Enkarterri Next to Bilbao
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Shhhhh EN Visit Enkarterri Next to Bilbao Towns and villages Nature Treat yourself Culture and traditions Tradition and modernity From sea to mountain, Discover new flavours The course of history blend together in historic stunning landscapes reign and treat yourself with our has gained Enkarterri a towns and villages. supreme in Enkarterri. award-winning cuisine. character of its own. Index Welcome to Enkarterri 4 Enkarterri Tourist Map 6 The Iron Route 8 The Kadagua Route 18 Western Valleys 28 Surprising architecture 38 Did you know that...? 40 Two routes to Santiago 41 Your best experience 42 Enkarterri Bikefriendly 50 Natural spaces 54 A land of flavours 60 Restaurants 66 Where to sleep 68 Festival & Events 74 Enkarterri is located in the westernmost part of the Basque Area Country, next to Bilbao. Here you will marvel at the exuberance of nature, walk along medieval streets and bridges, venture inside record-breaking caves and treat yourself with our time- honoured cuisine. What are you waiting for to visit us? 500 km2 (310 sq mi) Public transport How far? Towns and villages Bizkaibus (bus service) Bilbao 10 km (6.5 mi) Abanto-Zierbena www.bizkaia.eus Vitoria - Gasteiz 65 km (40 mi) Alonsotegi Renfe (train service from Bilbao) Artzentales Santander 70 km (43 mi) www.renfe.com/viajeros/ Balmaseda Donostia - cercanias/bilbao 125 km (77 mi) Galdames San Sebastián Feve (train service from Gordexola 425 km (256 mi) Bilbao and Santander) Madrid Güeñes www.renfe.com/viajeros/feve Barcelona 640 km (397 mi) Karrantza Harana Lanestosa Muskiz Ortuella Sopuerta Trapagaran Turtzioz ENKARTUR Valle de Villaverde (Cantabria) C/ Martin Mendia, 2 Zalla 48800 Balmaseda (Bizkaia) Zierbena Tel. +34 / 946 80 29 76 www.visitenkarterri.com [email protected] KARRANTZA TOURIST OFFICE SOPUERTA TOURIST OFFICE ZIERBENA TOURIST OFFICE Bº Ambasaguas, 22 Plaza Carmen Quintana, 6 Bº La Arena, s/n 48891 Karrantza 48190 Sopuerta 48808 Zierbena Tel. 946 806 928 Tel. 946 504 750 [Open only in summer] [email protected] [email protected] 4 Commitment to Tourism Quality Commitment to Innovation Shhhhh Enkarterri Welcome to Enkarterri Armañón Nature Park (Karrantza Valley)5 Shhhhh Enkarterri Enkarterri 17 16 15 14 Parque Natural 11 10 de Armañón 3 4 12 6 5 22 23 9 1 2 8 7 6 1 Old Quarter of Lanestosa 2 Koben Koba 3 Pozalagua Cave 4 Armañón Nature Park 5 San Andrés de Biáñez paintings 6 Karpin Abentura 7 Getxo La Encartada Factory Museum 18 8 Old Quarter of Balmaseda 16 9 Las Encartaciones Museum 10 Sopuerta Abentura 11 Armañón Nature Park 15 (Interpretation Centre) 19 12 Loizaga Tower 13 ARENATZarte Trapagaran 14 El Pobal Forge 20 21 15 Muñatones Castle 24 16 La Arena Beach 17 Itsaslur 18 Port of Zierbena 19 Basque Country Mining Museum 20 Peñas Negras Interpretation Centre 25 21 Meaztegi Golf 13 22 Dolomite Old Factory Museum 23 Ethnographic Interpretation Centre 24 La Arboleda Miners’ House 25 Bizkaia Park Abentura Campervan Parking Funicular Railway Greenway Bikeway 7 El Pobal Forge (Muskiz) 8 Shhhhh Enkarterri · The Iron Route Zierbena Muskiz Abanto - Zierbena Ortuella Trapagaran Sopuerta Galdames A8 Bilbao The Iron Route The Iron Route is filled with the traces and memories of an old world that forged the identity and industrious character of Biscay. The stunning moonlike views that dominate this land attest to the rise and decline of open pit mining, which transformed entire towns and landscapes. 9 Shhhhh Enkarterri · The Iron Route Abanto - Zierbena | Galdames | Muskiz | Ortuella | Sopuerta | Trapagaran | Zierbena La Arboleda (Trapagaran) The route starts in Trapagaran, towns and transformed the the museum boasts a great the mining heart of the Basque landscapes beyond recognition. collection of mining artefacts Country. The former open pit The Peñas Negras (Black and guides visitors through a mines, now turned into lakes and Hills) Interpretation Centre, turbulent past marked by strikes trekking trails, are well visible from located in the municipality of and social unrest, which gained La Reineta funicular. A few steps Ortuella, has documented these the region and its dwellers a from here, we will stumble across changes and makes a great subversive reputation. La Arboleda mining village, one vantage point to marvel at the of the best-kept in Europe, which stunning mining panoramas. The area has undergone an affords unrivalled sweeping views impressive regeneration in recent of the surrounding valleys. The route moves on to the years. La Arena Beach, running neighbourhood of Gallarta, along the coastline of Muskiz The exploitation of mineral in Abanto-Zierbena, where and Zierbena, is regarded as riches brought great prosperity the Basque Country Mining a favourite surfing spot in the to Enkarterri in the 19th century, Museum lies. Looking over Basque Country. The retreat but also wiped out entire the impressive Concha II pit, of the tides grants an exciting 10 Shhhhh Enkarterri · La ruta del hierro Concha II Mine (Gallarta, Abanto Zierbena) 11 Shhhhh Enkarterri · The Iron Route Abanto - Zierbena | Galdames | Muskiz | Ortuella | Sopuerta | Trapagaran | Zierbena natural spectacle that can DNA of Enkarterri from time west of Bilbao. Loizaga Tower, be seen on full display from immemorial. The Romans were a 14th-century stronghold nestled Itsaslur (Muskiz), a promenade well aware of its mineral riches, amid woods and vineyards, meandering gently through the and blacksmiths were admired harbours Europe’s largest Rolls- rough cliffs of the Bay of Biscay and much sought-after in the Royce collection. A statue of along 2 kilometres (1.24 miles). Middle Ages. The town of local ship-owner Martínez de Muskiz has kept the flame of las Rivas stands on a pedestal The nearby port of Zierbena El Pobal Forge burning since in San Pedro neighbourhood, still preserves its traditional the 16th century. Every Saturday not too far from the tower. It charm, filled with fishing boats at noon the blacksmith delights is considered one of the most and pleasure crafts, not to visitors with a demonstration that outstanding honorary monuments mention top-quality restaurants engulfs the old building in flames in the Basque Country. where traditional seafood to create all kinds of objects: and grilled fish recipes are ploughs, hammers, nails… The town of Sopuerta was combined with the latest once the political centre culinary trends – a deserved Hardship is replaced by luxury of Enkarterri. The majestic treat for discerning palates. and glamour on the way to former Abellaneda House of neighbouring Galdames, a Assembly, now converted into Iron has been ingrained in the municipality 30 kilometres (18 mi) Las Encartaciones Museum, 12 Shhhhh Enkarterri · The Iron Route Abanto - Zierbena | Galdames | Muskiz | Ortuella | Sopuerta | Trapagaran | Zierbena Port of Zierbena ItsaslurTorre (Muskiz)Loizaga 13 Shhhhh Enkarterri · The Iron Route Abanto - Zierbena | Galdames | Muskiz | Ortuella | Sopuerta | Trapagaran | Zierbena Las Encartaciones Museum embodied for centuries the The route is crossed by the the victories of Athletic Club land’s political rights and Montes de Hierro (Iron was coined here: Alirón! With a uniqueness. The museum is Mountains) Greenway, the broken accent and undisguised free and provides chronological longest in Biscay. Running over joy, the miners communicated insights into the history and life 40 kilometres (24 miles) along the extraction of pure iron – that of the region and its people. the old mine railways, it will is, “all iron” – to their English take us on a journey marked bosses, as it brought a generous In Sopuerta’s La Linde by enthralling views, diverse bonus. The Iron Route keeps neighbourhood, once a wildlife – with large populations their memories alive throughout booming mining community, of European minks, salmons and a journey filled with striking we will findold calcining kilns white vultures – and outdoor panoramas, unrivalled museums listed as industrial heritage. Its activities for everyone. and charming corners. surroundings are now dominated by walking trails and recreational Decades after the closing of the areas – a fantastic spot to go on a last pit, the echoes of the mines picnic, enjoy a walk, ride a bike or still resound through Enkarterri just gaze at nature’s exuberance and beyond. According to legend, at a former industrial site. the shout uttered to celebrate 14 Shhhhh Enkarterri · The Iron Route Abanto - Zierbena | Galdames | Muskiz | Ortuella | Sopuerta | Trapagaran | Zierbena Calcining kilns in Sopuerta Loizaga Tower (Galdames) 15 Shhhhh Enkarterri · The Iron Route Abanto - Zierbena | Galdames | Muskiz | Ortuella | Sopuerta | Trapagaran | Zierbena Basque Country Las Encartaciones Museum Bodegas de Galdames Winery Mining Museum Bº Abellaneda. Sopuerta Bº Concejuelo. Galdames Bº Campodiego, 3. Gallarta Tel: 946 504 488 Tel: 627 992 063 (Abanto-Zierbena) Summer opening times (July www.vinasulibarria.com Tel: 946 363 682 to September): Tuesday to Tuesday to Friday: 9:00 to Saturday from 10:00 to 14:00 14:00 and 16:00 to 19:00. and 17:00 to 19:00. Sundays and Saturdays and holidays: 11:00 holidays from 10:00 to 14:00. Sopuerta Abentura to 14:00 and 16:00 to 19:00. Rest of the year: Tuesday to Bº San Cristóbal Sundays: 11:00 to 14:30. Open Saturday from 10:00 to 14:00, (behind San Viator until 20:00 from 1 July to 31 and 16:00 to 18:00. Sundays and School). Sopuerta August. Tours on request. holidays from 10:00 to 14:00. Tel: 663 80 56 09 www.meatzaldea.eus www.enkarterrimuseoa.eus www.sopuerta-abentura.com Muñatones Castle El Pobal Forge Bº San Martín 5. Muskiz Meaztegi Golf Bº El Pobal. Muskiz Tours for schools in May, June Ctra. Triano - La Arboleda Tel: 629 271 516 and October. General visitors: errepidea. Ortuella 15 April to 15 October: Tuesday Sundays from 15 June to 14 Tel: 946 364 370 to Saturday from 10:00 to 14:00 September; tours on Sunday by www.meaztegigolf.es and 16:00 to 19:00.