green and all about food.

  • La Concha Beach
  • Parte Vieja
  • Monte Igueldo
  • Comb of the Wind

  What to see in San Sebastián
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  Bilbao

  The Guggenheim, the Casco Viejo and its pintxos, the estuary and a city that has reinvented itself without losing its character.

  • Guggenheim Bilbao
  • Casco Viejo
  • La Salve Bridge
  • Artxanda Funicular

  What to see in Bilbao
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  Vitoria-Gasteiz

  An almond-shaped medieval old town, Santa María Cathedral and one of the greenest capitals in Europe.

  • Medieval old town
  • Green Belt
  • Archaeology Museum

  What to see in Vitoria-Gasteiz
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  Getaria

  A fishing town of txakoli and chargrilled fish, with the “mouse of Getaria” by the harbour.

  • Fishing harbour
  • Cristóbal Balenciaga Museoa
  • Mouse of Getaria

  What to see in Getaria
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  Hondarribia

  Colourful houses with wooden balconies, city walls and Charles V’s castle facing France.

  • Walled old town
  • Plaza de Armas
  • Jaizkibel road

  What to see in Hondarribia
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  Laguardia

  A walled town on a hilltop in Rioja Alavesa, with wine cellars beneath the streets and vineyards all around.

  • City walls
  • Church of Santa María de los Reyes
  • Underground cellars
  • Ysios winery

  What to see in Laguardia
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  Zumaia

  Flysch cliffs holding millions of years of history in layers, Itzurun beach and the San Telmo hermitage, on the Gipuzkoa coast.

  • Itzurun Beach
  • Flysch
  • Hermitage of San Telmo
  • Old town

  What to see in Zumaia
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  Guernica

  The town that symbolises the Basque people and peace, with the Tree of Gernika, the Assembly House and the memory of the 1937 bombing that Picasso painted.

  • Tree of Gernika
  • Assembly House
  • Peace Museum
  • Guernica mural

  What to see in Guernica
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  Pasaia

  A natural harbour between mountains, with the single street of San Juan, where Victor Hugo lived, and a little motor boat that crosses the bay.

  • Pasai Donibane
  • Victor Hugo House
  • Albaola
  • Faro de la Plata

  What to see in Pasaia
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  Bermeo

  One of the great Basque fishing ports, next to San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, with an old town and a fishermen’s museum.

  • Old harbour
  • Fishermen’s Museum
  • San Juan de Gaztelugatxe
  • Church of Santa María

  What to see in Bermeo
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  Lekeitio

  A fishing town with a Gothic basilica, beaches on both sides and San Nicolás island, which you can walk to at low tide.

  • San Nicolás Island
  • Basilica of La Asunción
  • Harbour
  • Isuntza Beach

  What to see in Lekeitio
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  Mundaka

  The most famous left-hand wave in Europe, at the mouth of the Urdaibai estuary, and a quiet fishing village.

  • The wave
  • Harbour
  • Church of Santa María
  • Hermitage of Santa Catalina

  What to see in Mundaka
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  Orio

  A fishing town at the mouth of the Oria, famous for its chargrilled sea bream, its rowing team and Antilla beach.

  • Old town
  • Harbour
  • Antilla Beach
  • Church of San Nicolás

  What to see in Orio
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  Elciego

  A village in Rioja Alavesa with century-old wineries and a titanium building by Frank Gehry among the vineyards.

  • Gehry building
  • Church of San Andrés
  • Plaza Mayor
  • Vineyards

  What to see in Elciego

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