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El Burdo

Posts: 652
Joined: Sep. 8 2011

The Basque country

Looking forward very much to spending a few days not in Andalucía, for once. Off to Bilbao and San Sebastian for frankly, pintxos. I think there's a bit of cultcha up there as well as some 'scenery'.

Anyone been?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 25 2019 15:15:41

Filip

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Joined: Apr. 23 2006
From: Paris

RE: The Basque country (in reply to El Burdo)

I've been to Bilbao and San Sebastian when my family visited me in Spain. Bilbao is nice and interesting and I liked it. But San Sebastian was wonderful to me, it has some charm that made me fall in love with it (and pintxos are great of course :)) Enjoy your trip, I'd love to come back one day.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 25 2019 15:30:30

BarkellWH

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Joined: Jul. 12 2009
From: Washington, DC

RE: The Basque country (in reply to El Burdo)

I'm sure it's already on your list, but in Bilbao be sure to visit the Guggenheim Museum of Modern Art designed by the architect Frank Gehry.

Bill

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El Burdo

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 25 2019 20:22:18

Piwin

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RE: The Basque country (in reply to El Burdo)

I share Filip's impression of San Sebastian. It left more of a mark than Bilbao.
Lots of beautiful villages with traditional Basque architecture if you venture a bit more inland. If you care to cross the border, Espelette isn't too far off from San Sebastian (about an hour drive if memory serves) and it should be that time of year when the peppers are out to dry (I think they have a festival sometime around this time of year. Might be worth checking out).

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 25 2019 23:30:32