Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
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Experience Vitoria-Gasteiz in Spain in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in Vitoria-GasteizIndividual Sights in Vitoria-GasteizSight 1: Arte Ederren museoa/Museo de Bellas Artes
The Museum of Fine Arts of Álava is located in Vitoria-Gasteiz, the capital of the Basque Country, Spain. The museum is dedicated to Spanish art from the 18th to the 20th century, and particularly to Basque art from the 1850–1950 period. Opened in 1942, it is located at the Augustin Zulueta Palace.
Sight 2: Armoury Museum
The Armory Museum of Álava, located on the Paseo de Fray Francisco and adjacent to the Palace of Ajuria Enea in the city of Vitoria (Álava) Spain, exhibits weapons, uniforms and various objects related to the war activities of various periods and cultures, from Prehistory to the beginning of the twentieth century. Of its sections, the one dedicated to the Battle of Vitoria in 1813, in the context of the Spanish War of Independence, is particularly interesting.
Sight 3: Ajuria Enea
The Palace of Ajuria Enea is a building in Vitoria-Gasteiz, northern Spain. It is the official residence of the Lehendakari.
Sight 4: Florida parkea/Parque de la Florida
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.
Sight 5: Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art
The Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art of Álava is located in the ambulatory space of the Cathedral of Mary Immaculate in the city of Vitoria, Álava. Its access is through the south door of the Cathedral's transept, facing Monseñor Cadena y Eleta Street and Florida Park. Since July 2022 it has a new official website with useful information, easy to access, with historical and didactic data thanks to very intuitive navigation.
Sight 6: Catedral de María Inmaculada / Maria Sortzez Garbiaren katedrala
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.
Sight 7: San Antonio komentua/Convento de San Antonio
The convent of San Antonio, whose true invocation is of La Purísima Concepción, is located in the pedestrian Plaza del General Loma in the Spanish city of Vitoria. Built in the seventeenth century in classicist baroque style, it is inhabited by a community of Poor Clare nuns, the church functioning as a parish of regular worship.
Sight 8: San Pedro eliza/Iglesia de San Pedro
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)
Sight 9: Natur Zientzien museoa/Museo de Ciencias Naturales
The Museum of Natural Sciences of Álava is located in the Torre de Doña Ochanda, a medieval building in the historic center of the city of Vitoria, Basque Country, Spain. It exhibits important geological, botanical and zoological collections from multiple sources.
Sight 10: Santa Maria eliza/Iglesia de Santa María
The Church of Santa María is a Catholic parish church in Vitoria built in the Gothic style in the fourteenth century and annexed to the Cathedral of Santa María, or Old Cathedral, of which it was originally the Chapel of Santiago.
Sight 11: Catedral de Santa María / Santa Maria Katedrala
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.
Sight 12: Convento de Santa Cruz
The convent of Santa Cruz is located between Calle de la Pintorería, Calle de San Vicente de Paúl 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.
Sight 13: Bibat
The Álava Fournier Museum of Playing Cards is a playing card museum located in Vitoria, Spain. It originated as a private collection in 1916 by Félix Alfaro Fournier, the grandson of the founder of Naipes Heraclio Fournier. It was bought by the government of Álava and was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1984. In 1994, it moved to its current location in the Bendaña palace which it shares with the Álava Museum of Archaeology.
Sight 14: San Bizente eliza/Iglesia de San Vicente
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)
Sight 15: 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.
Sight 16: Goiuri jauregia/Palacio de Villasuso
The Villa Suso Palace is a building located in Vitoria, capital of Álava.
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