Pyrenees Guide

The Basque Country spans both sides of the French-Spanish border. Gipuzkoa, Vizcaya y Alava provinces, with a population of 2,098,055 inhabitants make up the Spanish Basque Country which shares character and heritage with the French Basque Country (included in Pyrenees Atlantiques together with Bearn).

The Basque language, the Euskara, is clamed to be the earliest of European Languages. In Spain, since 1979 the Basque Country has a Statute of Autonomy that facilitates it to have a Basque Government and a Basque Parliament. The Basque Country is world renowed for the quality of its traditional cuisine as well as for the imagination of its nouvelle cuisine.

Basque Coast - The shoreline from Bilbao around the coast of Vizcaya, east into neighboring Guipuzcoa province to Getaria and San Sebastián and the River Adour, separating Bayonne and Biarritz from the Landes in the north is a succession of colorful ports, ocher beaches, and green hills. ...

Gipuzkoa Region - The Gipuzkoa Coast is not your typical tourist destination for 'sunny beaches'. However, its 17 beaches are clean, comfortable and mostly urban. They are essential to enjoy the beauty of the Cantabrian Sea in the summertime or for relaxing walks by the waves in winter. The beach at Zarautz, ...

Bilbao and Bizkaia - "Green in the head, fire in the heart". These are the words of a love song written to this province by singer-songwriter Benito Lertxundi, entitled "Bizkaia maite". The fresh green of places like the Urdaibai Biosphere reserve or the Nature reserves of Urkiola and Gorbeia. The ...