Hello to all of you who like to travel and discover every corner of the world!
I am going to tell you part of the trip to the País Vasco that I made with my boyfriend, since we were three days, but in different areas.
The Basque Country or País Vasco is an area in the north of Spain in the west of the border with France, which is surrounded by mountains and the Atlantic Ocean to the north. It is characterized because it is a very beautiful area, all its mountains are very green, for its picturesque and beautiful villages and for the good gastronomy it has.
Our plan was a rural trip through the area of mountains, villages and green forests, but I had a friend living in San Sebastian, which is a beach city and a lot of tourism, so the first day I had to make a small detour to the city, which was not very much to my liking.
The truth is that just out of the subway parking you could see the beach, and the downtown area, or the old town, just the two most touristy areas of the area. To tell you the truth, I don't like the beach at all and even less the touristy beach places, with so many people and the humid heat of the sea, they usually overwhelm me.
We met up with my friend and her boyfriend in the best known part of the area which is the Playa de la Concha, which has that name because it looks like a shell.
As I said before I am not much of a beach person and it was an express visit so we took a walk along the promenade and took some pictures to remember with the views.
I must admit that the views, with the sunset and the mountains surrounding the beach made it a very nice place and you could almost forget about the amount of people that kept passing by and the horrible heat.
After visiting one of the most touristic parts of San Sebastian, we went to the Casco Viejo area of the city, which is the part of the bars, where you go to eat the famous pintxos, which are like a few assemblies of different things on a piece of bread and typical portions of the area.
We had to leave early as we had a reserve in a restaurant, which I hope to write about soon, which is very famous in the area for grilling wild fish.
We slept in a rural house in a mountain 20 minutes from San Sebastian so the next day before going to another area, we decided to spend the morning on Mount Igueldo.
Mount Igueldo is one of the mountains that surrounds the Concha beach, and up there is an area to spend the day with family or friends.
You had to pay 2 euros per person, but the truth was worth it because it was a very picturesque place, with beautiful views, many booths with food, salty, sweet, souvenirs and fairs for children....
The first thing we did was to go to the area with the best views, where you could see the Concha beach, the city of San Sebastian and the surrounding mountains. The truth is that seen from above and in a quieter and more beautiful place you can appreciate everything better.
Then, as we had not had breakfast or lunch, we stopped at one of the stalls to eat and drink something. They were wooden booths, with two or three small tables with stools, but luckily one remained free. As it was after 12 o'clock and I was on vacation I ordered a tinto de verano, which is wine with soda and lemon, and a slice of pizza which a sparrow tried to steal from me several times.
We continued walking around the area and saw that upstairs there was a terrace with umbrellas and as it was getting hot, we went to see what was there in case we could have a drink later. Then a girl who was the waitress of the beach bar that was upstairs on the terrace approached us and told us not to be embarrassed to go up to the terrace to have some mojitos.
So as she was so nice and also talked about her mojitos, when we went around the whole area we had to go upstairs to try them.
The truth is that it was worth going up, since the sea breeze was blowing upstairs and it was very nice. We sat at a bar on the railing of the terrace overlooking the sea.
I have to admit that the weather, hot but cool breeze, the blue water, the waves breaking on the sharp rocks, the green mountains and one of the best mojitos I have ever had, made it hard to think about leaving.
We were also able to see on several occasions a train pass by that is from the same establishment, which as you can see, was very rudimentary and goes on tracks that go over the cliff.
I wanted to ride it, although it was a little scary, but I was so comfortable in the sun with my mojito and the views that I had to wait to have an excuse to come back.
In the end, this express visit that I did not want to do at all turned out very well, since I could go to see my friends and be with them for a while and I could discover that area of Mount Igueldo that I liked so much and that I recommend to visit.
¡Hola a todos los que os gusta viajar y descubrir todos los rincones del mundo!
Os voy a contar parte del viaje a el País Vasco que hice con mi novio, ya que estuvimos tres días, pero en diferentes zonas.
El País Vasco es una Zona al Norte de España en el oeste de la frontera con Francia, la cual está rodeada de montañas y al norte bañan sus tierras el océano Atlántico. Se caracteriza porque es una zona muy bonita, todas sus montañas son muy verdes, por sus pueblos pintorescos y bonitos y por la buena gastronomía que tiene.
Nuestro plan era un viaje rural por la zona de montañas, pueblos y bosques verdes, pero tenía una amiga viviendo en San Sebastián, que es una ciudad de playa y mucho turismo, así que tuve el primer día que hacer un pequeño desvío a la ciudad, que no era muy de mi agrado.
La verdad es que nada más salir del parking subterráneo se veía la playa, y la zona del centro de la ciudad, o el casco antiguo, justo las dos zonas más turísticas de la zona. A mi la verdad, no me gusta nada la playa y menos los sitios de playa tan turísticos, con tanta gente y el calor húmedo del mar me suelen agobiar.
Quedamos con mi amiga y su novio en la parte más conocida de la Zona que es la Playa de la Concha, que tiene ese nombre porque parece una concha.
Como he dicho antes no soy mucho de playa y era una visita exprés así que dimos un paseo por el paseo marítimo y nos hicimos alguna foto para el recuerdo con las vistas.
He de reconocer que las vistas, con el atardecer y las montañas rodeando la playa hacía que fuera un sitio muy bonito y casi podías olvidarte de la cantidad de gente que no paraba de pasar y el horrible calor.
Tras ver una de las partes más turísticas de San Sebastián, nos fuimos a la zona del Casco viejo de la ciudad, que es la parte de los bares, donde se va a comer los famosos pintxos, que son como unos montados de diferentes cosas en un trozo de pan y raciones típicas de la zona.
Tuvimos que irnos pronto ya que teníamos reserva en un restaurante, del que espero escribir dentro de poco, el cual es muy famoso en la zona por hacer el pescado salvaje a la parrilla.
Dormimos en una casa rural en un monte a 20 minutos de San Sebastián así que al día siguiente antes de irnos a otra zona, decidimos pasar la mañana en el Monte Igueldo.
El monte Igueldo es una de las montañas que rodea la playa de la Concha, y arriba tiene como una zona para pasar el día en familia, o con los amigos.
Había que pagar 2 euros por persona, pero la verdad merecía la pena ya que era un sitio muy pintoresco, con unas vistas preciosas, muchas casetas con comida, salada, dulce, souvenirs y ferias para los niños…
Lo primero que hicimos fue ir a la zona con mejores vistas, donde se podía ver la playa de la Concha, la ciudad de San Sebastián y las montañas que la rodean. La verdad es que visto desde arriba y en un sitio más tranquilo y bonito se aprecia todo mejor.
Luego como no habíamos desayunado ni almorzado, paramos en uno de los puestos a comer y beber algo. Eran casetas de madera, con dos o tres mesas pequeñas con taburetes, pero por suerte se quedó una libre. Como eran más de las 12 y estaba de vacaciones me pedí un tinto de verano, que es vino con gaseosa y limón, y un trozo de pizza el cual me intentó robar un gorrión en varias ocasiones.
Seguimos dando una vuelta por la zona y vimos que arriba había como una terraza con sombrillas y como empezaba el calor, fuimos a mirar a ver que había por si luego nos tomábamos algo. Entonces se acercó una chica que era la camarera del chiringuito que había arriba en la terraza y nos dijo que no fuéramos vergonzosos que subiéramos a la terraza a tomar unos mojitos.
Así que como fue tan simpática y hablo también de sus mojitos, cuando dimos una vuelta por toda la zona tuvimos que subir a probarlos.
La verdad es que merecía la pena subir, ya que arriba corría la brisa del mar y se estaba muy bien. Nos sentamos en una barra que había en la barandilla de la terraza con vistas frente al mar.
Tengo que reconocer que ese clima, con calor, pero brisa fresca, esa agua tan azul, las olas rompiendo en las rocas afiladas, las montañas tan verdes y uno de los mejores mojitos que me he tomado, se me hacía difícil pensar en tener que irme.
También pudimos ver en varias ocasiones pasar un tren que es del mismo establecimiento, el cual como se puede ver, era muy rudimentario y va por unas vías que pasan por encima del acantilado.
Me apetecía montarme, aunque daba un poco de miedo, pero estaba tan agusto al sol con mi mojito y las vistas que ha quedado pendiente para así tener una excusa para poder volver.
Al final, esa visita exprés que no me apetecía nada Salió muy bien, ya que pude ir a ver a mis amigos y estar con ellos un rato y pude descubrir esa zona del monte Igueldo que tanto me gustó y que aconsejo visitar.
All photos have been taken from my cell phone Motorola moto g(7). Todas las fotos han sido tomadas desde mi teléfono móvil Motorola moto g(7).
If it weren't for the fact that it's quite expensive, I would have already visited this part of Spain!
I know this part in Spain is de most expensive but it worth ☺️.
The food is very good and there are a lot of little villages very beatiful
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