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Durango

Basque Country, Spain · Europe

About Durango

Durango is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Mañaria, 34km from Flysch Cliffs of Zumaia.

Durango is in Basque Country, Spain, with about 28,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Mañaria, about 4 km away.

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What is there to see near Durango?

Within an hour or so of Durango: Asador Etxebarri (7 km), Playa de Laga (26 km), Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (27 km), San Juan de Gaztelugatxe (33 km).

Are there any good drives near Durango?

The nearest famous roads are Corniche Basque and Puerto de Ibañeta.

Where is Durango?

Durango is in Basque Country, Spain, about 4 km from Mañaria.

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Quick Information

Population
28,229
Continent
Europe
Country
Spain
Region
Basque Country
Timezone
Europe/Madrid
Coordinates
43.1712, -2.6338

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Spain

Police
091
Ambulance
061
Fire
080
All emergencies
112
Driving side
right

Guardia Civil (traffic police): 062. Two warning triangles required in vehicles.

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Worth the detour from Durango

8 notable places within an hour's 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.

7 km · about 15 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.

26 km · about 30 min drive

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.

27 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.

33 km · about 40 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.

33 km · about 40 min drive

natural wonder

Flysch Cliffs of Zumaia

Stunning layered geological formations along the Basque coast that expose 60 million years of Earth's history in dramatic tilted rock strata.

34 km · about 40 min 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.

35 km · about 40 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.

36 km · about 40 min drive

Driving roads near Durango

  • 35 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.
  • 53 kmMonte IgueldoA vintage funicular hauls you to a hilltop viewpoint and amusement park with the postcard panorama over San Sebastian's Concha bay.
  • 77 kmCorniche BasqueThe wild clifftop D912 between Saint-Jean-de-Luz and Hendaye, running above tilted flysch rock strata with open views across the Bay of Biscay to the Spanish coast.

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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