


Bilbao is a miracle
In the 1980’s the city of Bilbao was a total disaster, not the kind of city you wanted to visit. Incredibly high unemployment rates, street violence, drug dealing in every corner and to top all of these, ETA (the now extinct Basque terrorist band) embraced Bilbao for... read more
How to eat tapas in COVID times
All around the world now it is fashionable to go to tapas bars, but guess what!! It all started here in the Basque Country and Navarra. Tapas, or “pinchos” as we say in the Basque Country, is not just food, it is so much more. Lonely Planet has said that San Sebastián... read more
San Sebastian, the Pearl of the Basque Country
If you ask me to choose one beach in Spain I would have to say “La Concha” in San Sebastian. In fact the Travellers’ Choice Awards has selected it as one of the top 20 most beautiful beaches in the world. San Sebastian’s beach has to have something special because it... read more
Basque Country based books
Summer is coming, and we are finally going to take some days off. It has been two years without visiting the beach ( I hate COVID). This is normally the time of the year when I read the most. I love laying my towel on the sand and letting myself go in the tales... read more
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