What to see in Autonomous community Basque Country

The Guggenheim Museum is situated in city of Bilbao (Basque Country, Spain). It is built alongside the Nervion River, which runs through the city of Bilbao to the Atlantic Coast. The building of museum is spectacular with a facade of glass, titanium and lime stone. "Guggenheim Museо" is a ...

The Eco-museum of the Basque Buildings (Ecomuseo del Caserío Vasco) is located in town of Artea (26 km south-east of Bilbao) an is housed in a building meant to resemble a typical Basque country-house from the XVI-th century.The museum shows the habits and life of the "baserritarras" ...

The Basque Museum of Medicine and Sciences History (Medikuntza eta Zientzia Historiaren Euskal Museoa) Jose Luis Goiti is located in town of Leioa. It was open in 1979 after the idea of Dr.Jose Luis Goti Iturriaga - head of the Bilbao Academy of Medical Sciences.The museum is houses in 2 buildings -...

Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art  (Diocesano de Arte Sacro) in Bilbao is housed in the old Dominican convent (Convento de la Encarnacion). It was opened in 1995 and there are displayed a collection of religious art and artifacts, including sculptures, paintings, furniture, silverware, and liturgical g...

The Euskal Herria Museum in Gernika is housed in beatiful building dating-back to XVIII-th century - Palacio de Montefuerte. There visitors will find paintings from the XIV-th and XX-th centuries, etchings and maps from the XVI-th to the XX-th centuries, as well as drawings, furniture, models and...

Museum of Fine Art in Bilbao (Museo de Bellas Artes) is hosted in two buildingsnear the park Doña Casilda de Iturizz. In the older building are exhibited works of many great European masters as Quentin Matsys, Dirk Bouts, van Dyck, Jaime Huguet, Bartolomé Bermejo, Serra, El Greco, Zurbarán, Ve...

The Salt Museum in Leintz-Gatzaga shows the systems used for salt extraction throughout the centuries. Located at the foot of the Dorleta Sanctuary, the museum recovers the salt mine that had worked from the Iron Age to 1972, when it was closed....

The Leitzaran Visitor Centre is located in the Otieta Country Park near Andoain, at the access of the Leitzaran Valley. It makes the visitors aware of the importance of the Leitzaran River protected biotope. The complex houses a Water Interpretation Centre and a Fishing School....

In Interpretation Center of Aizkorri-Aratz Natural Park and Saint James`Way in Zegama gives to visitors possibility to learn about the colours, the textures, and the properties of more than 170 different trees....

Luberri center in Oiartzun offers a trip throughout the last thousand million years. It's subject is the geological evolution of the Oiartzun Valley and of the entire Basque Country. The centre exhibits didactic panels in Basque, Spanish, and French, as well as a collection of minerals and fossils....