Discover the historical heritage of the Basque Country

A Baroque church completed in 1774 in San Sebastián's Old Town, with a doorway that looks like a stone altarpiece and a unique view towards the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd.

A French-style Neo-Gothic castle in the heart of the Urdaibai estuary, built at the behest of Eugénie de Montijo for an imperial family that never came to live in it.

A Neo-Gothic fortress of medieval origin rising at the heart of a wooded estate in Gatica, a secluded spot that is nonetheless close to Bilbao.

Vitoria's old cathedral, a Gothic church that has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2015 as part of the Routes of Santiago de Compostela in Northern Spain.

San Sebastián's great neo-Gothic cathedral, the largest church in Gipuzkoa, whose soaring silhouette dominates the centre of the city.

A Romanesque hermitage on the outskirts of Contrasta, in the Arana Valley in Álava: a small destination for anyone seeking unpretentious heritage far from the busiest routes.

A hermitage dedicated to St John crowns an islet battered by the Bay of Biscay, linked to the mainland by a two-arched bridge: medieval history and protected landscape just off Bermeo.

On the slopes of Mount Beloki, above Zumárraga, this Romanesque and Gothic hermitage holds an astonishing oak structure assembled without a single nail: the cathedral of Basque hermitages.

The Church of San Martín de Tours, in the Gipuzkoan village of Alkiza, is a peaceful stop for anyone exploring the religious heritage of the Basque Country.

The Church of San Pedro is one of the buildings that give Zumaia its character, a simple yet evocative stop for anyone exploring the Gipuzkoa coast.

A Gothic church in Getaria where the first General Assemblies of Gipuzkoa met, with floors on different levels, a splendid triforium and a passageway leading down to the harbour.

A 15th-century Gothic church at the entrance to Zarautz, with a remarkable main altarpiece and a monumental complex that holds the town's first necropolis.