Basque Country, Spain · Europe
Ermua works well as a base: 10 minutes from Berriz, 23km from Flysch Cliffs of Zumaia.
Ermua is in Basque Country, Spain, with about 16,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Berriz, about 6 km away.
Ermua is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. In 2019, Ermua had 15,880 inhabitants.
Ermua is a town in the Durangaldea comarca of the province of Biscay in northern Spain. It is situated in a steep-sided valley beside the Río Ego, aRead more
tributary of the Deba River. Because of the steep, irregular terrain, building space is limited, and Ermua is one of the most densely populated towns in the Basque country. To the north of Ermua lies the municipality of Mallabia, to the east lies Eibar and to the south lies Zaldibar.
Eibar is a larger town which lies just across the provincial border, in the province of Gipuzkoa, the two towns forming a single urban area. Ermua has grown greatly in size during the 1960s and 1970s and acts as a dormitory town to Eibar, both of them being industrial towns. Ermua and Eibar are linked by the N-634 and share a common exit from the Autopista AP-8 (AP-8), the toll road that crosses the Basque Country, and connects Bilbao with the French border. Ermua and Eibar are also connected by the narrow gauge railway that runs from Bilbao to San Sebastián. Historic buildings in Ermua include the Church of Santiago Apóstol, an unusual Renaissance building with a fine bell tower, the Baroque Valdespina Palace, which is now the Town Hall, and the sixteenth century Lobiano Palace.
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Within an hour or so of Ermua: Asador Etxebarri (11 km), Flysch Cliffs of Zumaia (23 km), Getaria (28 km), Playa de Laga (28 km).
The nearest famous roads are Corniche Basque and Puerto de Ibañeta.
Ermua is in Basque Country, Spain, about 6 km from Berriz.
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Essential numbers in Spain
Guardia Civil (traffic police): 062. Two warning triangles required in vehicles.
Full driving guide for Spain8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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.
11 km · about 20 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.
23 km · about 25 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.
28 km · about 30 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.
28 km · about 30 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.
36 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.
37 km · about 40 min drive
film location
The islet chapel reached by 241 stone steps and a serpentine bridge is Dragonstone's approach in season seven.
37 km · about 40 min drive
cathedral
A Gothic cathedral whose 'open for restoration' tour inspired Ken Follett, letting you climb scaffolding through 800 years of construction.
40 km · about 45 min drive
April to October
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