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Enjoy the authentic

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Discover authentic Basque culture in Biscay. Find everything from long-lasting traditions to exquisite gastronomy and family-friendly activities in a stunning rural setting

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Bizkaia's Txakoli Wine Route

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Discover this unique wine. Txakoli is primarily a young white wine with a moderate alcohol content, rich in aromas, and refreshing, offering a pleasant and characteristic acidity.

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Iron River

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The industrial heritage on both sides of the estuary, combined with the heritage in the mining area and Enkarterri, bears silent witness to what was in its day a setting of intense industrial and mining activity

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Urdaibai

Declared a Biosphere Reserve in 1984 by UNESCO, Urdaibai is one of Bizkaia’s most important natural spaces. Its natural richness makes it a unique [...]

Flysch

A flysch is a rock formation that alternates between layers of hard rock and layers of softer materials such as clay. With the passing of time, unique [...]

Guggenheim Museum

The Guggenheim Museum is the greatest icon of the capital of Bizkaia, Bilbao. This contemporary art museum was designed by Canadian architect Frank O. [...]

San Juan De Gaztelugatxe

San Juan de Gaztelugatxe has deep roots in fishing, with offerings, boat models, and paintings of vessels that can be found inside the hermitage. In [...]

Gorbeia

Gorbeia Natural Park is one of the region’s most important natural spaces, and for Basque mountaineering and the bizkaitarra/vizcaíno in particular, [...]

Pozalagua

The Pozalagua cave is found in the Karrantza valley, in the heart of the Armañón Natural Park. This cathedral-like subterranean world is home to the [...]

The Urkiola Natural Park

The Urkiola Natural Park is shaped by mountains and valleys, and stands as the epicentre of Basque mythology. The Sanctuary of Urkiola and the Tres [...]

Nervión Waterfall

Located in an exceptional natural surrounding on the border between the Basque Autonomous Community and Castille and León, the Nervión Waterfall can be [...]

Faro de Santa Katalina

The Santa Katalina Lighthouse is the only lighthouse in the whole of the Basque Country that can be visited. It also has an information centre where [...]

Bizkaia Bridge

The Bizkaia Bridge is a work of iron-forged engineering that was the first transporter bridge in the world, and was declared a Historical Artistic [...]

Santurtzi fishing harbour

Fishing harbour dating back to 1912 and which was one of the most important along the Basque coast. At certain times of the day, you can see the boats [...]

Necropolis of Argiñeta

The necropolis of Argiñeta, both for the number and quality of its elements and for the remote chronology of some of them (7th-9th centuries), is one [...]

Assembly House and Tree of Gernika

Gernika has been for centuries the meeting place of the peoples of Bizkaia. In the past, each pre-church sent its representative to discuss the common [...]

Fishermen's Museum

Located above the Old Port of Bermeo, we find the Ercilla Tower, whose walls have enclosed the rooms of the Fisherman's Museum since 1948. In this [...]

Txakolingunea

Through audiovisual and interactive media, Txakolingunea offers us the possibility of learning about the characteristics and the process of making [...]

El Pobal Iron-works

El Pobal is a hydraulic factory in which iron ore was worked to convert it into metal and make all kinds of tolos. Its period of maximum splendour came [...]

Collegiate church of Zenarruza

The monastery of Zenarruza, an old collegiate church, is a religious complex made up of the church, the cloister, the hostelry, the new abbot's house, [...]

Athletic Museum (AC Museum)

The home of "the lions", also known as 'The Cathedral of football', is a stadium awarded with awards for the best sports building in the world. AC [...]

Azkuna Zentroa

Azkuna Zentroa is Bilbao's Centre for Contemporary Society and Culture, with a local and international outlook, and open to dialogue with different [...]

Old Quarter

When the city of Bilbao was founded over 700 years ago, its inhabitants made their living from market gardens and fishing, and the river was beginning [...]

Oma Forest

The Forest of Oma, one of the best-known works by the Basque artist Agustín Ibarrola, is an expression of the artistic trend known as Art and Nature, [...]

Artxanda's Funicular

At the end of the 19th century and the early years of the 20th century, many people from Bilbao used Mount Artxanda as a place for recreation and fun, [...]

Karpin Fauna

On a century-old estate of 20 hectares, from which you can see one of the most spectacular valleys in the Basque geography, BBK Karpín Fauna is a [...]

Fine Arts Museum

From Romanesque art to the early avant-garde and their successors, the collection of the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum offers a journey that encompasses the [...]

Etnographic Museum of Orozko

The Ethnographic Museum of Orozko, also known as ""Orozkoko Museoa"", aims to show current and future generations the traditions and peculiarities of [...]

Loizaga Tower

The Loizaga Tower, houses authentic automotive jewels over 6 pavilions and offers a dynamic and suggestive vision of the evolution in the design of [...]

Old Port of Algorta

The Old Port is located in the lower part of the Algorta neighbourhood in Getxo, next to the beach of Ereaga, surrounded by sea and cliffs.

It [...]

Butrón Castle

Butrón castle is located in Gatika, on a hill, and sitting on some rocks, surrounded by a hundred-year-old forest. The castle takes the visitor to the [...]

Armañón Natural Park

In few places does nature manifest itself with such splendour as in the Armañón Natural Park. Between its peaks and forests stretches an infinite [...]

Ekoetxea Urdaibai- Madariaga Tower

Ekoetxea Urdaibai is a centre for highlighting biodiversity, and with this objective, and through exhibitions and educational activities, it informs [...]

The Gernika Peace Museum

The Gernika Peace Museum is a thematic museum dedicated to the culture of peace. Inspired by the tragic bombing of Gernika, it addresses the two areas [...]

Baltzola Cave

In the heart of Dima, in the Arratia valley, the Baltzola cave complex awaits us, an underground network that challenges the bounds of imagination. [...]

Santimamiñe Cave

The Santimamiñe cave preserves remains of human settlements from more than 14,000 years ago and houses almost fifty cave paintings of great beauty, [...]

La Encartada Fabrika-Museoa

La Encartada Fabrika-Museoa is a nineteenth-century textile factory that dedicated its activity to the production of wool knitwear and has preserved [...]

Landetxo Goikoa - Izenaduba Basoa

Landetxo marks a before and after of the Basque house's model. Its structure, interior designs and materials used in its construction make Landetxo a [...]

Itsasmuseum

The Itsasmuseum collection is based on elements and objects that refer to the maritime culture of Bilbao and Bizkaia. Among these pieces, those that [...]

The Museum of Art and History of Durango

The museum houses a collection of contemporary Basque art, another room of local history and other rooms where temporary exhibitions are held. The [...]

Muntsaratz House-Tower

Originally designed as a defensive tower, it became a stately home during the 16th century as the result of a new law forbidding the building of fort. [...]

Urdaibai Bird Center

Urdaibai Bird Centre, located in Gautegiz Arteaga, in the very heart of the Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve,  is a large bird research centre and a [...]

Fishing port of Armintza

The port of Armintza is located in the town of Lemoiz and has gone from being a fishing port to hosting mostly recreational boats, although it [...]

Mining Museum of the Basque Country

The museum, located in the old Gallarta Slaughterhouse, makes the history of mining in the Basque Country known to the general public through a [...]

Euskal Herria Museum

The Alegria Palace, built in 1733, is now the headquarters of the Euskal Herria Museum. After being acquired by the Provincial Council of Bizkaia in [...]

La Arboleda natural complex

La Arboleda offers a spectacular natural and scenic environment. When the mining exploitation was abandoned, groundwater came to the surface and, [...]

Route of the Great Houses

It consists of a pleasant walk along the Las Arenas Pier and the Arriluze Pier that will make you relive the golden years of Getxo. t is a self-guided [...]

Matxitxako Lighthouse

Belonging to the municipality of Bermeo, it is an excellent viewpoint over the coast. Cape Matxitxako has two lighthouses. The old one is now an [...]

Elantxobe fishing Port

Elantxobe is a small fishing village with special charm located on the side of a cliff. The fishermen's houses and their unique architecture and layout [...]

Zierbena's Port

The port of Zierbena, located in the region of Enkarterri-Meatzaldea, despite the important transformation it has undergone due to the construction of [...]

Rialia Industry Museum

The Rialia Museum of Industry is in a privileged location, a vantage point that allows you to understand our seafaring and industrial history.

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Santurtzi Sea Museum

The Museum of the Sea is located in the Fishing Port of Santurtzi, specifically in the building of the fishermen's guild. It aims to publicise the link [...]

Lea path

The trail begins in Munitibar, where the waters of the Lea River begin to flow high. The trail runs through different municipalities until it reaches [...]

Montes de Hierro Greenway

The Montes de Hierro Greenway is the result of transforming the old mining railway routes into a pedestrian and cycling route.  The itinerary [...]

Arrazola Greenway

The Arrazola cycling and walking trail runs along the route of the old railway line that used to link Durango and Arrazola. It is a tranquil walk and [...]

The Agurtza Museum Boat

This boat has been converted into a museum and interpretation centre focused on the fishing and canning of white tuna. It is the only vessel of its [...]

Gorliz bay

The beach of Gorliz is one of the most extensive beaches of Bizkaia. It also has the advantage of being protected by the bay in the shape of a shell [...]

Muñatones Castle

Muñatones Castle was built over a long period of time extending throughout the 14th 4nd 15th centuries, against the backdrop of the devastating [...]

The Church of Andra Mari

it was built in the 13th century in Elexalde neighbourhood, replacing the old church of Santa Marina de Ganguren. The medieval construction was [...]

Balmaseda History Museum

The museum opened in 2003 contains a collection of works of art, books, documents and objects related to the history of Balmaseda. It is situated in [...]

Historic Centre of Areatza

The characteristics of its old quarter mean we can undertake a small route through its narrow-cobbled streets to appreciate the unique houses of the [...]

The Balcony of Durangaldea - Momoitio Cemetery

Garai is a small town surrounded by countryside and farmhouse areas. Here you will find the Durangaldea viewpoint, which is actually the location of [...]

Memorial Museum of Iron belt

The Iron Belt Memorial recounts, through a clear and modern scenography, how and why it was built, the characteristics of its fortifications and its [...]

Mendibile Jauregia

Mendibile Jauregia, a late 17th century palace, which houses, among other things, the headquarters of the Regulatory Board of [...]

Museum of Artistic Reproductions

Created more than 80 years ago, it is one of the best of its kind in Europe for the selection and quality of the reproductions exhibited. It contains [...]

Sala Rekalde

Sala Rekalde is a space dedicated to promoting and raising awareness of contemporary artistic practice, enabling it to fulfil its resolve to approach [...]

Dolomite Old Factory Museum

In a quarry near the factory, dolomite ore was extracted and transported by an aerial tram system that operated until 1976, when the quarry closed. [...]

Bilbao Museum of Bull-Fighting

The function of the Bilbao Bullfighting Museum is essentially educational. It comprises eight general sequences of the History of Bullfighting. The [...]

Easter Procession Museum

The Museum of Passages of Bilbao has created this space with the aim of spreading the history of the Easter of the City and presenting the artistic and [...]

Itsaslur Greenway

It is a route along the coastline from La Arena beach (Pobeña) to its end in the Kobaron neighborhood. The walk follows the route of the old mining [...]

The House of the Basque Language

Euskararen Etxea aims to be a benchmark for all those working in and for the Basque language, as well as for Basque citizens themselves. To this end, [...]

Gorliz Lighthouse

It rises at the top of Cape Billano where you can see the cliffs and the vastness of the sea. Despite being a quiet new structure, built in 1990, it is [...]

Monumental Complex of Eleizondo

The neighborhood of Eleizondo in Zeanuri, gathers an interesting religious monumental group formed by the parish of Andra Mari, the hermitage [...]

Abellaneda Council House

Located in Sopuerta, he Abellaneda Council House, home to the Encartaciones Museum, which collects, analyses and shares the region's historical, [...]

Historic Centre of Balmaseda

Balmaseda stands out, above all, for its wide and rich cultural heritage. Among other monuments, the churches of San Severino and San Juan, the convent [...]

Historic Centre of Durango

The town of Durango has an exceptional historical, artistic and architectural heritage. Visiting the monuments of the old town of Durango, we will live [...]

Bilbao Exhibition Center (BEC)

The BEC is much more than a trade fair and congress venue. It consists of six one-storey pavilions without columns thanks to a new construction system, [...]

Simon Bolivar Museum

The museum is located in Ziortza-Bolibar, the place of Bolívar's ancestors, in the hamlet called Errementarikua, next to the Jacobean road. The plot is [...]

Archaeological Museum of Bilbao

The Arkeologia Museoa is a centre of reference and dissemination channel of the archaeological research of Bizkaia by means of its activities aimed at [...]

Euskalduna Palace

Euskalduna has a unique design and architecture that make this building an icon of the city and the territory. Through this visit, the public will [...]

Valentin de Berriotxoa museum

This museum brings together a unique collection of objects and documents related to the life of Valentín de Berriotoxoa. In 2003 the current facilities [...]

Margarita María Museum

The museum deals with Margarita María in depth: her principles, her spirituality, her goals, her achievements, and the groundbreaking nature of her [...]

Landako Gunea

Located in Durango, it is a column-free, modern and versatile venue, with a wide range of services, guarded parking and modern facilities, which allow [...]

Sacred Art Museum

"It has a permanent exhibition of more than 500 pieces, although it also has an extensive and growing collection of works of art from the churches of [...]

Bilbao Arena

Bilbao Arena is the multi-functional centre of reference in the city. In addition to being the venue where Bilbao Basket, the city's professional [...]

Fronton Bizkaia

Located in Bilbao, it is a building that has been designed to be more than just attending a sporting event and to be an experience for the spectator. [...]

San Mamés

The San Mamés Stadium, located in Bilbao, is the home field of Athletic Club, a team with a unique philosophy and over 120 years of history.

A [...]

Historic centre of Elorrio

The streets of Elorrio are full of palaces and ancestral houses made of stone and carved masonry from the 17th and 18th century. In the Gernikako [...]

Historic Centre of Orduña

The old quarter preserves the traces of its important customs and trade past between Castile and northern Europe during the Middle Ages. In the heart [...]

Historic centre of Otxandio

The Plaza Mayor of Otxandio, the nerve center of the municipality, houses different elements of the highest architectural value. In the square is the [...]

Historic Centre of Portugalete

The Historic Centre of Portugalete maintains its medieval essence, where its steep slopes and cobbled pavement stand out. Among the monuments of [...]

Historic Centre of Plentzia

Despite the profound transformations undergone by the municipality over the last century, the Historic Centre of Plentzia still retains that charm [...]

Old town and port of Bermeo

In Bermeo you can breathe a seafaring atmosphere in its streets and squares, as the old town and its old port have witnessed a rich history linked to [...]

Historic centre of Lekeitio

The old town of Lekeitio preserves an abundant artistic heritage. It highlights the Basilica of the Assumption of Santa Maria and its splendid Gothic [...]

Historic centre of Ondarroa

Despite the fact that very few buildings built in the Middle Ages remain in the historic center due to the fires that destroyed the town, its medieval [...]

Historic centre of Larrabetzu

The buildings that define the square form a beautiful architectural ensemble. The palace of Icaza, a 15th century building, stands out, adorned with [...]

Historic centre of Lanestosa

Lanestosa has managed to keep intact its medieval quarter with the passage of time: balconied houses, narrow streets, the arcaded square and palaces of [...]

Historic centre of Ugao-Miraballes

Undoubtedly the most important and remarkable elements of the historical-monumental heritage of Ugao-Miraballes are the church of Nuestra Señora de [...]

Historic centre of Markina-Xemein

Despite the changes made in different periods, the town has preserved very well the medieval layout of its streets. The Convent and Church of Carmen, [...]

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Top places

Bilbao Bizkaia has a great variety of top interesting spots: picture-postcard corners, a modern and cosmopolitan capital city, idyllic towns and villages, colourful natural landscapes...

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Coast of Biscay

Coast

From Muskiz to Ondarroa, our coast offers an enormous variety of attractive possibilities: visit the beautiful fishing villages, take part in their traditional festivals or taste and buy fresh delicacies fresh from the sea...

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Towards the interior

Mountains

Bizkaia is not the same without the hinterland. The mountains, caves and rivers are part of local history. They have shaped the local culture and lifestyles, and they are closer than you think

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The Bilbao effect

City

The great transformation that Bilbao has undergone in recent times has turned it into one of the most cosmopolitan and innovative cities in Europe

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