Bilbao city guide 2017 ENG

itoria-Gasteiz is always green. In the heat of summer and the snows of winter, you will enjoy a thousand beautiful images. The locals or gasteiztarras value and enjoy their parks: Arriaga, San Martín or Judimendi , to name a few. In La Florida Park, next to the Basque Parliament building, you will find a spectacular park. And in El Prado Park, you might bump into Olympic athlete Martín Fíz jogging.

In Vitoria-Gasteiz, nature is never far from any home.

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If you like cycling, then you can try the 100 kilometres of bidegorris (bike lanes) that cover the city, including routes out to the Anillo Verde (Green Belt). If you haven't brought your bicycle with you, the Town Hall offers a bike-hire service. The Anillo Verde is Vitoria-Gasteiz's outdoor park, that covers almost a thousand hectares. When you visit it, they will explain to you why the UN includes it in the list of ‘The world's 100 best initiatives in good practices', which evaluates contributions to the quality of life in cities. In the capital, nature springs up within the city itself. The animals that inhabit the wetlands of Salburua can turn up anywhere in the park.

If you prefer hiking, you have many options to choose from: to the south of the city in the Mounts of Vitoria, through Mendizorroza and Berrostegieta to reach Zaldiaran, Errogana or Arrieta . To the north, you have the ranges of Badaia, Arrato and Elgea . If you fancy beach and water, around the Ullibarri-Ganboa and Santa Engracia Reservoirs , you can enjoy beauty spots like Landa, Erpidea, Garaio and Legutiano to catch a few rays, go windsurfing, go for a dip or fly a kite along the banks.

t he ‘Inland Route', as this part of the Camino de Santiago (Santiago Pilgrimage Route) is known as it cuts through Álava, crossing the territority through the San Adrián Tunnel, near Agurain, until it reaches the town of Salinillas de Buradón, in the Rioja Alavesa province, where the route leaves the province and heads to Santo Domingo de la Calzada. The route through Vitoria- Gasteiz is well signposted through the street and squares. El Camino de Santiago, hiking within easy reach

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