Euskadi Confidential: a business club that puts out a guide designed to make the stay a little easier for travelers coming to discover the Basque Country
Euskadi Confidential: a business club that puts out a guide designed to make the stay a little easier for travelers coming to discover the Basque Country
“Everyone who has visited the Basque Country longs to return; it is a blessed land,” wrote Victor Hugo. The author of “Les Misérables” knew the secrets of this region well, as he settled in the fishing village of Pasaia in 1843.
Almost two centuries later, the Basque Country continues to arouse great interest and curiosity and, fortunately, we have leading champions to help guide us through the maelstrom of options that make up the region’s extensive offering. In terms of the more sophisticated sector, Euskadi Confidential stands out – a business club in which a hundred firms from the tourism sphere participate, putting out a guide designed to make the stay a little easier for travelers coming to discover our area. This modern sextant unequivocally identifies the deep-rooted and the most cosmopolitan experiences of the region; exclusive pleasures in which excellence and discovery prevail. This digital guide lists participating businesses by region, highlighting Bilbao, San Sebastián, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Rioja Alavesa, and the Basque coast, mountains, and valleys. It likewise makes discovering the wealth of the entire region a whole lot easier, ordering the establishments by type: accommodation (urban apartments, rural estates, lofts, as well as four- and five-star hotels), restaurants (traditional establishments and new cuisine, with special mention to those that have been recognized by the Repsol and Michelin guides), shops (canneries, patisseries, jewelers, art galleries, perfumeries, and fashion labels), top quality services (incoming travel agencies and companies that deal in the transport of travelers by luxury car, helicopter, and private jet), and experiences (outings on yachts and sailboats and visits to wineries, monuments, and museums).
We’ll let you in on a secret: all you have to do is be curious and take a step inward –or let yourself be guided by those who really know the places– in order to discover unexpected corners and enjoy unforgettable moments. In order to ensure that visitors have a truly sensational stay, Euskadi Confidential has prepared a selection of authentic, exciting, and highly inspiring experiences. The little certainties that are passed down from generation to generation assuage uncertainty about the limits of the world. Tradition. History. The Basque language. That’s identity: remembering the truly valuable things that make up the emotional sphere. Doing things as they used to be done. Calling things by their name.
Being custodians of a cultural legacy that brings together elements as valuable as the Basque language gives rise to initiatives such as this one, committed to sharing our heritage with those who visit us. It belongs to everyone. And everyone can feel it by participating in experiences that only happen here.
We Basques are the sea, but we are the land too. We are the forests, rivers, and mountains from which our myths come. We are mines and industry, wrought iron and a culture of effort. We are the farmhouses that are still standing. We are the memory of a world that continues to exist.
Euskadi Confidential
