Free tour

Discovering Castro Urdiales: A bi-millennial city

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Castro Urdiales

Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes

Languages: Spanish

Guru: Gabriel

Registered on 20 June 2020

Hola soy un chico joven que ha estudiado la carrera de Historia y un máster de Patrimonio Histórico y territorial. Soy una persona agradable, atenta y educada con muchas ganas de enseñar toda la historia y monumentos que tiene mi ciudad. Además de múltiples anécdotas sobre personajes ilustres de esta villa y hablaros sobre las tradiciones y gastronomía de esta villa marinera.

Free reservation and cancellation

Pay-what-you-want tour, no set price, reservation and cancellation are free

Tour description

The best thing about this visit is that you will leave this fishing village in Northern Spain with a great knowledge of it. This tour will take you back to Roman times and specifically to AD 74. When Vespasian founds the Flaviobriga colony in this place and from that moment on you will go through the most glorious and catastrophic moments of this city while strolling through its beautiful streets and getting to know its rich heritage. In addition to this you will learn about the customs and traditions of this town and how it was transformed from a commercial Roman colony to become a sleeping city of Bilbao. On this tour you will visit the following points 1 Maritime Facade 2 González Building, port and old port 3 Plaza del Ayuntamiento 4 Calle San Juan 5 La Atalaya 6 Villa de Arriba 7 El Pedregal and the neighborhood of the sailors 8 Antiguo Matadero 9 Mercado Municipal 10 Calle la Rúa y Ardigales 11 Post-war Civic Center 12 La Barrera 13 Ataúlfo Argenta Gardens 14 Spa Town Cotolino Park

Highlights

What will we see on this tour?

Meeting point:

Calle Jardines 2 39700 Castro Urdiales Cantabria Spain

At the statue of Ataúlfo Argenta in a black T-shirt

How much does this tour cost?

Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end the amount they consider appropriate (amounts usually range from €15 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).