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THE BASQUE COUNTRY
In the Basque Country, despite its small size, a huge variety of surprises await you. You can find out more about them in this brochure In addition, discover "10 essential activities for savouring the Basque Country"
“Responsible Tourist Guide” is a practical guide with tips designed to help your trip to be an enriching and sustainable experience. The tips presented below are based on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism of the World Tourism Organization, and the World Charter for Sustainable Tourism ST+20.
On the front of the map includes, as well as the road network, the 10 indispensable routes, the 10 TOP experiences and the 10 PREMIUM experiences for the tourists who come to the Basque Country. Furthermore, you can see the complete itinerary of The Basque Route, a suggested route made up of 8 road stages through the Basque Country.
Meanwhile on the back, you can find suggestions for an overall view of the Basque Country: a description of the 10 indispensable routes, 3 maps measuring distances from each capital city in minutes, a description of the 10 TOP experiences and a brief explanation of The Basque Route.
The Basque Route is a series of suggested car or motorbike routes along many of the most seductive scenic roads in the Basque Country. It is designed to help the traveller enjoy Basque cities, nature, culture and gastronomy.
If anything characterises the Basque Country, it is its excellent cuisine and the quality of its restaurants, from the most sophisticated, to the most humble. Basque traditional cuisine, based on simple elaboration processes, bases its success on the quality of the raw materials (fish, meat, cheeses, etc.). On a parallel level, new trends are appearing in Basque nouvelle cuisine, which incorporate new ingredients, aromas, textures and combinations. All these dishes are always accompanied by Rioja wine, from the region of Alava, or with cider or "txakolí" (Basque white wine); all three wines that are typical of Euskadi.
On this map you'll find everything you need to enjoy a gastronomic experience in the Basque Country with all five of your senses. Visit places where you can find out more about Basque cheese, cider, wine or txakoli from the people who actually make them. Dine in one of our gastronomic temples, restaurants, cider houses, grill restaurants and pintxo bars and visit our gourmet food and wine shops to take away a delicious memory. Visit our website euskaditurismo.eus and look for our "Euskadi Gastronomika" seal: there you'll find the best places and experiences to enjoy Basque food and drink.
Thanks to its industrial history, the Basque Country is currently home to a wide range of resources but, above all, provides many reasons to encourage us to believe that this region has all the makings of a major world tourism destination in terms of industrial tourism.
Euskadi (The Basque Country) is the perfect destination for you and your dog, as long as you do so responsibly. The following pages include dozens of plans and hundreds of dog-friendly accommodation options, restaurants, shops and attractions that welcome you and your furry friend. We hope you enjoy the best doggy-plans, complying with the standards established by businesses and towns responsible for regulating the use of public spaces. You can obtain more information and details in the practical information in each area. We recommend you consult all the information on each location before visiting.
Ecotourism is a journey to a natural area to learn about it, interpret it, enjoy it and travel through it, while simultaneously appreciating and contributing in a practical manner to its conservation, without impacting on the environment, and having positive repercussions on the local population.
The Geopark on the Basque Coast is a small area wedged in between the Bay of Biscay and the Basque mountains, and comprising the municipalities of Zumaia, Deba and Mutriku. Since 2010 it has been a member of the European and Global Geopark network sponsored by UNESCO.
The Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve has one of the greatest diversities of plants, animals and landscapes in the Basque Country, and a series of highly valuable natural systems and habitats including estuary, river, karst, coast, and holm oak forests. All of them are recognised under the Natura 2000 network, the European Union’s main instrument for nature conservation.
As its name tells us, we´re going deep into in the highlands of Euskadi, Basque Highlands. In Goierri, the main thing, together with Idiazabal cheese and cider, is the nature: go inside in the Natural Parks of Aizkorri-Aratz and Aralar, make a section of the Way of Santiago to the San Adrian Tunnel(UNESCO), walk along the mining Green Route, playing with your family or taking a scenic route…
The guide The Basque Country On Foot brings together a set of highly interesting, attractive marked paths for you to discover some of the least-known, greenest corners of the Basque Country. Strolls, short walks and longer hikes are some of the options on offer here.
The Northern Ways of Saint James are a first-rate European channel for cultural exchange and offer the perfect chance to enjoy an unforgettable life experience. The Way combines History and histories; there is architecture, art, music, theatre, different cultural and linguistic realities; there is food & drink, landscape and nature; there is leisure and tourism... in short, there is humanity.
The Ignatian Way retraces the route taken by the knight Ignatius of Loyola in 1522 from his birthplace in Azpeitia, Gipuzkoa, to the Catalonian city of Manresa. Following his spiritual conversion in Loyola, he set out on the pilgrimage with the intention of reaching the Holy City of Jerusalem.
"Euskadi en bicicleta" [The Basque Country By Bicycle] is a guide that offers 15 cycle routes to suit everybody. There are urban routes around the Basque provincial capitals, routes along some of the longest Vías Verdes [Green Ways] in the Basque Country, the cycle touring Gran Ruta on the Alava plains and finally the marked paths around the Basque mountain biking centres.
A mountain bike, panniers and a desire to enjoy and discover wonderful places is all the traveller needs to start out on this adventure, which begins and ends at the Ataria Visitor Centre. (Vitoria-Gasteiz).
The Urola Greenway is an attractive route, ideal for both pedestrians and cyclists. It links the whole valley, from the foothills of Aizkorri to Zumaia.
This publication invites you to come and see the Basque Country's coastline and to taste the delicious fish and shellfish which swim in its environs; it also invites you to explore fishing towns and the natural landscapes, and to enjoy the activities which are on offer on the Basque Coast. In addition, the brochure describes experiences, ideas and activities which are simply not to be missed
The Basque Coast offers an unbeatable combination of natural surroundings and activities on the sea... and with sea views, from land and from the air. This publication presents the plans for active tourism and ecotourism on the Basque Coast, with approximate prices and contact details of the companies offering the activities: boat trips, surfing, canoeing, diving, whale and bird watching, coasteering, hiking, cycling, Stand Up Paddle and many more.
Road map to help you plan your route along the Basque coastline, between Bilbao and San Sebastián. It proposes 4 sections but gives the necessary information for you to plan whatever excursions and routes you like: recommended roads with distances and estimated times, essential visits and ideas along the way, telephone numbers of all the tourist offices on the coast and so on. On the back is an introduction to the Basque coastline and the 10 places not to miss on your trip.
There are various waves on the Basque Coast which, given their quality, are internationally recognised and catalogued as World Class waves. In ideal wind, swell and tide conditions, these breaking waves offer mythical sessions. These include Punta Galea, Meñakoz, La Central, Mundaka, Ogeia and Orrua.
Rioja Alavesa is a region where the culture of wine permeates everything; where the people see coexistence and hospitality as a way of life. It is a perfect place to enjoy stunning landscapes of endless vineyards, dotted with olive trees and ancient dolmens, medieval towns with their walled enclosures, stately mansions and churches of quiet beauty, and of course, an infinite number of wineries that combine tradition and modernity.
