ESSENTIALS OF BASQUE COUNTRYOCTOBER, 12-16

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BilbaoRioja

San SebastianOctober, 12-16

DAY 1

Arrival to Bilbao airport.Meet your local guideTransfer to centrally locatedhotel.

Check-in and Old Town Walkingtour with pintxos tour.

Pintxos (Basque tapas) line every bar in Bilbao’s famed Old Town, but knowing where to find the best ones is an art. While it’s hard to have a bad meal in town, knowing exactly where to go for the best, freshest, and most

exciting pintxos takes local, insider knowledge. Do a night out in Bilbao like a local, led by our friendly and knowledgeable Basque guides.

Pintxos are true culinary treasures in the Basque country, they are finger-food bites usually prepared with typical local products: hake, cod, anchovies, baby squid, mushrooms, etc.

Starting at 12:00 or 1:00, the bars will begin to lay out fabulous spreads. Order a “tinto” (red wine) or “txakoli” (local white wine) and point to your choice of pintxos. Have lunch or a snack, and revel in the quintessential Basque pastime of eating.

DAY 2

Meet our guide at the hotel.

Guggenheim visit + visit to the

Hanging Bridge (Puente Colgante).

Puente de Vizcaya Bridge is very

close to Bilbao, and is the world's

oldest transporter bridge. It was

inaugurated in 1893, the work of

architect Alberto de Palacio, and

now has the UNESCO World

Heritage designation. The structure

is 45 metres high and 160 metres

long. UNESCO describes it as "a

perfect combination of

functionality and aesthetic beauty,

in an exceptional expression of

technical creativity".

Back to Bilbao and lunch in local

restaurant.

Free afternoon

GUGGENHEIM MUSUEM

In 2005, Vanity Fair surveyed 52 experts to determine the definitive construction project of the latter half of the 20th century. The unanimous results, with 28 members of the survey (including 11 Pritzker Prize-winners and the deans of eight architectural schools) casting their votes in his favor, pointed to Gehry’s work in Bilbao as the most influential. He also received votes for the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the Millennium Park bandshell in Chicago, and his private residence in Santa Monica, California.

DAY 3

Check out from the hotel.

Full day visit of La Rioja area. We willhead to Laguardia, it is the most important town in La Rioja of Alava, and one of the most beautiful. The region is famous all around the world because of its wines. The whole urban centre of Laguardia is enclosed by walls, built at the beginning of the 13th century.

During our excursion we will visit 2wineries ( old and modern one) tocompare and see the differents betweenthem.

This area of Spain has over 500 wineries and is internationally famous for the quality of its wines. As well as wine tasting, a visit to this region also offers a range of activities which take place in and around the extensive vineyards.

Lunch in a traditional winery.

Transfer to San Sebastian

Check in Hotel

Free dinner

If wine were to stop being produced in Rioja today, the wine region could continue to provide wine formany years to come. This is due to the nature ofthe wines that are produced in Rioja as well as thelabeling laws that have minimum agerequirements which cause producers to hang onto their wine from anywhere between one andtwenty years, depending on the type of label theyare looking to classify their wine as, beforereleasing them to the public. With their cellarsfilled with aging wine, producers could easilysupply their customers with wine for many years.

DAY 4

Meet our guide

Morning walking tour:

The town centre streets of San Sebastián unfold overlooking the La Concha Bay. Monte Igeldomarks one end of it - a wonderful vantage point for enjoying views over the city. At its feet is Torrepea Point, where the “Peinede los Vientos” ("the Wind Comb"), a sculpture by the famous Basque artist Eduardo Chillida, is installed.

A lovely promenade with elegant railings and street lamps runs along La Concha Beach, on whose sands is the Perla del OcéanoBathing Area, a former royal bathing hut.

Lunch at local restuarant

Free afternoon and dinner

In recent years, San Sebastian has gained significant success for its cuisine. The city has 15 Michelin stars spread across 7 restaurants and famously boasts more stars per capita than anywhere else in the world other than Tokyo. Restaurants Mugaritzand Arzak have been ranked numbers 6 and 17 in the world (2015 World’s 50 Best Restaurants). It is in many ways like a mini Paris only in Basque style.

DAY 5

Transfer to the airport

Departure guaranteed with min 8 people:

PRICE – 1.160 EUR

Single supplement – 290 EUR

Included:

2 nights in Hotel Abando, 4* (Bilbao) B&B

2 nights in Hotel Arrizul Congress, 4* (San Sebastian), B&B

Guide services during all tour

Airport transfer on Day 1

Full day guide service on Day 1

Pintxos tour in the Old Town

6 hours guide service on Day 2

Return transfer for Hanging Bridge on Day 2

Guggenheim tickets on Day 2

Lunch on Day 2

Full day guide service on Day 3

Winery 1 visit on Day 3

Lunch and Winery 2 visit on Day 3

transport Bilbao - Rioja - San Sebastian on Day 3

4-hours guide service on Day 4

Lunch on Day 4

Airport transfer on Day 5