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San Juan de Gaztelugatxe
San Juan de Gaztelugatxe is a protected biotope located between the towns of Bakio and Bermeo. It is linked to the coast by a stone bridge and a stairway with 241 steps. At the top of the islet there is a church that has been rebuilt many times. The original…
The Iron Belt. Bilbao defensive line
Yesterday Bilbao’s defensive belt, better known as the Iron Belt, was a line of fortifications over 80 km long that the Basque Government decided to build in 1936 to protect Bilbao and its surroundings and to defend democracy and freedom, against the advance of the rebel troops. That great work,…
Gernika
The Villa de Gernika is an emblematic place for Bizkaia and for the entire Basque Country. The suffering of the people in the bombing carried out by the fascist forces in the Civil War was immortalized by Pablo Picasso in one of his best-known paintings, Guernica. The main symbol is…
Menakoz
Meñakoz, is a wild beach of medium size, not urbanized, made up of gravel and stone. It belongs to the municipalities of Sopela and Barrika, although it is somewhat far from the urban center, near the road that goes to Plentzia from Sopela. In its 400 meters in length, this…
Biscay Bridge
The famous bridge, popularly known as the Hanging Bridge , joins the municipalities of Getxo and Portugalete, at the mouth of the Ibaizabal River. The bridge was designed by Alberto Palacio y Elissage, in 1893, being the first with a suspension ferry. Today it has a basket that was inaugurated…
Guggenheim Bilbao
It is one of the symbols of the new Bilbao, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is one of the most ambitious cultural projects of the 20th century worldwide The museum’s permanent collection includes works by leading artists from the past four decades and is supplemented by holdings from the Solomon R….