museum
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Frank Gehry's titanium-clad masterpiece that single-handedly reinvented Bilbao is an essential road-trip pilgrimage for art and architecture lovers.
8 km · about 15 min drive
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Arrigorriaga
Basque Country, Spain · Europe
About Arrigorriaga
Arrigorriaga works well as a base: 10 minutes from Galdakao, 31km from Salto del Nervión.
Arrigorriaga is in Basque Country, Spain, with about 12,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Galdakao, about 4 km away.
Arrigorriaga is a town and municipality located in the province of Bizkaia, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. Arrigorriaga is located 7 km south of Bilbao and is part of Bilbao's metropolitan area. Its official population at the 2019 census was 12,160 inhabitants living on a land area ofRead more
16.36 square kilometres (6.32 sq mi).
It is conterminous with Bilbao and Basauri in the north, with Ugao-Miraballes and Zeberio in the south, with Zaratamo in the east and with Arrankudiaga and Alonsotegi in the west.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Arrigorriaga?
Within an hour or so of Arrigorriaga: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (8 km), Vizcaya Bridge (Puente Colgante) (16 km), Asador Etxebarri (26 km), San Juan de Gaztelugatxe (28 km).
Are there any good drives near Arrigorriaga?
The nearest famous roads are Corniche Basque, Puerto de Ibañeta and Desfiladero de la Hermida.
Where is Arrigorriaga?
Arrigorriaga is in Basque Country, Spain, about 4 km from Galdakao.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 12,435
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Spain
- Region
- Basque Country
- Timezone
- Europe/Madrid
- Coordinates
- 43.2101, -2.8856
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Spain
Guardia Civil (traffic police): 062. Two warning triangles required in vehicles.
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Worth the detour from Arrigorriaga
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
bridge
Vizcaya Bridge (Puente Colgante)
The world's oldest transporter bridge, a UNESCO iron giant that ferries cars and people across the Nervion estuary in a hanging gondola.
16 km · about 20 min drive
restaurant
Asador Etxebarri
Bittor Arginzoniz's grill house on the square of tiny Axpe, where everything from caviar to butter is cooked over bespoke wood fires: perennially ranked among the world's very best restaurants. Book months ahead; the valley drive alone rewards.
26 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
San Juan de Gaztelugatxe
A hermitage perched on a tiny tidal islet connected to the mainland by a dramatic stone bridge with 241 steps, made famous as Dragonstone in Game of Thrones.
28 km · about 30 min drive
film location
San Juan de Gaztelugatxe (Dragonstone)
The islet chapel reached by 241 stone steps and a serpentine bridge is Dragonstone's approach in season seven.
28 km · about 30 min drive
beach
Playa de Laga
A golden sweep of sand below the green pyramid of Cabo Ogono in the Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve, a favourite of Basque surfers.
29 km · about 35 min drive
waterfall
Salto del Nervión
Spain's tallest waterfall at 222 meters, dramatically plunging into the Delika Canyon on the Basque Country border.
31 km · about 35 min drive
cathedral
Santa Maria Cathedral Vitoria
A Gothic cathedral whose 'open for restoration' tour inspired Ken Follett, letting you climb scaffolding through 800 years of construction.
44 km · about 50 min drive
Driving roads near Arrigorriaga
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 16 kmVizcaya Bridge (Puente Colgante)The world's oldest transporter bridge, a UNESCO iron giant that ferries cars and people across the Nervion estuary in a hanging gondola.
- 72 kmMonte IgueldoA vintage funicular hauls you to a hilltop viewpoint and amusement park with the postcard panorama over San Sebastian's Concha bay.
Driving in Spain
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.55/litre
- Motorway tolls
- ~€4.00/100km
When to drive here
April to October
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