Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 12 sights
Distance 2.8 km
Ascend 97 m
Descend 110 m

Explore Vitoria-Gasteiz in Spain with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Vitoria-Gasteiz

Sight 1: Convento de Santa Cruz

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Convento de Santa Cruz

The Convent of Santa Cruz is located between Calle de la Pintorería, Calle de San Vicente de Paul and the canton of Santa María, within the historic centre of the Spanish city of Vitoria. Its architecture has Gothic-Renaissance characteristics and since its foundation in the sixteenth century it has been inhabited without interruption by a community of cloistered Dominican nuns, being the oldest preserved monastery in Vitoria and with religious life.

Wikipedia: Convento de Santa Cruz (Vitoria) (ES)

242 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Santa Maria eliza/Iglesia de Santa María

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Santa Maria eliza/Iglesia de Santa María

The Church of Santa Maria is a Catholic parish temple of Vitoria built in Gothic style in the 14th century and annex to the Cathedral of Santa Maria, or Old Cathedral, from which the Chapel of Santiago was originally.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de Santa María (Vitoria) (ES)

168 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: Catedral de Santa María / Santa Maria katedrala

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The Cathedral of Santa María de Vitoria is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic cathedral located in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque country, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1931 and a World Heritage Site in 2015.

Wikipedia: Cathedral of Santa María de Vitoria (EN)

304 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: Natur Zientzien museoa/Museo de Ciencias Naturales

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Natur Zientzien museoa/Museo de Ciencias Naturales

The Museum of Natural Sciences of Álava is located in the Torre de Doña Ochanda, an old medieval defensive building in the city of Vitoria, Basque Country, Spain. It exhibits important geological, botanical and zoological collections, highlighting for its interest the finds of fossil amber in the province, of great value for its biological inclusions from the Cretaceous period.

Wikipedia: Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Álava (ES)

273 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: San Pedro eliza/Iglesia de San Pedro

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The Church of San Pedro Apóstol is a medieval church located in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. It was built in the late 13th and early 14th centuries as a fortress church due to its location next to the city walls. The construction of the current tower started in 1708, while the southern portico was added in 1897.

Wikipedia: Church of San Pedro Apóstol, Vitoria-Gasteiz (EN)

515 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 6: Goiuri jauregia/Palacio de Villasuso

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Goiuri jauregia/Palacio de Villasuso

The Villa Suso Palace is a building located in Vitoria, the capital of Álava.

Wikipedia: Palacio de Villa Suso (ES)

298 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: San Bizente eliza/Iglesia de San Vicente

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The Church of San Vicente Mártir is a church located in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1984.

Wikipedia: Church of San Vicente Mártir, Vitoria-Gasteiz (EN)

209 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: San Migel eliza/Iglesia de San Miguel

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San Migel eliza/Iglesia de San Miguel

The Church of San Miguel is a church located in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1995.

Wikipedia: Church of San Miguel, Vitoria-Gasteiz (EN)

226 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: San Antonio komentua/Convento de San Antonio

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San Antonio komentua/Convento de San Antonio

The convent of San Antonio, whose true dedication is La Purísima Concepción, is located in the pedestrian Plaza del General Loma in the Spanish city of Vitoria. A building built in the seventeenth century in the classicist Baroque style, it is inhabited by a community of Poor Clare nuns, the church functioning as a parish of regular worship.

Wikipedia: Convento de San Antonio (Vitoria) (ES)

321 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 10: Florida parkea/Parque de la Florida

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La Florida is a park in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Spain. It was built between 1820 and 1855 in neoclassical style by the architects Angel Chavez, Juan De Velasco, Ramón Ortés De Velasco and Manuel Arana. The birth of Florida is dated 1820 when they built the existing ring that surrounds the music kiosk. For the actual 32,454 square meters land used the former convent of Santa Clara, and as much as planners have insisted later, there is nothing similar in the new green spaces in Vitoria.

Wikipedia: La Florida (park) (EN)

198 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art

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Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art

The Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art of Álava is located in the ambulatory of the Cathedral of Mary Immaculate in the city of Vitoria, Álava. Its access is through the south door of the transept of the Cathedral, facing Monsignor Cadena y Eleta Street and the Florida Park. Since July 2022 it has a new official website with useful, easily accessible information, with historical and didactic data thanks to a very intuitive navigation.

Wikipedia: Museo Diocesano de Arte Sacro de Álava (ES)

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Sight 12: Catedral de María Inmaculada / Maria Sortzez Garbiaren katedrala

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Catedral de María Inmaculada / Maria Sortzez Garbiaren katedrala No machine-readable author provided. Yrithinnd assumed (based on copyright claims). / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Cathedral of María Inmaculada de Vitoria (Basque: Maria Sortzez Garbiaren katedrala, Spanish: Catedral de María Inmaculada de Vitoria, usually known as "The new Cathedral" is a Neogothic-style, Roman Catholic cathedral located in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque country, Spain. It was built in the first half of the 20th century.

Wikipedia: Cathedral of María Inmaculada of Vitoria (EN)

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