Enkarterriak/Encartaciones, the Western Valleys
On the west of Bizkaia there exists the land known as Encartaciones, “The Chartered Towns”, a succession of green and mountainous valleys that hide beautiful places with a long mediaeval tradition, and...
View ArticleThere´s a Museum of the Basque Beret (Txapela), and It´s Fun!!
Last Saturday I went to visit the Museo de la Boina La Encartada - Museum of the Beret (or “txapela”, in Basque), in Balmaseda, Bizkaia. It´s on the former factory that has been making berets for...
View ArticleHoly Week…not so Holy anymore, but still beautiful
As you probably know, Holy Week is celebrated all over Spain with processions and a wide variety of rites related to suffering and pain. While the most extended idea is that Holy Week is just...
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