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Highlights Bizkaia.eus
- Slide 0: Enjoy the authentic
- Slide 1: Bizkaia, an accessible territory
- Slide 2: Bizkaia's Txakoli Wine Route
- Slide 3: Iron River
- Slide 4: In the Bizkaia you’ve always known
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, an accessible territory
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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Route 1. Bilbao, Port Before City
A port and industrial past and a transformative present
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
Barakaldo and Sestao were key components in the history of industrialisation in Bizkaia
Ruta Obrera de Barakaldo
Depósito de patrimonio industrial mueble Orconera-Lutxana
Finca y palacio Munoa
Estación de FF.CC. de Lutxana
Parque Zamalanda
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
Zamalanda Park
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
The Mouth of the Estuary and the Bay of Abra
Ferrocarril minero de la Galdames
Ruta obrera de Portugalete
Museo de la Industria Rialia
Puente Bizkaia UNESCO
Muelle de hierro de Portugalete
Los gasolinos de La Ría
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
Estuary motorboat ferries
Sea and fishing heritage museum in Santurtzi
Port of Zierbena
Route 4. The Grand Villas of Getxo
Two Banks... Two Worlds
El ingeniero D. Evaristo de Churruca
Paseo de las Grandes Villas de Getxo
Las Galerías de Punta Begoña
Evaristo de Churruca: the engineer who ‘tamed’ the estuary
Getxo grand villa promenade
Punta Begoña Galleries
Route 5. Meatzaldea: Iron and Mountains
5.a. Larreineta Funicular and the Mining Town of La Arboleda
A truly unique recovered landscape that surprises everyone who visits It
Funicular de Larreineta
Poblado minero de La Arboleda
Parque de las esculturas
Larreineta funicular
Mining town of La Arboleda
Sculpture Park
Route 5. Meatzaldea: Iron and Mountains
5.b. Basque Country Mining Museum and Bodovalle Mine
Bodavalle was the second largest iron mine in Europe with 50 km of excavated tunnels.
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
When it passes through Muskiz, on the border with Cantabria, the Way of St. James coincides with one of the most beautiful coastal areas of Bizkaia.
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
El Castillo de Muñatones
Ferrería de El Pobal
Vía Verde Montes de Hierro
Museo de coches clásicos y antiguos en Torre Loizaga
Casa de juntas de Abellaneda
Muñatones Castle
El Pobal forge
Iron Mountains greenway
Classic and antique car museum Loizaga Tower
Abellaneda Council House
Route 7. Balmaseda and La Encartada Fabrika-Museoa
A living treasure unlike anything of its kind
La Encartada Fabrika-Museoa
Villa de Balmaseda
La Encartada factory museum
Villa of Balmaseda
Route 8. Karrantza and Dolomitas del Norte
Caves, Adventure and Dolmitas
Dolomitas del Norte
Pozalagua
Dolomitas del Norte
Pozalagua
Route 9: From Bilbao, along the right bank of the estuary, to Erandio and Leioa
From Bilbao, towards Erandio and Leioa.
Los barrios bilbaínos de San Ignacio y Elorrieta
La bombeadora de Elorrieta
Erandio y su patrimonio industrial
La Vega de Lamiako
El puente de Udondo
Lamiako: donde empezó el fútbol
Vicrila y el vaso de txikito
The Bilbao neighbourhoods of San Ignacio and Elorrieta
The Elorrieta pump
Erandio and its industrial heritage
Lamiako floodplain
Udondo Bridge
Lamiako: where football began
Vicrila and the txikito wine glass
Route 10. Lea-Artibai
Industrial landscape of the Lea River.
El sendero del río Lea
El Faro de Santa Catalina
The River Lea trail
Santa Catalina Lighthouse
Route 1: Bilbao and the golden age of txakoli
Route 2: From port to port through Greater Bilbao
Route 3: Nature, landscapes, and wine
Route 4: Txakoli and rural life among the mountains
Route 5: Nature, mythology, and Txakoli
Route 6: From the sea to Lea-Artibai’s vineyards
Route 7: Enkarterri: Viticulture and cultural tradition
Route 8: Cliffs, vineyards, and surfing beaches
Route 9: Among fishing villages, vineyards and Biosphere Reserves
Route 10: Vineyards, towers, and castles
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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
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Route 9: From Bilbao, along the right bank of the estuary, to Erandio and Leioa
Iron River
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Route 10. Lea-Artibai
Iron River
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Route 1: Bilbao and the golden age of txakoli
Txakoli's wine route
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Route 2: From port to port through Greater Bilbao
Txakoli's wine route
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Route 3: Nature, landscapes, and wine
Txakoli's wine route
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Route 4: Txakoli and rural life among the mountains
Txakoli's wine route
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Route 5: Nature, mythology, and Txakoli
Txakoli's wine route
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Route 6: From the sea to Lea-Artibai’s vineyards
Txakoli's wine route
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Route 7: Enkarterri: Viticulture and cultural tradition
Txakoli's wine route
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Route 8: Cliffs, vineyards, and surfing beaches
Txakoli's wine route
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Route 9: Among fishing villages, vineyards and Biosphere Reserves
Txakoli's wine route
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Route 10: Vineyards, towers, and castles
Txakoli's wine route
Not to be missed
- Slide 0: ENKARTERRI FEST
- Slide 1: Festival Internacional Arte Sobre Ruedas
- Slide 2: Concert in Ermua by the Bilbao Accordion Symphony Orchestra
- Slide 3: Concert in Muskiz by the Bilbao Accordion Symphony Orchestra
- Slide 4: Concert in Balmaseda by the Bilbao Accordion Symphony Orchestra
- Slide 5: Concert in Leioa by the Bilbao Accordion Symphony Orchestra
- Slide 6: In the Bizkaia you’ve always known in Muskiz
- Slide 7: In the Bizkaia you’ve always known in Ermua
- Slide 8: In the Bizkaia you’ve always known in Leioa
- Slide 9: In the Bizkaia you’ve always known in Balmaseda
ENKARTERRI FEST
- Date 30 may · 31 may
- Location Jardines del Ayuntamiento de Zalla
Festival Internacional Arte Sobre Ruedas
- Date 3 june · 7 june
- Location Bilbao
Concert in Ermua by the Bilbao Accordion Symphony Orchestra
- Date 3 november · 3 november
- Location Ermua Antzokia
Concert in Muskiz by the Bilbao Accordion Symphony Orchestra
- Date 25 september · 25 september
- Location Meatzari aretoa
Concert in Balmaseda by the Bilbao Accordion Symphony Orchestra
- Date 19 june · 19 june
- Location Klaret Teatro
Concert in Leioa by the Bilbao Accordion Symphony Orchestra
- Date 5 june · 5 june
- Location Kultur Leioa
In the Bizkaia you’ve always known in Muskiz
- Date 10 september · 25 september
- Location Muskiz
In the Bizkaia you’ve always known in Ermua
- Date 20 october · 3 november
- Location Ermua
In the Bizkaia you’ve always known in Leioa
- Date 26 may · 8 june
- Location Leioa
In the Bizkaia you’ve always known in Balmaseda
- Date 15 june · 30 june
- Location Balmaseda
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
Itineraries and activities
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