Following our stop at Gaztelugatxe, we finally arrived in Bilbao. We decided to stay one night and so we knew our visit would be limited. After checking in at our hotel, Hotel Hesperia Bilbao, we made the short walk along the Nervion River to the Frank Gehry designed Guggenheim Museum. We did not go inside,…
Tag: Basque Country
Basque Country: Gaztelugatxe
Continuing our travel through Basque Country, we hit the road from San Sebastián fairly early to drive to Gaztelugatxe, which is somewhat on the way to Bilbao, where we’d eventually be spending the night. Nik was a trooper as we drove through a downpour. Luckily the rain had stopped by the time we arrived and…
Basque Country: San Sebastián
We left Hotel Marqués de Riscal and drove north through Basque Country to San Sebastián. After thorough research and several recommendations we decided to stay two nights in San Sebastián over our other stops in Basque Country. San Sebastián is a resort town that sits on the coast of the Bay of Biscay, known for…
Basque Country: Elciego and Marqués de Riscal
After landing in Bilbao, which probably had one of the nicest views during a landing, Julie and I picked up the rental car and drove about 90 minutes through Basque Country to Hotel Marqués de Riscal in Elciego, Spain. I found out about this hotel while doing research on Bilbao. Bilbao is home to the the…