Vitoria-GasTeiz: Day Trip, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

Vitora-Gasteiz is the capital of the Basque Autonomous Region in Northern Spain. This city of 250,000 is situated about 40 miles southeast of Bilbao and boasts a vibrant Old Town, some impressive cathedrals and a ton of greenspaces. On our first visit we just sratched the surface, spending some time ambling about the old town and visiting some interesting museums, but we hope to return to explore some of the green spaces that surround the city. 

Our exploration of the city got off to a delayed start when we got trapped in a parking garage for about 30 minutes. We detailed this exciting adventure in our Travel Stories - click here to read about our real life escape room!

Our walking tour took us by the Cathedral de Maria Immaculada, the Plaza de la Virgen Blanca and the Almendra, the nickname for the Old Town because of its almond shape.

We stopped for lunch at a restaurant called El Gautxo and enjoyed their menu de dia including a glass of wine.

Mural Itinery of Vitoria-Gasteiz (IMVG), is an organization set up to create murals and graffiti art throughout the city. There are a total of 19 and there is a map that takes you on a walking tour to see them all. We didn't take the walking tour, but we did snap some pics whenever we ran into them. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).