Spain Álava SUMMARY OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 1

SIGHTSEEING IN VITORIA-GASTEIZ The old city 2 The Romantic new town 5 The parks 7 IRELAND

PROVINCIAL EXCURSIONS Dublin The Road to Santiago 9 La Rioja Alavesa 12 UNITED KINGDOM Gorbea: Foothills and reservoirs 14 Valderejo Nature Park 16 Western Valleys 17 Londron LEISURE AND ENTERTAINMENT 19 MAP 22 USEFUL INFORMATION 24

Paris

Cantabrian Sea FRANCE

L ➡ A ➡ ÁLAVA G Lisbon U T R Madrid O P

Mediterranean Sea

Atlantic Ocean SPAIN

© TURESPAÑA Secretaría de Estado de Comercio y Turismo Ministerio de Economía Ceuta Written by: Luis Azpilicueta Rabat Translated: Alistair L. Ross Melilla Photographs: TURESPAÑA Archives Layout: AZA, S.A. MOROCCO Printed by: DITEGSA D. L.: M. 29704-2001 NIPO: 380-01-038-3 Printed in Spain Second Edition Motorway Dual Carriageway National Trunk Road 1st class Regional Road 2nd class Regional Road Local Road Railway Airport Parador Sanctuary/Monastery Castle Monument Historic ruins Megalithic monument Prehistoric caves Nature Park Camping site Golf course he earliest inhabitants of Alava T settled in the land towards the end of the second millennium BC. Archaeological research has shown that the territory was solidly Romanised. Because Alava (Araba) was not isolated like other parts of the Basque country, it was here Escutcheon. Salvatierra/Agurain that Christianisation and Latinisation began. For the same reason, in the 8th and 9th centuries the people of Alava had a dual relationship – on the one hand with the Moslems and on the other with the Asturians – both of which consisted of a constant succession of struggles and pacts to preserve their independence. Throughout most of the 11th century Alava, whose name first appears as such in the Crónica Albeldense of 833, was under the influence of the kingdom of Navarre; only after the death of king Sancho IV in 1076 did it come within the political and military sphere of Castile. The 12th and 13th centuries saw the first signs of urban development in Alava, with the creation and growth of its principal towns. The 13th century also saw the first written documents of the Cofradía de Arriaga, which was a basic institution of government in that period. From then on, the traditional freedoms, or fueros, of Alava survived various vicissitudes until 1876, when their abolition was decreed following the end of the Second Carlist War. With the restoration of freedoms at the end of the Franco dictatorship, Alava recovered its General Assemblies and its Diputación Foral. With the approval of the Statute of Autonomy of Gernika in 1979, Vitoria became the political and administrative capital of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country.

Álava is the largest of the territories in the Basque Country, covering 3,037 square kilometres. It is also the least populous with 281,821 inhabitants, 214,234 of whom live in the capital Vitoria - Gasteiz. There are two official languages – Spanish, which is spoken by the entire population, and Euskera, which only a minority speak.

1 CLIMATE AND NATURE.

ne of the chief he vegetation again varies characteristics of Alava is according to zones. The Othe great variety of Tnorth of the province is landscapes and climates determined green and woody, with large areas by its peculiar relief. The province is of oak and beech (home to traversed by a succession of three abundant deer, boars, etc.), while mountain chains which separate it the south, especially near La Rioja, from Vizcaya (Bizkaia), Guipúzcoa is characterised by typically (Gipuzkoa) and La Rioja. As a Mediterranean stands of holm-oak consequence the climate varies and boxwood, grain fields and widely, ranging from cool and wet vineyards. About 35 per cent of the in the mountain areas to warm and province’s surface area is covered by dry in the southern parts. Travellers forest. Alava currently has four should be aware that winter “protected natural zones”: Valderejo, temperatures are generally low and Gorbea-Gorbeia, Urkiola and Izki. snow is not uncommon. The spring is rainy and the summer and autumn are mild. The mean temperature is 20 º C in summer and 8º C in winter.

2 Sightseeing in Vitoria-Gasteiz

THE OLD TOWN The original town of Vitoria-Gasteiz, founded on a small hillock, was destroyed by fire in 1202. It was rebuilt according to the dictates of mediaeval burghs, and its streets still preserve the names of the various guilds which originally had their places there Ð Harness-makers, Smiths, Shoemakers, Cutlers, etc.... Los Arquillos

The visit to this part of the city Hall. From there the itinerary begins at Plaza de la Virgen approaches the Old Town uphill Blanca (1), the real centre of the by way of the Cuesta de San town, whose most striking feature Francisco where Los Arquillos (2) is the monument to the battle of stands, a structure built by Justo Vitoria, by Gabriel Borras. Slightly Antonio de Olagibel that connects overlooking the square one can the mediaeval town with the 19th- see the church of San Miguel with century new town through a line a niche bearing the Virgen Blanca of buildings in step formation. or White Virgin, patroness of the Nearby is the church of San city. Adjacent to this square is Vicente and the little Plaza del another, a classical four-square Machete (3), where the local porticoed place, site of the Town councillors once took the oath of office. The outstanding feature

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Nearby in Calle Siervas de Jesús rises the impressive Torre de Doña Otxanda (7), a 15th-century tower which now houses the Natural Science Museum. Along the same street is Plaza de la Provincia, where one can view the 19th- century palace of the Diputación Foral de Álava (8), and further on one comes once again to Plaza de la Virgen Blanca where the itinerary started.

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4 THE ROMANTIC NEW TOWN

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THE PARKS which lends it the appearance of a Vitoria- Gasteiz boasts the highest ratio botanical garden. of green areas per inhabitant in Spain and one of the highest in Europe. In Continuing along Paseo de la Senda aggregate the parks of Vitoria contain and Paseo de Fray Francisco de nearly 127,000 trees belonging to 150 Vitoria is another of the central green different species. areas, the Parque del Prado (17). Here there are 21 species of One of the best known and most deciduous tree, the most emblematic is La Florida Park (16), outstanding being Indian chestnut, located in the heart of the city. Work ash, linden, maple and some on it began in 1820, with the New examples of red oak. Cathedral or Cathedral of Maria Inmaculada at one end and the seat One of the oldest parks is of the Basque Parliament at the Judizmendi (18). Originally a Jewish other. In no more than 35,000 cemetery, when the Catholic square metres there are 95 species Monarchs expelled the Jews from of tree and 79 species of bush, Spain, they granted the land to the

6 7 city on condition that nothing was In Vitoria there are many other built there. The park contains a places which although not strictly monolith commemorating this fact. speaking parks, offer considerable There are several deciduous species, botanical interest. These include: most notably a number of white poplars. Gardens of Calle Magdalena (22), which preserves an impressive giant The largest park in Vitoria-Gasteiz is sequoia over 40 metres high. San Juan de Arriaga (19), an area of Paseo de la Senda (23), with 65 19 ha in the north of the city. In the plane trees rising to more than 40 park is the Ermita Juradera or Bailey metres. Hermitage, built on the site formerly Paseo de Fray Francisco (24) and reserved for meetings of the Arriaga Paseo de Cervantes (25): lined by Brotherhood, the body that once Indian chestnuts (436 in all) of both governed and administered Alava, the white and pink blossomed and witness to many historic events. varieties. Here there are more than 100 different species of tree.

Other important parks are Molinuevo (20) and San Martín (21). The latter is one of the most modern and the second largest after Arriaga, covering 85,000 square metres. It contains 11 species of conifer, 66 leafy species and over 10,000 rose bushes.

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8 7 Provincial excursions

THE ROAD TO SANTIAGO

The Road to Santiago enters Alava from Guipuzcoa by way of the San Adrian tunnel, where the road runs through a naturally-bored crag between the massifs of Aitzgorri and Aratz populated by lush beech woods. The road down from the San Adrian Tunnel to the town of Zalduondo Sculpture in the Ethnographic Museum, passes by one of the oldest edifices Lazarraga Palace. Zalduondo in Alava – the hermitage of San Julian y Santa Basilia de Alistra, which boasts an interesting pre- the local ethnographic museum Romanesque window. (( 945 30 43 74). The parish In Zalduondo it is worth visiting the church has an interesting choir-stall, Renaissance palace of Lazarraga or a tower and a main altarpiece by “Casa de los Gizones”, which has a Pedro de Ayala. The connection monumental escutcheon over the with Santiago can be found on the gateway and restored mural bench, which bears a relief carving paintings. This is now the home of of St. James the Pilgrim.

9 Church of San Martin. Gaceo-Gazeo

The next stop The next is Ordoñana, near which stop, and one of the stands the Hermitage of San Millan. most important, is the mediaeval Considerably restored, the town of Salvatierra-Agurain, the hub hermitage is of mediaeval origin, its of the Plain of Alava. Here are facade dominated by a Baroque preserved remains of old town walls escutcheon. Nearby in Eguilaz, just and palaces and lordly mansions off the N-I highway, is the built in the 16th century. It is worth magnificent dolmen of Aizkomendi, visiting the churches of San Juan and one of the finest megalithic Santa Maria, and the Renaissance monuments in the Basque Country. palace known as “Casa de Begoña”.

Dolmen of Aizkomendi. Eguilaz

10 After Salvatierra we come to Gaceo- Zadorra. It is worth visiting the Gazeo, whose church preserves church of Nuestra Señora de la some fine paintings in the linear Asuncion, whose main altarpiece is Franco-Gothic style, representing a one of the finest examples of varied religious iconography. Hispanic Plateresque.. Nearby is Alaiza, in whose church of La Asuncion 15th-century The best feature of Armiñón is its monochrome paintings were bridge. There is a road from discovered in 1982. Armiñón to Salinillas de Burandón, a walled town boasting a Another outstanding place on this magnificent rectangular tower with route is Alegria-Dulantzi, where a semicircular arch. visitors are recommended to see the church of San Juan, the town hall and the Casa de los Gaona. Carrying on by way of villages like Añua, Matauco and Argandoña, the next place to stop is at the Sanctuary of Estibaliz. This is an impressive example of the finest Alavese Romanesque, with an outstanding baptismal font, capitals and doorway.

Once through Vitoria, this Jacobean route runs parallel to Sanctuary of Estibaliz the Montes de Vitoria, passing through the Conchas de Arganzón on the river Zadorra, by way of From here the route leaves Alava Puebla de Arganzón to Armiñón. and enters the Region of La Rioja on Here the road forks: to Burgos or to the way to Santo Domingo de la Santo Domingo de la Calzada (La Calzada. Rioja).

La Puebla de Arganzón is one of the municipalities of the County of Treviño, an enclave of Burgos in the province of Alava. Founded in 1191, this walled town was a stopping-place on the mediaeval route along the left bank of the

10 11 LA RIOJA ALAVESA

Bounded on the north by the Cantabria and Toloño ranges and on the south by the river Ebro, the Rioja Alavesa district enjoys a climate well suited to the winemaking for which it is famous. This is also an area with a wealth of archaeological remains from Palaeolithic, Roman and Mediaeval times.

The route begins leaving Vitoria by the A-2124 heading for Puerto de La Herrera, a road that winds through surroundings of great natural beauty. On the way down is a vantage point called Balcón de La Rioja, which gives a fine view over a splendid landscape. The first town The road then carries on to coming down from La Herrera pass Laguardia, the most important town is Leza. In the centre of the town is in the district and one of the most the Renaissance church of San beautiful. The entire old town is Martin, which has a lovely doorway encircled by walls built in the early in Isabelline style. On the outskirts is 13th century. At either end of the the dolmen known as “El Sotillo”. main street are the churches of San Juan, originally a Romanesque construction although now a Church of San Martin. Leza mixture of several styles, and Santa Maria de los Reyes. The latter is notable for its impressive Gothic doorway, one of the few from the period that retain the original polychrome. At one end of the walled precinct – in the avenue “El Collado” – stands a monument to the fabulist Samaniego. It is also recommended to take a Hechicera, one of the most walk about Laguardia, as the whole important dolmens in the Basque town centre is full of artistic and Country), or Navaridas. historic interest. Visitors should also look in at some of the many Also of interest is the nearby town of wineries, where they can taste and Elciego. Visitors are recommended purchase examples of the to take a walk about the streets, full magnificent local products. of noble esutcheoned houses, to the Very near Laguardia proper are the main square, site of the Town Hall Dolmen of San Martin and Poblado and the hermitage of the Virgen de de la Hoya, a settlement whose la Plaza. The parish church, in the remains appear to date back to the lower part of the town, is dedicated first millennium BC. Also worth a to San Andres. Its most striking visit is the “Las Lagunas” nature features are an enormous zone, which is classified as a semicircular arch around the protected biotype. doorway and oddly unmatched towers. Elciego has many wineries, Leaving Laguardia there are other some family-owned and others small villages of interest like internationally famous. Laserna, Páganos, Elvillar/Bilar (within whose limits stands the Dolmen de la Chabola de La

Church of Santa Maria de los Reyes. Laguardia GORBEA: FOOTHILLS AND town centre, dominated by the RESERVOIRS church of San Miguel and the Town Hall, is well preserved. There are a number of places worth visiting in At 1,482 metres, Mount Gorbea is the surrounding area: the highest peak in the Basque -Sanctuary of Santa Maria de Oro. Country and has given its name to Built on top of a former an entire massif which has been Romanesque church, the Sanctuary classified as a “protected nature can be reached by turning off just zone”. Covering 250 square after the town of Bitoriano. kilometres, this park is of great -Hermitage of Jugatxi. Again starting scenic and ecological interest, with from Murgia, one travels first to the one of the largest forested areas in neighbouring village of Jugo and the Basque Country. ( Park from there to the hermitage of information centre ( 945 43 00 06). Jugatxi, which stands amidst a fine beech wood. This excursion begins in Murgia, -Paseo del Río Bayas. From Sarria which is reached from Vitoria by the (one kilometre away from Murgia) N-622 dual carriageway bound for there is a pretty path along the Altube. Murgia is the capital of the banks of the river Bayas. This is the Zuya Valley, an area of small start of one of the routes up to villages in traditional local style. The Gorbea

14 14 Tomb of Chancellor Ayala. Quejana

From Murgia, the route goes Quejana is of particular historic and through Zarate and Manurga to artistic interest, with an architectural Gopegi, capital of the Zigoitia ensemble in whose chapel there is a Valley. The church here preserves really spectacular altarpiece. some Romanesque elements and a tower known as Torre Goikoetxea. Nearby are the reservoirs of Gorbea, which can be reached from Murua by way of forest tracks. Highway N-240 leads on to Elosu, a pretty village standing on a peninsula in the Urunaga reservoir, where an old ceramic kiln is still preserved and there is a museum of traditional Basque pottery.

From Murgia one can also head in the direction of Bilbao to the Ayala Valley, where there are a number of important towns like Quejana, Artziniega, Amurrio and Llodio, and also Orduña, an enclave of Vizcaya in the province of Alava.

Torre Goikoetxea. Gopegi 15 VALDEREJO NATURE PARK One recommended excursion is the River Purón defile, which can be reached by way either of the Valderejo Nature Park belongs to Tobalina Valley in Burgos or the the municipality of Valdegovia, at town of Ribera in Alava, whose the western edge of Alava near the church contains some interesting boundary with Burgos. In January Gothic paintings. 1992 it was declared a “protected nature zone”; this together with a The town of Valdegovia is Plan for the Regulation of Natural practically an enclave in the province of Burgos. Villanueva de

Resources meant that 35 kilometres of territory came under official protection. The Valderejo nature zone is particularly attractive for the diversity of the flora and fauna. The park is situated 50 kilometres from Vitoria and is reached by way Valdegovia is the chief town in the of Nanclares de la Oca, Salinas de valley and the municipal district, Añana and Villanueva de which includes 29 urban units. Valdegovia. Access to the nature Many of them preserve remains of park from Alava is by way of a local past importance, the first of which is road from Arroyo de San Zadornil to the Torre de los Varona in Villanañe, Lalastra where there is a car park, near Villanueva on the way to the an interpretive and reception centre N-625. Built in the late 16th (( 947 56 60 91) and a recreation century, the tower still retains its area. Lalastra is the starting-point for original appearance. Not far from signposted itineraries through the Villanueva are the cave hermitages park. of San Martin de Valparaiso. 16 On the way from From Villanañe to WESTERN VALLEYS: SALINAS DE Caranca, the Sanctuary of Nuestra AÑANA, ESPEJO Señora de Angosto stands on a lovely site beside the River Humecillo. Inside is a 16th-century This route commences in altarpiece and a mediaeval image of Nanclares de la Oca-Langraitz the Virgin. Those interested can also Oka, travelling from Vitoria- visit the place where tradition has it Gasteiz via the N-102 and turning that the virgin appeared to a off on to the A-2622. Nanclares shepherd. has a fine parish church and a square with a curious fountain. The Subijana pass between the Badaia and Arkamo ranges leads into the Cuartango Valley. Here there are fourteen townships in addition to the chief town of Zuazo, whose church preserves some Romanesque remains. Particularly interesting is Katadiano, site of a group of four dolmens. From there one can visit the Sanctuary of Nuestra Señora de Eskolumbe, located in delightful natural surroundings. The route carries on from Subijana by way of Valdegovia. The A-2622 leads through Pobes to Salinas de Añana-Añana Gesaltza, a township classified as part of the Valderejo Nature Park cultural heritage, which boasts some impressive salt-pans from Roman times. In the lower part of the town is the parish church of Santa María de Villacones, mediaeval in origin but later reformed. Other interesting buildings in the town centre are the Town Hall, the palace of Los Herrán and the Baroque clocktower. However, the most impressive sight here are the salt pans, some of which are still operational.

16 17 On the road from Salinas de outstanding monument is the Añana to Espejo where it passes Torre de Luyandos y Hurtado de through the Valdegovia valley is Mendoza, a tower built in the one of the most important 16th century. Also near Espejo are monuments in the area, the Nograro, and Carcamo where Romanesque church of La there is a small church in the pure Asunción de Tuesta, built in the Romanesque style. 12th century. Especially striking is the splendid decoration of the doorway, while in the interior there is a lovely carving of the virgin dated 1300 and a Plateresque altarpiece. Espejo is an important township and summer resort, whose

Salines of Añana-Añana. Gesaltza LEISURE AND which encompass almost every ENTERTAINMENT branch of human knowledge, from biology to history and art.

Alava in general and Vitoria-Gasteiz In Vitoria-Gasteiz: in particular offer visitors a virtually • Archaeological Museum, continuous programme of cultural C/ Correría, 116 and recreational • Museum of Heraldry spectacles. C/ Paseo de Fray Francisco, 3. The best-known festivals nationally • Fine Art Museum. and internationally are: C/ Paseo de Fray Francisco, 8. • Natural Science Museum • National Non-professional Film C/ Siervas de Jesús, 24 Festival (April) • Fournier Musem of Cards. • The Month of Dance (May) C/ Cuchilerría 54 • Artists street festival (June) • International Festival of Folklore In the province: (July) • Oppidum Museum of Iruña • International Choral Week (Villodas-Trespuentes) (September) • Heraldic Museum (Mendoza) • Old-time Music Week • Archaeological Museum of La (September) Hoya ( Laguardia) • Video Festival (June or July) • Basque Museum of Gastronomy • Games Festival (July) (Llodio) • International Magic Conference • Museum of Basque Pottery (Elosu) (September) • Also: Ethnographic museums in • International Theatre Festival Oyón, Amurrio, Atziniega, Pipaón, (Autumn) Zalduendo and elsewhere. • Vitoria-Gasteiz Art Festival (November-December) For information on visiting hours, • One particularly special event is entrance charges, arranged visits, the Jazz Festival (July), which has etc.: become a must for jazz lovers and Alava Museum Service attracts the cream of the ( 945 18 19 18 international jazz scene. For more information about the festival: Asociación Festival de Jazz de FOOD AND DRINK Vitoria-Gasteiz. ( 945 14 19 19, fax 945 13 02 87 Products of its climate and culture, the gastronomy of Alava boasts a Both the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz and tremendous variety. The better- the rest of the province offer a known dishes include broad beans magnificent range of museums with ham, butter-beans with quail,

19 fresh-water crab, scrambled eggs the blouses that they wear. The with perrechicos (spring festivities commence with the mushrooms), macedoine of descent of Celedon, a dummy vegetables, potatoes Rioja-style, dressed with blouse and umbrella lamb chops grilled on vine-wood, which is passed over the heads of and lamb cooked a la panadera the crowd from the church of San with potatoes, onions and wine. The Miguel to the Plaza de la Virgen confectionery is also justly famous, Blanca. The celebrations last a week. especially in Vitoria, with home- made nougats, chocolate truffles The day of the patron of the and pine-kernel and walnut cakes. province, San Prudencio, falls on 28 April, with romerías in almost every One of the most firmly-rooted town, where typically snails and customs in Alava – and in the perrechicos (spring mushrooms) are Basque Country in general – is to do served out. One particularly popular the rounds of the bars sampling the example is in the fields of Armentia wines, the beers and the famous in Vitoria, by the hermitage erected pinchos or tapas. The regular areas there in honour of the saint. of Vitoria for this are the Old Town, the New Town and the adjoining Another festival of interest is the streets. carnival in both town and country, which usually closes with the Wine – undoubtedly one of the “burning of Judas”. The town of most internationally famous Zalduendo has some reputation in products of Alava – requires this respect. Also worth seeing are separate mention. The Rioja Alavesa the alms festivals like that of Santa produces potent wines, the reds Agueda (4 February) or Jueves de chiefly from tempranillo varieties, Lardero (the Thursday before Lent). and the whites from viura. The best way is to try them at the local Festivals of patron saints: Laguardia wineries which abound in towns of (last week in June), with popular the Rioja Alaves like Elciego, bull-runs; San Pedro de Llodio, Laguardia, Baños de Ebro, etc. recently reinstated (29 June); Artziniega (8 September), with a popular romería to the Sanctuary of Nuestra Señora de la Encina, and FESTIVALS Santa Cruz de Campezo (first Sunday in September). In Vitoria the best known and most popular festival is that of the Virgen Blanca (5 August), enlivened by the “blusas”, the name given to the troupes of young men because of

20 SPORTS San Sebastián and France by the N-I, with Bilbao by the A-68 and For sports enthusiasts Alava has four with Pamplona by the 240-A and golf clubs (in Urturi, Lagran, Altube the N-I. and Legutiano), nine riding schools The city also has good rail links and and two sailings clubs plus a variety regular bus services. of schools for paragliding, hang- gliding, canoeing and adventure sports.

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Vitoria has an airport in the neighbouring town of Foronda, with connections to major cities of Spain and Europe. Also, Bilbao Airport (Sondika) is less than an hour’s drive away on the A-68 motorway. Visitors can reach Vitoria by road from Madrid via Burgos on the N-1 and A-1, and from Barcelona, Zaragoza and Logroño on the A-68 and the N-232. It is connected with

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