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Ramon y Cajal 5, Vitoria Gasteiz 01007
This modern hotel is located in the heart of the town, within the shopping and banking quarter. It offers impressive views out over the cathedral, the Basque parliament buildings, Florida Park, the town hall and the Plaza de la Virgen Blanca. The nearest airports are Vitoria and Bilbao. Links to the public transport network are located directly in front of the hotel.
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Barcelo Gasteiz
Avenida Gasteiz 45, Vitoria-Gasteiz 01008
This hotel lies right at the heart of the city right on the Avenida Gasteiz. It is located close to the cathedral, the Basque Parliament and the town hall. The old town is a stone's throw away, which features mansions and Renaissance palaces. Numerous shops as well as restaurants and bars are in the hotel's immediate vicinity. Links to the public transport network are located just 200 m from the hotel.
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Hotel Husa Jardines De Albia
San Vicente 6
48001 Bilbao
This hotel, which opened its doors with the Millennium, has the best possible location in the city of Bilbao, near the splendid Guggenheim Museum. There are 138 rooms, convention and function rooms, an executive floor, a cafeteria which opens on to the street, a restaurant, a gymnasium and its own car park.
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Turism | Gastronomy | Monuments
Vitoria -- Turism
Present day Vitoria was founded on a small hill in 1181 by the Navarrese King Sancho VI, under the name of Nueva Victoria. Later on, in 1200, this fortified town went to the Castilian monarch Alfonso VIII. Soon, a flourishing vocation for crafts began to emerge in the village. In the 15th century, Juan II of Castile granted Vitoria the title of city. Through the 18th and 19th centuries, the expansion of the city into the new suburbs took place.
The Basque capital reveals a medieval quarter where it is possible to find the most charming little corners, gardens and tree-lined boulevards, which make the capital of Alava a remarkable green space that does not disturb the careful urban layout, where medieval streets harmoniously intermingle with Renaissance palaces and Neoclassical churches. The nerve centre of the city is Plaza de la Virgen Blanca (the White Virgen Square), presided over by the Battle of Vitoria monument. It is also the site of the church of San Miguel, which houses the image of the White Virgin, the city's patron saint. The present building dates between the 14th and 16th centuries, as evidenced by the mixture of Gothic and Renaissance elements. The church has a rectangular floor-plan, with three naves crowned with flamboyant Gothic ribs and a high reredos, made by Gregorio Fernández.
The Gothic portico of San Miguel leads to Los Arquillos, an arcaded walk that connects the historic quarter with the nineteenth-century suburbs. We are in front of the church of Saint Vincentand the Palace of Villa Suso (16th century), located in Plaza del Machete, place where city-council officials were traditionally sworn in.
The cathedral of Santa María, also known as the Old Cathedral, was erected at the highest part of the city. The construction of this magnificent Gothic temple began in the 13th century and continued into the 14th. Later remodelling was done as the city grew. In 1496, the church became a collegiate church, until finally, in 1861, it achieved the rank of cathedral. The imposing building, declared a Historic-Artistic Monument, has a pronounced Latin cross floor-plan, crowned with ogive vaults, as well as a magnificent ambulatory. From the outside, you can see the monumental sculptures of the fourteenth-century main front, very worthy of mention, the sculpture in the central front, devoted to the Virgin, the left front, dedicated to San Gil, while the right front depicts the Last Judgement and Saint James the Apostle.
The surrounding area of the cathedral holds the most ancient streets of the city, as revealed by their guild names: 'Cuchillería' (Cutlers), 'Herrería' (Blacksmiths), 'Correría' (Couriers), etc. Taking a stroll around this area, you will see the most significant Renaissance palaces in the capital. On Herrería street you will find the Escoriaza-Esquibel palace, with its gorgeous plateresque courtyard, as well as the Urbina Zárate palace. On Correría, you will admire the Portalón (Large Doorway), the House of Maturana-Verástegui and the Tower of Anda. Finally, on Cuchillería, you find the Palace of Bendaña (16th century) and Casa del Cordón, declared a Historic-Artistic Monument. This old trading house from the Low Middle Ages (built in the 15th century) has a Gothic façade with two pointed arches. Before leaving the old quarter, admire the Palace of Floral de Álava, home to the City Council and built in the 19th centuryand the slender Tower of Doña Otxanda, the present site of the Natural Science Museum. This fortified structure, built in the 15th century on top of an older one, was commissioned by Andrés Martínez de Iruña and Catalina de Álava.
Around the historic quarter, the rationalist Vitoria, the Vitoria of the nineteenth-century expansion, unfolds. In the new suburbs that arose as a consequence of this expansion, you find the square Plaza de los Fueros, designed by the prestigious Basque artist Eduardo Chillida during the '80s. Further ahead you will find the cathedral of María Inmaculada, also known as New Cathedral, built in the early 20th century, following a Neogothic style. Next to the temple, you will see the Basque Parliament (19th century), the site of the present autonomous parliament.
Both buildings flank the gates to the central Florida Park, one of the most emblematic in the city. It was built back in 1820and is remarkable for the wide variety of plant species that it houses. Other green spaces found in the capital include Judizmendi Park, situated on top of an old Jewish cemeteryand the San Juan de Arriaga Park, the largest in the city. Among the many small palaces in this Romantic city, it is well worth stopping at the Augusti Palace, home to the Museum of Fine Arts. This eclectic building, built in 1912, has been declared a Historic-Artistic Monument. The Palace of Ajuria Enea, also from the beginning of the 20th century, is a clear example of Basque stately architectureand it is presently the site of the Basque Government.
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