Basque Region Advice

Ronney

Hi Folks,

Looking for any advice/tips/recommendations people may have here.

Misses and I have a wedding to go to in Bilbao next July. Looking to make a 2 week holiday out of it. Both mid 30's and enjoy the usual food/wine nights out and probably more active sightseeing like bike rides than walking round museums.

Wedding is a Friday but works best with work to take off the week before and after.

Have a rough plan of flying out Fri eve/ Sat Morn and spending the first weekend in San Sebastian.

Then possibly Mon/Tues- Thurs Go to Haro or somewhere in the wine region

Wedding in Bilbao Thurs/Fri/Sat

Plan then is to just chill on a beach for the last week. Just in case the Atlantic is a bit cold might fly from Bilbao over to Ibiza or Majorca as its a cheap enough Domestic flight.


(Have been to Biarritz before so not looking to spend time there)

ted1

Ronney wrote: »

Hi Folks,

Looking for any advice/tips/recommendations people may have here.

Misses and I have a wedding to go to in Bilbao next July. Looking to make a 2 week holiday out of it. Both mid 30's and enjoy the usual food/wine nights out and probably more active sightseeing like bike rides than walking round museums.

Wedding is a Friday but works best with work to take off the week before and after.

Have a rough plan of flying out Fri eve/ Sat Morn and spending the first weekend in San Sebastian.

Then possibly Mon/Tues- Thurs Go to Haro or somewhere in the wine region

Wedding in Bilbao Thurs/Fri/Sat

Plan then is to just chill on a beach for the last week. Just in case the Atlantic is a bit cold might fly from Bilbao over to Ibiza or Majorca as its a cheap enough Domestic flight.


(Have been to Biarritz before so not looking to spend time there)

Deffo go to San Sebastián, great city , amazing food, great night life , great beaches with surf or no surf , I could go on

scooby77

If have night free between 6th and 14th maybe pop over enjoy a night of San Fermin in Pamplona? Great street party...spectacular fireworks (at 11pm as I remember ). Dance, drink mingle. Go see bull dun 8am following morning..or not! (Don't do run!)
Been often. Great fun.
A car would allow exploration of nice villages and hiking trails. The weather in Basque country in July, particularly near coast, can be a bit unpredictable ( which is why it's so green!)
However Pamplona can be hot, although only few hours away.

atilladehun

LaGuardia is a cool little winery town. It's an old medieval castle built on a hill. Lots of famous and small independent wineries around.

San Sebastian is class. Busy, but the food is wonderful.

Bilbao is fun for going out in.

There's a costal drive from small town to small town thats nice.

The sun shines and the Atlantic wind can blow cool. Mixed weather.

cunavalos

I would look to spend a day or two in Santander as well, although not technically in the Basque region it is only a couple of hours by bus from Bilbao. Nice beaches and walks in the old part of town.

otnomart

+ 1 for Santander
In the Basque country, I enjoyed Lekeitio, pretty fishing town, half way between Bilbao and San Sebastian.
Inland, Vitoria-Gasteiz is a very pretty town, and the capital actually !

Ronney

scooby77 wrote: »

If have night free between 6th and 14th maybe pop over enjoy a night of San Fermin in Pamplona? Great street party...spectacular fireworks (at 11pm as I remember ). Dance, drink mingle. Go see bull dun 8am following morning..or not! (Don't do run!)
Been often. Great fun.
A car would allow exploration of nice villages and hiking trails. The weather in Basque country in July, particularly near coast, can be a bit unpredictable ( which is why it's so green!)
However Pamplona can be hot, although only few hours away.

Cheers, it will be the last two weeks in July so just miss out unfortunitly