Basque Country, Spain · Europe
Elorrio is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Zaldibar, 30km from Flysch Cliffs of Zumaia.
Elorrio is in Basque Country, Spain, with about 7,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Zaldibar, about 4 km away.
Elorrio is a town and a municipality located in the eastern part of the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country, in northern Spain. As of 2017, it has a population of 7,307 inhabitants. It covers an area of 37.20 square kilometers and has a population density of 193.58 people per square kilometer. It holds theRead more
medieval title of Most Loyal and Noble Villa (Spanish: Muy Noble y Muy Leal Villa).
Elorrio was founded in 1356 by the Infante Tello Alfonso of Castile, who was the 20th Lord of Biscay, near the elizate of Saint Agustín of Etxebarria (Basque: San Agustin Etxebarria; Spanish: San Agustín de Echevarría). Historically, San Agustin Etxebarria was part of the medieval County of Durango, and Elorrio remains part of the comarca (local region) of Durangaldea. In 1630, Elorrio annexed Saint Agustín of Etxebarria, which today is a ward of Elorrio. Elorrio had municipal representation in the medieval Juntas Generales.
The town has been affected by its main economic activity: the industrial sector. It is also renowned for its rich architectural heritage, being listed as a Conjunto histórico by the Ministry of Culture.
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Within an hour or so of Elorrio: Asador Etxebarri (5 km), Flysch Cliffs of Zumaia (30 km), Playa de Laga (32 km), Santa Maria Cathedral Vitoria (33 km).
The nearest famous roads are Corniche Basque and Puerto de Ibañeta.
Elorrio is in Basque Country, Spain, about 4 km from Zaldibar.
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Guardia Civil (traffic police): 062. Two warning triangles required in vehicles.
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restaurant
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.
5 km · about 10 min drive
natural wonder
Stunning layered geological formations along the Basque coast that expose 60 million years of Earth's history in dramatic tilted rock strata.
30 km · about 35 min drive
beach
A golden sweep of sand below the green pyramid of Cabo Ogono in the Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve, a favourite of Basque surfers.
32 km · about 35 min drive
cathedral
A Gothic cathedral whose 'open for restoration' tour inspired Ken Follett, letting you climb scaffolding through 800 years of construction.
33 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
A salty fishing village clinging to a mouse-shaped headland, birthplace of Juan Sebastian Elcano and famed for txakoli wine and grilled turbot.
34 km · about 40 min drive
museum
Frank Gehry's titanium-clad masterpiece that single-handedly reinvented Bilbao is an essential road-trip pilgrimage for art and architecture lovers.
35 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
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.
40 km · about 45 min drive
film location
The islet chapel reached by 241 stone steps and a serpentine bridge is Dragonstone's approach in season seven.
41 km · about 45 min drive
April to October
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