Weekly Photo – Zarauz – A Traves De – Sculpture by Dora Salazar

Weekly Photo - Zarauz, Basque Country

Joan Etorrian – Sculpture by M.A. Lertxundi, Zarauz, Basque Country

Basque Country – Hondarribia, Day 2

Today we had earmarked for a bit of shopping in France which was a good thing as it was raining for most of the day.  After a tasty buffet breakfast we spent time with the hotels ever-friendly owner, Maite Jauregui, who talked to us about the improvements going on at the hotel and [...]

Basque Country – Hondarribia, Day 1

With the Christmas and New Year celebrations over and a new year of organising travel in Spain about to begin, I decided to take a short break with my family for a few days. I chose to go to Hondarribia in the Basque Country which is a beautiful medieval town with cobbled streets and which [...]

The New Bilbao

I´m often amazed at how many people (and guidebooks) still believe Bilbao city to be an industrial eyesore hardly worth spending a night in. Nothing could be further from the truth.

This year the Guggenheim Museum located along the Bilbao River in the heart of the city centre celebrates it´s 10th anniversary. A lot of controversy [...]