The best walks and hikes around Getxo

A beautiful beach with high waves depending on the weather, also great for surfers (there's also a surf school)! There's a small swimming area with lifeguards on duty.

The ruins are located on a cliff above the sea. The fortress was built in the 18th century to defend El Abra Bay. The fortress was built on the site of an old 16th-century watchtower. The tower was rebuilt as a lighthouse in the 1940s. The fortress contained warehouses and barracks for the troops.

A city beach with a very lively promenade. It offers a wide range of restaurants and services, and also has a tourist office and restrooms.

It was inaugurated in 1939 and honors Evaristo de Churruca, a Spanish naval officer and engineer known for his contributions to the canalization of the Nervión River. The monument consists of an Art Deco-style obelisk with bronze statues symbolizing man's struggle against the sea.

Beautiful coast with fairytale cliffs

Beautifully located! Two cafes above are highly recommended.😎

The Churruca Pier or Evaristo de Churruca Pier is a pier in the Biscayan town of Las Arenas (Getxo). Designed and built by the Spanish engineer Evaristo de Churruca y Brunet, it is located at the end of the Nervión estuary and is named after him, as is its counterpart, the Churruca Pier in Portugalete, located on the opposite bank of the estuary. The Churruca Pier extends along the right bank of the Nervión mouth, from the Vizcaya Bridge onward. It is divided into two parts: The first serves as a street, extending from the Vizcaya Bridge to the landscaped area known as Churruca Park, which includes several tamarind gardens and connects to the Las Arenas Pier and Las Arenas Beach. This first part consists of a promenade parallel to the estuary, a small garden separating it from a one-way road, and a sidewalk on the other side of the road, which provides access to the homes. The second part consists of a landscaped promenade and extends beyond the beach. This is the pier itself, the structure built by Evaristo de Churruca, which allowed the channeling of the Nervión River. It consists of two pedestrian walkways, separated by several garden areas, which connect at a small plaza at the end, where a small lighthouse stands. At the beginning of the pier is the monument to Evaristo de Churruca, a huge obelisk depicting man struggling with and conquering the sea (represented by Neptune, the Roman god, in a position of defeat). This image symbolizes man's struggle against the sea.

HISTORY The Getxo Red Cross of the Sea is based in one of the municipality's most emblematic buildings: the Casa del Náufrago (Castle of the Shipwrecked). Located at the so-called Punta de Begoña, at the beginning of the Algorta counter-dock, next to the old port of Arriluze, the Casa del Náufrago (Castle of the Shipwrecked) was built in 1912 to house the Shipwrecked Rescue Society of the time. This completely independent altruistic group was made up of a few local fishermen and seamen who, despite their limited resources, came to the aid of sailors in the event of a disaster. They had a rescue boat, christened "Ama Begoñakoa," a lifeline, a bronze cannon, two line-throwing rifles, picks and shovels, and some precarious wicker helmets for protection... All of this was transported on a rudimentary wooden cart for easy transport. The reason for the existence of this salvage society is due to the high accident rate at the port of Bilbao throughout history. Royal Orders from the time of the Catholic Monarchs already mentioned that the coast claimed three or four shipwrecks a year along this stretch. But it was during the construction of the iron pier that engineer Evaristo de Churruca discovered the first remains that confirm the dark legend of the Bilbao Abra. During the dredging of the bar, several coins minted during the time of Emperor Hadrian were found. During the iron rush, British cartographers also warned their navigators of the deadly existence of the northwest bar at the entrance to Bilbao: a strip of sand between the Las Arenas mojijonera and Santurtzi that, until the construction of the iron pier, claimed thousands of lives. The shallow draft of this stretch of water, which at low tide barely reached a meter deep, tore open the frames of ships, leaving them at the mercy of the waves and sinking irretrievably. In fact, the freighters that arrived in Bilbao to load ore had flat hulls, without keels, to avoid running aground. Occasionally, the channel was completely blocked, and the German maritime authorities and pilots opened another access route via El Salto beach to Santurtzi, although this alternative posed the risk of running aground on the cliff. The Casa del Náufrago also had space to house shipwreck victims, but over time, the area designated for these