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Enjoy the authentic
Highlights
Discover authentic Basque culture in Biscay. Find everything from long-lasting traditions to exquisite gastronomy and family-friendly activities in a stunning rural setting
Bizkaia's Txakoli Wine Route
Highlights
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.
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
In the Bizkaia you’ve always known
Highlights
A written work. An exhibition. A tribute to our way of being.
Discover Bizkaia
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Routes

Route 1. Bilbao, Port Before City
La ría, columna vertebral de Bizkaia
Las minas del barrio de Miribilla
Mercado de la Ribera
Fábrica de harinas La Ceres
Las estaciones de FF.CC. de Bilbao
Los muelles de Bilbao
La baldosa de Bilbao
La compañía de maderas
Los puentes de Bilbao
El Tigre de Deusto
Astillero Euskalduna - Itsasmuseum
Zorrotzaurre: El canal y la ribera de Deusto
La Punta Zorrotza
The estuary, the backbone of Bizkaia
Miribilla district mines
La Ribera market
La Ceres flour factory
Train stations in Bilbao
Bilbao docks
Bilbao paving stones
Compañía de Maderas lumber company
Bridges of Bilbao
The Deusto tiger
Euskalduna shipyard - itsas sea museum
Zorrotzaurre: the channel and the Deusto riverside
Punta Zorrotza

Route 2. Barakaldo and Sestao: Factory Towns
Ruta Obrera de Barakaldo
Depósito de patrimonio industrial mueble Orconera-Lutxana
Finca y palacio Munoa
Estación de FF.CC. de Lutxana
Cargaderos de mineral de La Ría
Los gasolinos de La Ría
Estación de FF.CC. de Desierto-Barakaldo
Edificio Ilgner
El laberinto del hierro de Sestao
Horno Alto Nº1 de Altos Hornos de Vizcaya
Vivienda obrera de Sestao
Barakaldo workers’ route
Orconera-Lutxana moveable industrial heritage warehouse
Munoa Estate and Mansion
Lutxana train station
Iron ore loading docks on the estuary
Estuary motorboat ferries
Desierto-Barakaldo train station
Ilgner building
Iron labyrinth in Sestao
Blast furnace no. 1 Altos Hornos de Vizcaya
Workers’ quarters in Sestao

Route 3. Portugalete, Santurtzi and Zierbena
Ferrocarril minero de la Galdames
Ruta obrera de Portugalete
Museo de la Industria Rialia
Puente Bizkaia UNESCO
Muelle de hierro de Portugalete
Museo del mar y patrimonio pesquero de Santurtzi
Puerto de Zierbena
Galdames mining railway
Portugalete workers’ route
Rialia museum of industry
UNESCO Vizcaya bridge
Iron jetty in Portugalete
Sea and fishing heritage museum in Santurtzi
Port of Zierbena

Route 4. The Grand Villas of Getxo
El ingeniero D. Evaristo de Churruca
Paseo de las Grandes Villas de Getxo
Evaristo de Churruca: the engineer who ‘tamed’ the estuary
Getxo grand villa promenade

Route 5. Meatzaldea: Iron and Mountains
5.a. Larreineta Funicular and the Mining Town of La Arboleda
Funicular de Larreineta
Poblado minero de La Arboleda
Larreineta funicular
Mining town of La Arboleda

Route 5. Meatzaldea: Iron and Mountains
5.b. Basque Country Mining Museum and Bodovalle Mine
Museo de la Minería del País Vasco
Corta Bodovalle
Basque Country mining museum
Bodovalle mine

Route 6. Barbadun and Itsaslur: Iron, Water and Sea
6.a. Iron and the Sea: Pobeña to Kobaron Greenway
Vía Verde Itsaslur y Coto Minero Pobeña-Kobaron
Pobeña-Kobaron mining reserve and Itsaslur greenway

Route 6. Barbadun and Itsaslur: Iron, Water and Sea
6.b. Iron and Water: on the Banks of the Barbadun river
Ferrería de El Pobal
Vía Verde Montes de Hierro
Museo coches clásicos y antiguos en Torre Loizaga
El Pobal forge
Iron Mountains greenway
Classic and antique car museum Loizaga Tower

Route 7. Balmaseda and La Encartada Fabrika Museoa
La Encartada Fabrika-Museoa
Villa de Balmaseda
La Encartada factory museum
Villa of Balmaseda

Route 8. Karrantza and Dolomitas del Norte
Dolomitas del Norte
Pozalagua
Dolomitas del Norte
Pozalagua
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Route 1. Bilbao, Port Before City
Iron River
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Route 2. Barakaldo and Sestao: Factory Towns
Iron River
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Route 3. Portugalete, Santurtzi and Zierbena
Iron River
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Route 4. The Grand Villas of Getxo
Iron River
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Route 5. Meatzaldea: Iron and Mountains
Iron River
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Route 5. Meatzaldea: Iron and Mountains
Iron River
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Route 6. Barbadun and Itsaslur: Iron, Water and Sea
Iron River
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Route 6. Barbadun and Itsaslur: Iron, Water and Sea
Iron River
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Route 7. Balmaseda and La Encartada Fabrika Museoa
Iron River
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Route 8. Karrantza and Dolomitas del Norte
Iron River
Not to be missed
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Grand New Year's Concert - Johann Strauss
- 7 january · 7 january
- Teatro Campos Elíseos
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In the Bizkaia you´ve always known in Igorre
- 19 december · 6 january
- Igorre
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Santo Tomás Market
- 21 december · 21 december
- Bilbao
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El Mago de Oz
- 23 december · 6 january
- Euskalduna jauregia
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Athletic Club vs. Paris St-Germain | UEFA Champions League
- 10 december · 10 december
- San Mamés
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Dantzaldia 2025
- 25 september · 5 december
- Bilbao | Barakaldo
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Georg Baselitz. Paintings 2014-2025. Something Everywhere
- 8 october · 1 march
- bilbao museoa
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Bread Day
- 24 december · 24 december
- Galdames
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Gatibu | Agur Esan Barik
- 6 december · 13 december
- BEC Barakaldo
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San Antontxu Fair
- 18 january · 18 january
- Mungia
Top places, coast, mountain or city
Top 10
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...
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...
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
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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