Gernika-Lumo › Bilbao

🗺 Stage Map

📖 Stage Description

A long and varied stage crossing the industrial and residential heart of the Bilbao suburbs. The green Basque Country gradually gives way to a metropolis that has brilliantly reinvented itself since the deindustrialisation of the 1980s.

The route passes through Lezama and Larrabetzu, still-green residential towns, before dropping into the Nervión valley. The crossing of Bilbao's outskirts is lengthy — asphalt and residential zones — but the arrival makes it worthwhile.

Bilbao is a city of magnificent contrasts: Gehry's Guggenheim museum, the medieval Casco Viejo with its seven streets, the covered Ribera market, and the pintxos of the Indautxu quarter. A major city stage on the camino.

🌄 Walking Conditions

Sun exposure and terrain type over 39,9 km

☀ Sun Exposure

🥾 Terrain

⏱ Estimated Time for You

Estimate your time based on your profile — calculation based on Naismith's rule.

📍 Villages and Waypoints

• 0km

  Gernika-Lumo · Start

  Iconic symbol of peace. Oak of Gernika, Peace Museum.

  💧 Water🛒 Shops🏕 Accommodations
• 12km

  Larrabetzu

  Quiet residential town. Bar, fountain.

  💧 Water☕ Bar
• 22km

  Lezama

  Village on the outskirts of Bilbao. Training ground of Athletic Club.

  💧 Water🛒 Grocery
• 32,6km

  Bilbao · End

  Basque metropolis. Guggenheim, Casco Viejo, pintxos. All amenities.

  💧 Water🛒 Shops🏕 Accommodations🍽 Restaurant🚉 Train station

⚠ Practical Information

• 🏙
  Bilbao

  Guggenheim Museum (Gehry) — online tickets recommended

  Casco Viejo: 7 medieval streets, Mercado de la Ribera

  Pintxos in the evening in the Casco Viejo or Indautxu
• ⛰
  Difficulty

  Long stage (32 km) with a peri-urban crossing

  Significant asphalt on the approach to Bilbao

  Leave early to avoid urban heat
• 🚇
  Bilbao Transport

  Bilbao Metro (lines 1 and 2)

  Bilbao EuskoTran tram

  Abando station — high-speed trains to Madrid, Barcelona