Hotel Atalaya Mundaka

... few pinchos and glasses of wine. It is the favorite pastime of Bilbaoans on a Friday night. In fact, it’s 10pm and they action is just starting….but we’re settling in for bed. We’ve just been blown away by the food this time around. In the past our gastronomic experience was less than stellar. I think we just hadn’t gone to the right places. The feature tonight was a duck ...

We drove from Madrid, got a bit lost trying to find Lurdea. We thought it is a name of a village but it is not it is just the name of the Hotel/Casa Rural.

The place is amazing. Located in the hills above Bermeo, with magnificent view of the ocean. It is clean (like really clean) and has the air of a relaxing boutique hotel.

... br>With the nice tourist services in the place such as tourist guide, accommodation and transportation is more convenient a tourist-friendly place. Hoteles en Bilbao, restaurantes Bilbao, Bilbao car hire and other tourist services are one of the economic sources of the city.

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The caravan site was very cramped but we had an incredible view from the caravan which was perched on top of a cliff. We walked down to the beach and town. The climb back was very steep and at the top people were para-sailing with motors. We went to stay there so we could visit the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.

The Museum ...

Theres one reason why most tourists come here. The Guggenheim Museum. And unlike most museums they come to see the building itself rather than the contents. The Frank Gehry designed building is well worth it too, an extraordinary sculpture of a building that truly is world class piece of art itself. I like it, but I wasn't too impressed by many of the contents. I liked the impressionist and the expressionist ...

... the surf was a bit too large and out-of-control to be much fun.The second day, the surf cleaned up, but the rain moved in. During our visit, besides watching the surf, we walked around the town and enjoyed a very reasonably-priced fish lunch. The setup at Mundaka is amazing. A set of stairs carved into the rock cliff near the church lead down to the water. There, you hop into a ...

... the tube to head to camping Soplena. After the blow out in Ibiza we thought we'd keep it cheap and camp. The plan was to spend a few days here, then head to San Sebastien and then into France.

Camping Sopelana - DONT STAY HERE! Although the beach it is is AMAZING and beautiful, the campsite here is not. It's dirty, dirty, dirty and really ...

... we went to Mundaka, a typical small village of the north of Spain that with the appropriate conditions has a great left wave. That day we couldn't see a wave but we had a walked and go to the bars in the village with less people that if it had been hold the competition there. I have to say that if you want to see the competition there you won't find place to sleep in the village, because there's only a couple of small hotels that are full of ...

... traffic approached it got pretty tight at times, throw in more than a few morning walkers who thought they had right of way and it made for an interesting drive.

The thing is with big name surf spots, it makes no difference how good a break can be if there is no swell, and that's what we got. Yes, our flat spell was continuing. Mick was especially shattered as he had lugged a brand new board half way round the ...

... tasted like some frozen veges heated in oil...no curry at all, and the rice was coloured with food colouring??!! Anyway give Bilbao and the dodgy Indian restaurant a miss is my recommendation! Even the Guggenheim Museum didn´t impress us...we thought it was tacky and gaudy...harsh critics we are we know! So we got outta there and back to the beach for a swim and then drove to Mundaka. Mundaka is famous for it´s legendary left hander but there was no ...