Category: Tripventures

Leandro Urrutia, an Indiano who had made a lot of money growing and selling cotton in Mexico, was born in Galdames but, once he retired, he lived in

The “Casa Vizcaya” was built for Manuela Sainz Ferrer (married to Vicente Sainz de Rozas Gutiérrez) by local architect Eloy Martínez del Valle between 1912 and 1915. The

La Elvira is currently a ghost town. It was abandoned in the 50’s and 60’s, once the iron ore mines were closed. Extracting the mineral had become very

This house is interesting because it is one of the best examples of the “neo-basque” style in Madrid. It was built by Basque architecht Manuel María Smith Ybarra,

Etxebarria is a tiny town near Markina, 40 kms. away from Bilbao. You would not expect to find a palace in a place like this. But there is

This is one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen in Spain. It’s a cascade that looks like a volcano from which water comes out from all

This building was built in a clear neo-basque style, which was very common in the Basque Country in the first half of the 20th Century. Architect Julio Sáenz