Artziniega

Artziniega was a small town about a half-hour outside of Bilbao, in the Basque region. Since Bilbao is such a large and industrial city, we decided to stay overnight outside of the city and then drive in the next morning. Our hotel was quaint, a converted sixteenth-century tower. The room was small, but had a nice view, so we walked around the town, bought a few groceries, and had a picnic dinner by the window.

The Basque region is in the foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains.

There were some very interesting rock formations.

Here is our hotel.

Here is another view of the other side of our hotel.

The view from our hotel window.

A glass of wine before dinner.