We travelled around the border towns, besides visiting St. Jean de Luz, and Biarritz on the french side and on the Spanish side Hondarribia, the fishing villages of the Passaia, (Passi Donibani the best of four), San Sebastián, Getaria, Zarauz on the western coast and, inland, the heart of Guipúzcoa.
Sare, Zugarramurdi and Urdax are the [...]
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BASQUE COUNTRY – Sightseeing
Posted in BASQUE COUNTRY, tagged biarritz, chic, fishing port, guipuzcoa, hondarribia, old town, santuary of loyola, sare, sightseeing, slow travel, style, the view on February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
BSQUE COUNTRY – Taste and Smell
Posted in BASQUE COUNTRY, tagged arzak, basque cuisine, eating, food, local markets, restaurants basque country, slow travel, style, taste and smell on February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We were enraptured by the mouth-watering flavours, textures and aromas of Basque Cuisine. Fish and seafood that come right from the sea to our table, the aroma of roasted lamb, the colourful trays full of tasty pintxos displayed at every bar counter, we wanted to try evrything. And we did. Hot and cold pintxos of [...]
BASQUE COUNTRY – Eating
Posted in BASQUE COUNTRY, tagged cider house, eating, food, pintxos, slow travel, style, taste and smell on February 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
victor montes, originalmente cargada por katie g*.
On our way to Sare we stopped in Pamplona, looking for Baserri, calle San Nicolas, 32. The ground floor houses the pintxos (tapas) bar and the restaurant is on the top floor. The food is great and the pintxos are amazing, Baserri has won numerous gastronomic awards and gold [...]
BASQUE COUNTRY – The Touch
Posted in BASQUE COUNTRY, tagged charming hotels, chic, country house hotels, guipuzcoa, sleeping, slow travel, style, the touch on February 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
THE TOUCH
When we book an hotel, we intend to achieve a home-like feel in our guestroom. Perfect pillows, soft towels and linens, clean and comfortable bathrooms and friendly ambience become our goal. Here is a list of hotels in which you will feel almost at home, sometimes better.
COUNTRY HOUSE HOTELS
PERUSKENEA Beruete, Navarra. North of [...]
BASQUE COUNTRY – Sleeping
Posted in BASQUE COUNTRY, tagged guipuzcoa, sare, sleeping, slowtravel, style on February 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Title: Pienso en ti
Artist/Group: Duncan Dhu
SARE Our first stop. Sare is a lovely village next to the Spanish border in the French Basque Country. We choose Sare because we wanted to sense the experience of living in one of the 100 most beautiful towns of France. It was worthwhile. We were half way to San [...]
BASQUE COUNTRY – The Sound
Posted in BASQUE COUNTRY, tagged chic, music, slow travel, the sound on February 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Title: La Fille du Quartier Populaire
Artist/Group: Fermin Muguruza
The main form of Basque folk music is adapted from old pipe music and it is called trikitrixa. Keba Junquera and Joseba Tapia are two well known accordion players. Besides the trikitrixa, other traditional musical instruments are the txistu (which is like a flute) and the alboka, made from [...]
BASQUE COUNTRY – Arriving
Posted in BASQUE COUNTRY, tagged arriving, chic, guipuzcoa, sare, slow travel on February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Le quartier du “Petit Paris” à Sare P1000569, originalmente cargada por Marc054.
Title: Dena bukatzean
Artist/Group: Jabier Muguruza
We left Madrid by car towards San Sebastian, someone told us that it would be better to take the highway to Vitoria and then San Sebastian, but highways and me are not best friends, unless I am in a hurry, so [...]
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