Category: Bordeaux – Bilbao 2026
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One more piece of innovative Bilbao starchitecture to go, and it really is the last. Because it’s the main airport terminal, designed by Santiago Calatrava and built in 2000. The locals call it La Paloma (the dove) because of its swooping shape. You don’t really get that from inside but the departure lounge has a…
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As I dodged the showers I did manage to take a couple of photos around the Casco Viejo. Dating from the 14th century the Iglesia de San Nicolás de Bari is a very beautiful church that wouldn’t look out of place in Mexico City or Lima, so essentially colonial Spanish it looks. I really need…
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I left San Sebastián under grey clouds. The sunshine of the last few days couldn’t hold off the autumn forever, especially here in the rainiest, coolest part of Spain. And, to be honest, it wasn’t just the weather that was making me think of home; it had been a long week and a half of…
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The weekdays in San Sebastian are indeed quieter than the weekends, the daytrippers having left town or gone back to work in the great working city beyond the beaches. Instead of constantly dodging other pedestrians, a promenade under the benign, warm October sun is now a more relaxing stroll with the prospect of, say, a…
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As the hours drifted by, I realised just how stunning San Sebastián is. You could spend days, long, bright, fragrant Spanish days, wandering along the shoreline, snaking around the dramatic headlands, looking out to sea or inland to the dramatic mountains framing the fine, Belle Epoque architecture of the beachfront, or maybe you’d prefer promenading…
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I plunged into the narrow streets of the old town, unprepared. I should have been prepared for the crowds. I was aware that San Sebastian was something of a resort town, but for some reason its location, stuck on Spain’s northern coast, below the verdant Cantabrian mountains, made me think the weather would be less…
