{"id":144074,"date":"2013-09-28T15:01:52","date_gmt":"2013-09-28T13:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/the-4-most-important-active-tourism-activities-in-the-basque-country\/"},"modified":"2025-03-17T09:25:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T08:25:12","slug":"the-4-most-important-active-tourism-activities-in-the-basque-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/basque-country\/the-4-most-important-active-tourism-activities-in-the-basque-country\/","title":{"rendered":"The 4 most important active tourism activities in the Basque Country"},"content":{"rendered":"

The diversity of the Basque Country allows the visitor to choose from a complete and varied leisure offer.<\/p>\n

All the Tourist Offices have extensive information on active tourism<\/strong> programs in the Basque Country<\/strong>. You can choose between quiet activities such as hiking, or exercise more active sports such as water sports, climbing, canoeing, horseback riding, 4 X 4 routes or even if you prefer to see the cities and their surroundings from a bird’s eye view, with the light aircraft flights from Hondarribia and Vitoria-Gasteiz<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Would you like to know which are the activities we recommend for active tourism in the Basque Country?<\/p>\n

1.-HORSEBACK RIDING:<\/b><\/p>\n

There are many active tourism companies in the Basque Country that offer this service, each one more spectacular, it all depends on the environment in which it takes place. The horses are totally accustomed to riding with inexperienced riders, so we do not have to worry about it. We can find this activity in any of the provinces of the Basque Country. <\/p>\n

2.-WATER SPORTS:<\/b><\/p>\n

The Basque Country is a territory with a long seafaring tradition, nowadays less and less due to the bad state of the sector at the moment. But it has been recycled for tourism, every day there are more tourism companies that offer this service, and today it is very easy to find coastal towns where you can perform water activities. Among the most demanded are surfing in first position and behind sports such as diving or spearfishing. <\/p>\n

3.-ADVENTURE SPORTS: <\/b><\/p>\n

We already know that adventure sports are fashionable and the Basque Country is not going to be less, with its extensive mountains and cliffs is an ideal place to practice half a dozen adventure sports. The most popular are canyoning, paragliding, canoeing and kayaking. <\/p>\n

4.-WALKS AND EXCURSIONS<\/b><\/p>\n

The orography and scenic beauty of the Basque Country, offers multiple alternatives for the practice of this activity with different degrees of difficulty, suitable for all audiences. So if you like nature and want to enjoy it, come on! <\/p>\n

From turismovasco.com we strongly recommend the fourth point, as it is an activity for everyone and you can enjoy the nature of the Basque Country, one of the most important assets of this autonomous community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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