A tourist gide of Urdaibai, in Basque Country

2. Find us
We have 10 years experience in adventure
tourism. We are located in the heart of
Urdaibai, Gernika.
From June to September We offer different
activities in Urdaibai to any group of people:
families, schools, friends.
For further details call us to 652.876.952
or contact us on urdaibaiadventure@gmail.com

3. Presentation
Urdaibai was declared Biosphere Reserve
by Unesco in 1984 because its unspoiled
natural beauty, where the valleys reach
through an estuary to the sea with dramatic
cliffs, mountains and lovely beaches.

4. Activities on offer
Go sightseeing
Gernika: known because of the bombardment
and Picasso's famous painting.
Places to visit:
 TheTree of Gernika: an oak tree,
symbol of Basque identity
Casa de Juntas
The Basque Peace Museum
The Monday market
Jaialai, where you can see the Basque pelota

5. Mundaka: Famous for its
wave, which is visited by
many surfers
Bermeo:A fishing village, former whaling
port and capital of Bizkaia.

6. Elantxobe: with
fishermen's houses
clinging to a vertical
cliff.
Prehistoric cave of
santimamiñe: one
of the most
important
archaeological sites
in the Basque
Country

7. The Painted forest of Oma (Kortezubi):
created by Agustín Ibarrola, who painted
on the trunks of trees human figures,
animals and geometric shapes, some of
which are visible only from certain
positions.

8. Sport activities
Surfing: In Laida or Mundaka beaches, almost-
one-kilometre-long beach of fine golden sand.
We offer individual or groupal lessons every
day

9. Canoeing: From Laida to Murueta, depending
on the tide.

10. Trekking: Walking in groups with a guide
to San Pedro de Atxarre, a mountain in
Ibarrangelu with stunning views.

11. Lunch and dinner time
We offer gastronomic tourism to people
who want to discover Basque typical dishes
and, of course, the famous Pintxos.
Bono pintxos: Appropriate for people who
live in a hurry.

12. Restaurants where you can taste dishes of the
authentic basque cuisine:
• Fabled red beans of Gernika
• Salt cod in a “pil-pil” sauce.
• Elvers( young eels)
• Kokotxas( cheeks of hake)
• Grilled and roast meat
• Baby squid (Txipirones) in their ink
• Marmitako- Tuna with potato and pepper stew
• Txakoli, the white wine of the region.

13. Cervecera: a Basque restaurant where
customers can eat the typical dish: chicken with
potatoes and peppers, and beer for drink

14. Do you want to be tanned?
Laidatxu in Mundaka
The quality of its water is
very good, so it is very
advisable for families with
children. It is small, with
fine and golden sand, and it
has one of the ten best
waves of the world.
Let’s go to the beach!

15. Laga in Ibarrangelu
It is stricky and known
because of its quantity of
dunes.
This marvellous and large
beach is one of the most
beautiful sandbank of the cost
of Bizkaia. The beach is open
to the sea, and it is always
crowed with people and
surfers who have fun with its
short and intense waves.

16. Laida in Ibarrangelu
It has a kilometre of golden and
fine sand. It is the biggest beach
of the Mundaka estuary. In this
beach you can practise a lot of
kind of sports or walk for a long
time around with the low tide.
Its waves are long and soft,
appropriated to live breathtaking
moments. This beach is also very
advisable for children, because
of its little depth.

17. Sleeping time
Campingsites for small
budgets and incontact
with nature:
Cheap acomodations in
Arketa (Kanala)
Portuondo (Mundaka),
with bungalows and
mobil homes that you
can book online

18. Agrotourism
Because of its Unesco protected Biosphere status,
in Urdaibai there are not big hotels or resorts.
Instead of that, most acomodations are of the
small recoverted traditional Basque farmhouse
variety ( agroturismos)

19. Hotels in Mundaka
There are nine different hotels
in Mundaka, where you can
rent apartments, too.
Depending on the tastes, we
can choose between centrical
hotels in the middle of
Mundaka, ore more peaceful
hotels in the suburbs. The
prizes will change and
increase in function to the
quality and the location.