Tourism in Vitoria

1. By: Ander Iturricha, Alberto, Andoni and Martina
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2. Come and enjoy Vitoria Gasteiz. Vitoria is the capital city of the Basque
Countrie (Spain).
It has been theGreen Capital in 2012. There are a lot of museums,
restaurants, hotels and historical places in all the Medieval Quarters.
The gastronomy of Vitoria is very important.
In 2015 it was Gastromony Capital.
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3. If you want to sleep in
Vitoria-Gazteiz in a
very good hotel here
there are three good
and different types of
hotels:
 Gran Hotel Lakua.It has got
five stars .
 Hotel Dato. It´s in Dato
street. It´s beautiful and
special.
 Ciudad de Vitoria. It´s more
modern and elegant.
In Vitoria there´s only one
restaurant with a michelline star,
Zaldiaran Restaurant, in Avenida
Gasteiz.
Conde De Alava,Olarizu, Mesa… are
good restaurants too.
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4. In Vitoria Gasteiz there are a lot of museums, like:
Artium. Basque Centre-Museum of Contemporany Art.
Arms museum.
BIBAT. Fournier Playing Card Museum and Archaelogy Museum.
Museum of Sacred Art.
Fine Arts Museum.
Natural History Museum.
Lanterns Museum.
Open –air Museum.
Centro Cultural Montehermoso.
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5. Artium:
Its permanent collection is considered to be one of the best selections
of Basque and Spanish contemporary art.
It was inaugurated on 26th April 2002 and it is an open and dynamic
museum.
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Museum of Sacred art:
In the Cathedral of Santa Maria you can see a fine collection of
religious artefacts from this province.

6. BIBAT. Fournier:
Bibat houses the Fournier Card Museum of Alava located in the
Renaissance mansion of Bendaña and the Alava Archaelogical Museum,
a new building designed by the architect Patxi Mangado.
Fine arts museums:
Housed in the Palacio de Augusri, in this museum you will find a fine selection
of Spanish art dating from the 18th and 19th centuries and a collection of
artworks that trace the development of Basque art from 1850 to 1950.
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7. Natural history museum:
You will find this museum in the Torre de
Doña Ochanda, a 15th century fortified house
which formed part of the city's walls in
medieval times. The house was reconstructed
in the 16th century by Don Andrés Martínez
de Iruña who named it after his daughter,
Doña Ochanda.
The first floor of the Museum is given over
to the world of geology, including a large
number of pieces of amber, many of which
contain insect inclusions. The second floor
contains the Museum's botany and zoology
sections.
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8. Lanterns museum:
This museum contains beautiful lanterns
made of polychrome glass used in the
"Rosary of the Lanterns" procession
Open arts museum:
In the streets of the city you will find
numerous sculptures and statues that
together represent a kind of open-air
museum. These include the works of some
of the most famous contemporary Spanish
sculptors: from Oteiza to Ibarrola,
including Chillida, Casto Solano, Nestor
Basterrechea...
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9. Centro Cultural Montehermoso:
The Centro Cultural
Montehermoso is dependent
on the Department of Culture
of Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council
and it can be defined as a
space for the production,
exhibition, and difusion of art
and contemporary thought.
Among its main objectives, we should
stand out the implementation of gender
equality policies.
Montehermoso is located in the old town
of Vitoria-Gasteiz, in a 16th century
Renaissance palace joined to the old 1885
Water Tank by an underground corridor.
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10.  The Arms Museum travels back in time to the
Napoleonic time. Relive the Battle of Vitoria in 1813
in which British, Portuguese and Spanish troops under
the command of the Duke of Wellington defeated the
French during the Wars of Independence.
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11. There´s a lot of things to see in the
Medieval Quarter of Vitoria-Gasteiz
like :
 The palace of the rebirth
 Four Towers
 Old cathedral
 The Statue of the White virgin
The Old Quarters of Vitoria-Gasteiz, declared a Monumental Site in
1997, still it preserves its medieval layout intact.
3 Europa Nostra Awards support the work done in the rehabilitation
and recovery of areas and landmarks of the Medieval Quarters
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12. The Green Belt of Vitoria-Gasteiz is the
result of an ambitious project to restore
and recover the peripheral areas of
Vitoria-Gasteiz, both from the
environmental and social viewpoint, in
order to create a large green area for
recreational use around the city.
What is the Green Belt?
Armentia
Errekaleor
Olarizu
Salburua
Zabalgana
Zadorra
10 routes through the parks of
the Green Belt and the nearby
rural-natural space, which can be
done comfortably on foot in less
than two hours.
A circular itinerary 30.8 km in
length, ideal to travel by bicycle
which, like a large Route around
the city, links the parks of the
Green Belt.
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13. Route for the sweet-toothed
Vitoria-Gasteiz has a centuries-old tradition of cake and pastry making.
The "route for the sweet-toothed" which the Tourist Office organises
allows visitors to get to know some of the secrets of the city's bakers and
at the same time make a traditional Basque desert with the help of one
of the Association of Artisan Baker's and Confectioners pastry chefs.
Sweet route
Pintxos (Basque nibbles) route
History and delicious nibbles, a perfect mix for discovering the city
centre. Use the bote-pote card which you top up, like a kitty and then go
out as a group and use it to pay for food and drinks at those bars that
have signed up to this initiative. You can even top-up the card from your
mobile phone.
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14.  Basque culture
Different workshops can be
arranged for groups interested in
taking a closer look at the
folklore and traditions of the
Basque country. These include:
Basque language and improvised
verse (bertsolarismo), Basque
pelota, traditional dances and
the txalaparta (a Basque musical
instrument).
 Vitoria-Gasteiz and The Way
of St James (Camino de
Santiago)
A guided tour through the city
and its surroundings following
the St James trail marks.
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15.  Touching the sky
 In this initiative balloon
flights provide a birds-
eye view of the city and
its surroundings.
Basketball magic
This group initiative takes delegates to
see a basketball match at Buesa Arena
where they will be allowed into the
VIP room to enjoy some delicious food
as part of the experience.
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16. Laboral Kutxa for sponsorship reasons, is a
Spanish professional basketball club from the
Basque city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. The club's
name sponsor is the Basque credit union Laboral
Kutxa.
Aker is the pet of the team.
Well-known players who have played with the
club have included Ramón Rivas, Marcelo Nicola…
 Basque Country. Founded in 1921 it plays in Segunda
División, holding home matches at the 19,800-seater
Estadio Mendizorrotza.
 Its biggest success was in 2001 when, in the year of its
debut in European competition, it was one of the
finalists in the 2001 UEFA Cup Final against Liverpool,
being defeated 5–4 by golden goal.
 The team's home kit is blue and white-striped shirt,
blue shorts and white socks.
 Babazorro is the team´s pet
 This year is one of the best for this excellence team.
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