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Tailor Made Spain: Basque Traditions

Abercrombie & Kent
  • Length

    5 Days

  • Quality
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  • Starts in

    Bilbao (Spain)

  • Ends in

    Bilbao (Spain)

  • Activity Level

    No Rating Provided These are tours that the vendor has not electronically communicated an activity level for. Contact us if you would like to know the activity level for any of these tours.

  • Style

    Fully-Guided

  • Language

    English

  • Guaranteed Date(s)
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    No
    Abercrombie & Kent does not electronically advise which of their tour departures are guaranteed. Please contact us to find out if the departure you're interested in is a guaranteed departure or not.

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Overview

Travel with your private party on this Luxury Tailor Made Journey, departing when you choose and with expert local guides leading the way; you can even customize the itinerary to your interests.

Experience a contrast of mountain peaks and cosmopolitan cities in Spain’s Basque region, carpeted with lush green landscapes and the rolling foothills of the Pyrenees. From old churches and stylized museums to local bodegas, tapas bars and cobblestone streets, immerse yourself in beloved wine and culinary traditions, ultramodern architectural masterpieces and a proud medieval identity.

Visited During Tour

Bilbao (Spain) | Laguardia (Spain) | San Sebastian / Donostia (Spain)

Dates, Offers & Prices
Tour Itinerary
Dates, Offers & Prices

PLEASE NOTE: Abercrombie & Kent is not electronically advising us what starting and ending date(s) apply for this tour, other than this tour is available during 2024.This usually occurs when it is a custom private tour, where you can request the start date of your preference (unless it's a cruise or rail tour, in which case there is most likely a limited selection of available start dates). Please contact us for details, or request a quote below.

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Guaranteed?
Yes means that that the vendor guarantees that tour date will occur. No means that the vendor does not guarantee the tour will occur on that date, which usually means that the vendor wants a certain amount of reservations on that date in order to confirm it. Of course, the terms and conditions of the vendor do allow for the vendor to cancel guaranteed tour dates for certain reasons (for example, a natural disaster).
Tour Itinerary
Abercrombie & Kent Tour Code a77080c1-d

Tailor Made Spain: Basque Traditions

Abercrombie & Kent Tour Code a77080c1-d

Map of Tailor Made Spain: Basque Traditions from Abercrombie & Kent
  • Day 1

    Bilbao, Spain

    Arrive at Bilbao Airport, where you join your expert guide to explore the city. Visit the Guggenheim Museum, the masterpiece of Frank Gehry, with its gleaming titanium structure. Apart from the works that form the Guggenheim’s permanent collection, it offers an array of intriguing temporary exhibits. Visit the historic Siete Calles district, beautifully restored after catastrophic floods. Wander through its boutiques, small bars and restaurants before checking in to your hotel in San Sebastian.

    • Meals Included:
    • Breakfast
    • Accommodations: Hotel Maria Cristina
  • Day 2

    San Sebastian

    This morning, explore San Sebastian with your expert guide, taking in the fascinating Old Town, the iconic Comb of the Wind sculpture on the horseshoe bay of La Concha, and the promontory of Monte Igeldo. Continue to the nearby fishing village of Getaria. Visit the Balenciaga Museum, dedicated to dress designer Cristobal Balenciaga, who was born in the village. On the hills overlooking the sea are several of the most important vineyards producing small-batch txacolí. Take a tour and enjoy a tasting before returning to San Sebastian. This evening, experience the real soul of Basque cuisine in its small bars and restaurants that throng the narrow streets of the Parte Vieja — the oldest district in town — accompanied by your local guide. Along the way, you may sample a wide variety of pintxos (local tapas), for which the region is known.

    • Meals Included:
    • Breakfast
    • Accommodations: Hotel Maria Cristina
  • Day 3

    French Basque Countryside

    The Pays Basque Français is an enchanting area of small villages, lush green landscapes and the rolling foothills of the Pyrenees. First, visit the charming fishing port of Saint Jean de Luz with its unspoiled center of narrow streets, quayside and old churches, a short distance over the frontier. From there, continue inland to explore villages like Ainhoa, filled with quaint stone houses and delightful parish churches. Perhaps continue to the capital of Bayonne, where the beautifully restored half-timbered houses are a superb example of how to bring an old town back to life. You may prefer to visit the coast again and explore the once-exclusive coastal town of Biarritz. Return to your hotel in San Sebastian.

    • Meals Included:
    • Breakfast
    • Accommodations: Hotel Maria Cristina
  • Day 4

    Laguardia

    Depart San Sebastian today and drive to the medieval walled hilltop town of Laguardia, little changed in hundreds of years. Here you can visit a bodega where the grapes are still trodden in a great tank and then left to ferment by the age-old carbonic maceration technique. Take lunch on your own in Laguardia before continuing to one of La Rioja's most historic wineries, where you enjoy a tour and tasting, savoring the contrast from the local, homegrown vintage you sampled earlier. Return to San Sebastian with your driver and guide.

    • Meals Included:
    • Breakfast
    • Accommodations: Hotel Maria Cristina
  • Day 5

    Bilbao

    This morning, you are transferred to the airport for your international departure.

    • Meals Included:
    • Breakfast
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