Experiences on wheels &Enjoy Choose You have 10 your route different proposals • Biscay Coast: maritime, elegant surfing and authentic • Enkarterri: hidden valleys full of history • The green interior: tradition amongst grand mountains • The txakolí route: a wine which is very much our own • Bilbao and its surroundings THE BISCAY ENKARTERRI COAST Route 1. The west coast Route 4. The Kadagua route Memories of fire and salt Echoes of the medieval Route 2. The central coast Route 5. Route of the hidden valleys Waves, dragons and txakoli 18 Nature and luxury Route 3. The east coast 6 Dunes, character and painted forests Enjoy THE BISCAY BILBAO BY Route 9. Around Bilbao INLAND A bird's eye view of the city CAMPER Route 6. The Nervión route Where the water learns how to fly VAN This card is your passport to savings and convenience when planning your stay in Bilbao- Route 7. The Arratia Valley Biscay, use it for public transport, museum and Rural charm amongst mountains and theatre tickets, restaurants, shops and other meadows Thinking about your freedom leisure activities. Request one in any Tourism 34 38 Office or at: Route 8. The Duranguesado www.bilbaoturismo.net 24 Homage to stone and magic WINE AT THE TABLE OR OUT FOR Version: June 2017. Version one Route 10. Txakoli from Biscay PINTXOS TOURISM A wine which is very much our own A la carte gastronomic Published by: Bilbao Bizkaia be Basque 40 recommendations Production: Bell Communication Photography: Files from Bilbao Turismo, Biscay Turismo, Basquetour, Hazi, Bell, USEFULINFO Gonzalo Azumendi, Pedro Muñoz, Quintas Fotógrafos, Gemma Arrugaeta, Mitxi, Martín Fotógrafo, Bilbao Basket, CC by-3.0-ES 2012/EJ-GV/Irekia-Gobierno Vasco/ Mikel Arrazola, ABAO-OLBE © E. Moreno Esquibel, CC Amélie Nollet, CC Zawp, CC Addresses, telephone numbers, Hacería, CC Infameless 36 links... know it all Printers: MCCGRAPHICS, S.COOP./ D.L. BI-1093-2017 / 3.000 42 Enjoy ou are about to really get to know Biscay and each of its corners, its people, its gastronomy, its history. You will submerge yourselves deep into a universe Plentzia Elantxobe Ywhich takes place on a small space of earth within the Basque Country; a Country full of contrasts, with its own Bakio ancestral identity, which gives character to its welcoming Bermeo Ea people who love good food and sharing it. We propose ten routes and, along with them, a collection Mundaka Lekeitio of points of interest which you will surely appreciate and a Zierbena Sopela series of suggestions which will turn your trip into a journey that you will want to tell everybody about. Pobeña Getxo Ondarroa Ongi etorri. Santurtzi Portugalete Gernika-Lumo Bilbao Pozalagua Sopuerta Markina-Xemein Karrantza 4 Güeñes 5 Balmaseda Lanestosa Zalla Durango Gordexola Igorre Elorrio Artziniega Dima Areatza Route 1. The west coast Orozko Route 2. The central coast Quejana Route 3. The east coast Urkiola Route 4. The Kadagua route Otxandio Route 5: Route of the hidden valleys Orduña Gorbeia Route 6: The Nervión Route Route 7: The Arratia Valley Route 8: The Duranguesado Route 9: Around Bilbao Legutio Route 10: Wine tourism Enjoy THE BISCAY COAST Three worlds, onecoast Elantxobe 6 Bakio 7 Plentzia Bermeo Ea Lekeitio Zierbena Sopela Mundaka eyond Bilbao, the Biscay coast is an explosion Pobeña Getxo Ondarroa of contrasts. Three universes share one sole Santurtzi coastline. A perfect cocktail of industry, history and Gernika-Lumo Bliving nature. In this guide we are going to propose Portugalete three routes by car, one per day. Strap yourselves in! After familiarising ourselves with the milestones of industrial heritage from Zierbena to Portugalete, we will get on board Bilbao Markina-Xemein “El Puente Bizkaia” or “Puente Colgante” (the Hanging Bridge) ferry in order to cross over to the most stately side of the coast: Getxo. A town which is full of small palaces and mansions which overlook its urban beaches. You Route 1. The west coast will visit the charming Puerto Viejo de Algorta, and even immerse yourselves in one of the wildest coasts of the Route 2. The central coast Bay of Biscay: Sopela, Bermeo, San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, Route 3. The east coast Mundaka, Ondarroa, Lekeitio... During this tour we will show you the footsteps of the industrial past, we will point out the most fun activities to do with your family, romantic nooks, local gastronomy, patron saint's festivals... And much more. Azkorri Route 1. The west coast Enjoy Memories of fire and salt Zierbena Beach of La Arena Greenway of Itsaslur Getxo N-630 Pobeña 9 km Neguri Muskiz 15’ Santurtzi 4km 1km 15’ 5’ Bridge A-8 Biscay Las Arenas Portugalete BI-711 There was a time in which the sea was the last stop for the mineral wagons, the port of departure for iron, the final destination of the miner’s rivers of sweat, of the forgers, of thousands of workers. There was a time in which the sea was the panorama of the ballrooms in the grand mansions where the industrial high Bilbao bourgeoisie dwelled. That was when a gigantic iron bridge was Bizkaia Bridge proudly constructed, a monument to human engineering, a union point between two worlds, both conflicting and complementary. The sea 8 of fire and salt, of tears and champagne. 9 We’ll begin our trip by setting off which has retained its traditional You can visit the Casa Torre Palace from Bilbao on the A-8 motorway charm with magnificent fish and (18th century) with its historical and heading for the Muskiz-La Arena seafood grills. The N-630 brings us interpretation centre. exit, in the direction of Pobeña. Here to Santurtzi, where views on the left The Cofradía de Pescadores building we are faced with two options: the showcase the gigantic installations It’s Historic Quarter is well worth a the left, industrial and working- Their refined British style speaks houses the Santurtzi Itsasoa Museum first one, to pass through the natural of the Bilbao Bridge. visit, as is its Gothic-Renaissance class and the right, residential and of the influences and relationships and one of the many restaurants dunes of the La Arena Beachand Church of Andra Mari. We can stroll bourgeois. We can cross it by car which the entrepreneurial families offering a taste of the sea in this the second one, which consists in along the edge of the Ría until we aboard its nacelle or we can walk of the time established with those town. From here, during the summer exploring the Itsaslur Greenway, an Santurtzi reach the Torre de Salazar (Salazar along the vertiginous walkway on islands. The stroll can be enjoyed months and with prior reservation, old railway line with the sea at your Tower) and take in the charm of the the top. It’s truly an unforgettable in a traditional manner following you can go on an excursion by boat feet (approx. 2 hours. there and back). Plaza del Solar with its neoclassical experience. the information panels or by solving to visit the whales in the waters of bandstand. and following the Magic Fly “clues” the Bay of Biscay. More information Continue on the BI-3794 towards Once we reach the other side we (requires a smartphone). the town of Zierbena, a small port can be found at the Tourist Office in Finally, we invite you to feel the will arrive in Getxo, specifically in Santurtzi. breeze and climb the iron giant the district of Las Arenas. Getxo is Returning to Bilbao is simple, the which has been looking over us from BI-637 is the quickest way, but if Taking the path which, in the past, a very extensive municipality and high above for the last few hours. It’s you’re not in a rush we recommend our famous sardine fishermen once during this first route we suggest the Bizkaia Bridge, also called the going as far as the district of Neguri. taking the BI-711 back along the Ría Santurtzi is the great seaside town of themselves walked along we will visit Puente Colgante (Hanging Bridge). Walk alongside the sea admiring the to take in the spectacular industrial, the west of Biscay. Its joyous sardine one of the last traditional wooden This great work of engineering grandeur of the palaces of the high steel-making and naval heritage fishers, protagonists of the popular fishing boats left in Cantabria, the has been a World Heritage Site, bourgeoisie from the end of the 19th marked out by cranes and therefore song, trailed their merchandise Atunero Agurtza. declared by UNESCO, since 2006 century and the beginning of the understand a little bit more about the La Arena Beach through the stony streets of their Portugalete is a medieval town next and represents the meeting point 20th century. history of a town connected to its sea fishing port. to the Ría de Bilbao (Bilbao’s estuary). between the two banks of the Ría, by work, richness and the spirit of improvement. Route 2. The central coast Enjoy Waves, dragons and txakoli The cliffs reverberate with the lashings of a sea which is sometimes furious, and other times docile and always generous. Beaches of golden sand, sunsets and an island inhabited by dragons. Stories of privateers and whalers entwine with tales of gigantic waves to be ridden. And finally, Gernika, a living reminder of the barbarity of the war and a symbol of the freedom of the Basque people. BI-3101 San Juan de Gaztelugatxe San Juan de 11 km Gaztelugatxe 18’ 22km BI-3151 4km BI-2120 33’ Bakio 7’ Bermeo Arrietara- BI-2235 Atxabiribil Plentzia BI-2122 Mundaka Barinatxe- La Salvaje 8km Sopela 13’ 4km BI-634 7’ 11 km Berango BI-2235 17’ Puerto Getxo for its leisure port and the Puerto Viejo Viejo de Algorta.