Cueva de Santimamiñe — Attraction in Kortezubi

I was in two minds about visiting as of course you can no longer see the cave art "in person", but I was really glad I went. Our guide, Mara, did an excellent job on our English tour - explaining the history of the cave, some of the natural features, explaining some theories about the purpose of the art, and so on, in an interesting and engaging and detailed way. You can still visit the first part of the cave which is quite interesting and beautiful in its own right, and the virtual tour of the rest of the cave is surprisingly good. Recommended - and at 2 euro per person its a real bargain. Be aware that for English tours you should contact them ahead of time to find out when they are...

Caves are a little underwhelming as they are mostly closed off. However, the guides are informative and the virtual-tour in the nearby chapel is memorable. Nice area. Good inn/restaurant very close by providing plenty of parking and prehistoric-themed kid's play area. The 'Painted Forrest' is an easy country walk from there. A nice, low-key, family day out. Be aware though: plenty of school trips block-book the tours, so on the day you might have to take what you can get - and your guide might not be fluent in English if you cannot bag an...

Really nice area with lots of natural beauty and varied bird life. We stayed for two nights in our van near the cave. We didn’t actually go in because it’s a 1.5 hour tour which is mostly interactive and was broken. It’s €5 each the tours. The very lovey guy said you can’t go very far into the cave either as it’s quite damaged, so you can’t see the wall paintings. Apparently after years of people going in and then not being protected properly they have degraded quite severely and they are thinking of painting...