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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.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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Zalla
Basque Country, Spain · Europe
About Zalla
Zalla is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Sopuerta, 35km from Salto del Nervión.
Zalla is in Basque Country, Spain, with about 8,400 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Sopuerta, about 4 km away.
Zalla is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, northern Spain, 24 kilometers to the southwest of Bilbao. The river Cadagua runs through the city. According to the 2019 census, it has 8,447 inhabitants.
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What is there to see near Zalla?
Within an hour or so of Zalla: Vizcaya Bridge (Puente Colgante) (14 km), Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (17 km), Salto del Nervión (35 km), San Juan de Gaztelugatxe (37 km).
Are there any good drives near Zalla?
The nearest famous roads are Corniche Basque, Desfiladero de la Hermida and Puerto de San Glorio.
Where is Zalla?
Zalla is in Basque Country, Spain, about 4 km from Sopuerta.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 8,379
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Spain
- Region
- Basque Country
- Timezone
- Europe/Madrid
- Coordinates
- 43.2333, -3.1333
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 Zalla
8 notable places within an hour's 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.
17 km · about 20 min drive
waterfall
Salto del Nervión
Spain's tallest waterfall at 222 meters, dramatically plunging into the Delika Canyon on the Basque Country border.
35 km · about 40 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.
37 km · about 45 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.
37 km · about 45 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.
43 km · about 50 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.
45 km · about 50 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.
57 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Zalla
5 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- Right hereVizcaya 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.
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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