Bilbao and the Basque Country Features

Bilbao and the Basque Country Features

• Top Reasons to Go
  

  Explore the Basque coast: From colorful fishing villages to tawny beaches, the Basque Coast always delights the eye.... read more

• Eat, Drink, and Hike Off the Calories
  

  The concentration of celebrated chefs around San Sebastián is so dazzling that food is a natural rallying point here. There are famous... read more

• Abandoibarra: Bilbao's New Heart
  

  The Abandoibarra project covers nearly a full square mile along the Nervión estuary. Formerly occupied by docks, warehouses, and shipyards... read more

• Running with the Bulls
  

  In The Sun Also Rises, Hemingway describes the Pamplona encierro (bull running) in anything but romantic terms. Jake Barnes hears the rocket... read more

• Spain's Wine Country
  

  The Ebro River basin has been an ideal climate for grapevines since pre-Roman times. Rioja wines were first recognized in official documents... read more

• Embattled Gernika
  

  On Monday, April 26, 1937—market day—the town of Gernika, 33 km (20 mi) east of Bilbao, suffered history's second terror bombing... read more