Estuary

ITINERARY

We leave from the institute to the train station. https://www.euskotren.eus/eu Institute, to Mundaka station. Next, we will go on foot (5 minutes) to the church of Santa Catalina, where we will give 15 minutes of explanations.

From Santa Catalina, we will walk to Laidatxu beach (10 minutes).

We will pass through Sukarrieta and walk to Busturia. To San Antonio beach (20 minutes.). We will see the hermitage there.

To finish, we will visit the Madariaga Tower, passing through the Axpe neighborhood in Busturia. https://ekoetxea.eus/urdaibai/, (30 minutes walk).

To return to Gernika we will take the train again at station xxx and we will get off at the institute stop.

ITINERARY SPECIFICATIONS

Start and end → At IES Gernika

Length → 18.2 km

Duration → 3h 52min

THINGS NEEDED FOR THE TRIP:

Bring the Barik (money) for the train
Backpack
Lunch

Water
Bring comfortable clothing
Swimsuit, flip flops and a towel (for the beach)

POINTS OF INTEREST

Saint Catherine Church

The church of Santa Catalina is a hermitage located in the Bizkaia municipality of Mundaka.

It is located on a small peninsula of the same name. The current temple dates back to 1879. Since the Middle Ages as a meeting point. It is one of the elements with the most tourist attraction in the municipality today, which is expressed in different sections of the municipal website. In addition, the residents of the town celebrate a festive day on November 25 in honor of Santa Catalina. Around and inside the building.

Laidatxu Beach

Laidatxu beach, in the Biscayan municipality of Mundaka, is a dark sand beach in the Basque Country (Spain). In front of the beach you can see Laida beach.

Txorrokopunta Mundaka

It is next to Laidatxu beach. It is very good, both for having fun with friends and family. In front, we can contemplate the sea.

San Antonio Beach

San Antonio beach is very quiet. In addition, it is ideal for families, because at the back of the beach, there is a park and tables to eat.

Next to San Antonio beach is the San Antonio hermitage, which bears the same name. On June 13, Saint Anthony's Day is celebrated. And in the hermitage there is usually mass.

Legends: According to popular tradition, Saint Anthony of Padua, a 13th century Portuguese saint, spent his childhood in the Abiña farmhouse, where his grandmother was born.

Madariaga Tower

The House Torre Madariaga is located in Busturia (Bizkaia), in the area of the Urdabai Biosphere Reserve. Furthermore, it was born with the fundamental objective of promoting the dissemination of nature and biodiversity in the Basque Country. The Madariaga Tower House belonged to the Madariaga family. That family was made up of marquises of the high house and counts of Torre Alegre. The Madariaga tower house was built in the 15th century.

Guernica Institute Train Station

Those railway tracks, tunnels, and bridges are made of the blood, sweat, and tears of Francoist prisoners.

The first iron connection that took place in Busturialdea was a small animal traction tram that linked Bermeo with Busturia. Furthermore, in his best years, he had 16 mules and 9 passenger cars.

The railway between Amorebieta-Gernika was inaugurated on August 4, 1888 and the Gernika-Sukarrieta section on March 15, 1893.

Later, the tram line was created that linked Bermeo with Sukarrieta, Busturia.

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