Top Things to do in Azpeitia
Top 6 Things to do in Azpeitia, Basque Country
Discover the best top things to do in Azpeitia, Spain including Queseria XOXOTE Cheese farmhouse, Santuario de Loyola, Museo del Ferrocarril, BaskAlive, Bask Alive, Baskey.
Restaurants in Azpeitia
1. Queseria XOXOTE Cheese farmhouse
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 3 reviews
tions have been happening in the Berastegi farmhouse located in a beautiful and picturesque landscape of the Urola valley. Berastegi is surrounded by mountains, one of them, Mount Xoxote, belonging to the Izarraitz massif, on whose slopes and wide pastures we raise our Latxas sheep. In order to maintain the genuine elaboration of the Xoxote cheese, the centenarian artisan customs and the past practices of the shepherds of the area are taken care of with special care and delicacy. For this reason, in the Berastegi farmhouse they have continued with the ancestral traditions of grazing, determined by the weather stations. The cheese of our house is a natural, excellent product, rooted in our town and its culture since time immemorial, with peculiar characteristics that endow it with a strong personality worthy of part of the best quality cheeses.
2. Santuario de Loyola
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 274 reviews
Reviewed By JudyBoz
We had no idea this lovely place was here and just lucked upon it when looking for something to do in Azpeitia. The towered house is the birthplace of Saint Ignacio de Loyola in 1491 and the adjacent sanctuary, a round basilica, very impressive was built over a century later.
3. Museo del Ferrocarril
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 183 reviews
Reviewed By lesleyc547
This place is amazing. There is so much to see here, with beautifully restored railway carriages, engines, buses and trams, fascinating displays of machine tools, uniforms and station clocks. You get an idea of how much time and care has been put into the restorations when you see the older engines and carriages out on the line awaiting their own TCL. We were keen to try the ride on the steam train, but when we went on November 27th we learned that the last date for a train ride was November 3rd. However, the friendly and very helpful staff told us that next day there was to be a large organised visit and a train journey had been arranged for that group, and if we wished to come back then, we could tag along. So we went back on the 28th and had an absolutely brilliant day. As well as the incredible steam train ride, we also had a ride on an old tram and were given a demonstration of the machine tools in action. It was a truly memorable experience and I would not have missed it for the world. And the price is unbelievable - 6€ each! ( without the train ride it would have only been 3€). Don't miss it!
4. BaskAlive
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 5 reviews
Guided tours in Azpeitia. A local guide will show the history of well-known persons of Azpeitia like Saint Ignatius of Loyola (Founder of the Company of Jesuits), Martin Zurbano (president of spanish inquisition court), Nicolás Saenz Elola (Conqueror of Peru with Pizarro), Vicente Emparan(Last spanish governor in Venezuela before it independence)... Also we are specialists in Saint Ignatius life so we offer guider tours to the Sanctuary of Loyola, other places related with the saint nearby, the Road of Three Temples (Loyola, La Antigua and Arantzazu), Ignatian way... You cand do it in group with your own transportation or with a private guided tour with private transportation. Follow the first steps of the Ignatian way and discover three historically-religious buildings of great importance, which are great claims of the recently awarded with the European Destination of Excellence prize 2017.
5. Bask Alive
Local guide. Host of the Basque Country. Specialized in authentic experiences and in the legacy of San Ignacio de Loyola and its architecture.
6. Baskey
A recently established company that offers tourist services for the clients of our apartments.
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