{"id":144130,"date":"2013-09-09T20:48:17","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T18:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/4-basque-festivals-not-to-be-missed\/"},"modified":"2025-03-17T09:19:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T08:19:40","slug":"4-basque-festivals-not-to-be-missed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/basque-country\/4-basque-festivals-not-to-be-missed\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Basque festivals not to be missed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you going to do tourism in the Basque Country and you don&#8217;t know the most popular festivals?<\/p>\n<p>The Basques are people of great tradition, and every year they celebrate with the same strength or more the festivities of their localities. This is why the <strong>Basque festivities<\/strong> are among the most visited in Spain. <\/p>\n<p><strong>1.- Festivities of <a title=\"4 must-see places to visit when sightseeing in Vitoria\" href=\"http:\/\/turismovasco.com\/alava\/que-ver-alava\/4-sitios-imprescindibles-turismo-en-vitoria\/\">Vitoria<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Vitoria we can distinguish two very important dates on the one hand the Day of the Blouse, July 25, and on the other hand the White Virgin, from August 4 to 9 (Festival par excellence of Vitoria).<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.-Festivities of <a title=\"The 3 best places in Bilbao\" href=\"http:\/\/turismovasco.com\/vizcaya\/que-ver-vizcaya\/los-3-mejores-rincones-de-bilbao\/\">Bilbao<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Bilbao the Basque festivities can be translated into the best known, the most popular, the big week of Bilbao annually for 9 days from the Saturday after August 15 and on the other hand Santo Tomas, December 21, the latter party is not only of this town but it can be said that if it is the one that brings together more people.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong>-Festivities<strong>of <a title=\"Top 3 things to see on your weekend getaway to San Sebastian\" href=\"http:\/\/turismovasco.com\/guipuzcoa\/que-ver-gipuzcoa\/que-ver-en-escapada-de-fin-de-semana-a-san-sebastian\/\">San Sebastian<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In San Sebastian we have the Tamborrada, January 20, a very traditional festival with a large following, and on the other hand the big week of San Sebastian, the week of August 15.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.-Festivities of <a title=\"10 Charming villages in Navarre\" href=\"http:\/\/turismovasco.com\/navarra\/que-ver-navarra\/10-pueblos-de-navarra-con-encanto\/\">Navarre<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Pamplona we have one of the most international <strong>Basque festivals<\/strong>, San Fermin, at 12 noon on July 6 and end at 24 h on July 14. The San Fermines are known all over the world, if you want more information about them visit the following link <a title=\"San Fermines\" href=\"http:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sanfermines\" target=\"_blank\">wikipedia San Fermines<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>We leave you a video dedicated to the Basque festivities:<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Basque festivals<\/strong> have a lot of closet in the background, so if you visit the Basque Country, remember to go to any party to enjoy the atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you going to do tourism in the Basque Country and you don&#8217;t know the most popular festivals? The Basques are people of great tradition, and every year they celebrate with the same strength or more the festivities of their localities. This is why the Basque festivities are among the most visited in Spain. 1.- [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":152911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[163],"tags":[200,221,201,222],"class_list":["post-144130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basque-country","tag-basque-country","tag-basque-tourism","tag-euskadi-en","tag-parties"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>4 Basque festivals not to be missed<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Don&#039;t miss the most important Basque festivals of the year.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/basque-country\/4-basque-festivals-not-to-be-missed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"4 Basque festivals not to be missed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Don&#039;t miss the most important Basque festivals of the year.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/basque-country\/4-basque-festivals-not-to-be-missed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Turismo Pa\u00eds Vasco\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Turismo-pais-vasco\/168255643377063\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-09-09T18:48:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-17T08:19:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/JAIA-BILBO.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"668\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"455\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Gontzal Rubinos Artolozaga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@turismo_vasco\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@turismo_vasco\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Gontzal Rubinos Artolozaga\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/basque-country\/4-basque-festivals-not-to-be-missed\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/basque-country\/4-basque-festivals-not-to-be-missed\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Gontzal Rubinos Artolozaga\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4d017ed2d7d7d0f3a48223df5bda9ded\"},\"headline\":\"4 Basque festivals not to be missed\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-09-09T18:48:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-17T08:19:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/basque-country\/4-basque-festivals-not-to-be-missed\/\"},\"wordCount\":306,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/basque-country\/4-basque-festivals-not-to-be-missed\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/JAIA-BILBO.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Basque Country\",\"Basque tourism\",\"euskadi\",\"parties\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Basque Country\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/basque-country\/4-basque-festivals-not-to-be-missed\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/basque-country\/4-basque-festivals-not-to-be-missed\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/basque-country\/4-basque-festivals-not-to-be-missed\/\",\"name\":\"4 Basque festivals not to be missed\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/basque-country\/4-basque-festivals-not-to-be-missed\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/basque-country\/4-basque-festivals-not-to-be-missed\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/JAIA-BILBO.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-09-09T18:48:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-17T08:19:40+00:00\",\"description\":\"Don't miss the most important Basque festivals of the year.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/basque-country\/4-basque-festivals-not-to-be-missed\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/basque-country\/4-basque-festivals-not-to-be-missed\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/JAIA-BILBO.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/JAIA-BILBO.jpg\",\"width\":668,\"height\":455,\"caption\":\"Basque festivals\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Turismo en el Pa\u00eds Vasco\",\"description\":\"Tourism in Euskadi. Get to know the Basque Country with our activities and guided tours. Plan your trip to Euskadi with us. Shall we talk?\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Turismo en Euskadi\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"TurismoVasco.com\",\"alternateName\":\"Turismo en Euskadi, Euskal Herriko Turismoa SL\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Nuevo-Logo-cabecera.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Nuevo-Logo-cabecera.png\",\"width\":500,\"height\":202,\"caption\":\"TurismoVasco.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Turismo-pais-vasco\/168255643377063\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/turismo_vasco\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/turismo_vasco\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC4e9R7bDBYksN2t8dYUOfXw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4d017ed2d7d7d0f3a48223df5bda9ded\",\"name\":\"Gontzal Rubinos Artolozaga\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4cf8c84e7b223ae90bf7f8cfced737d1?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4cf8c84e7b223ae90bf7f8cfced737d1?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Gontzal Rubinos Artolozaga\"},\"description\":\"Fundador y responsable de TurismoVasco.com\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.turismovasco.com\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"4 Basque festivals not to be missed","description":"Don't miss the most important Basque festivals of the year.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/basque-country\/4-basque-festivals-not-to-be-missed\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"4 Basque festivals not to be missed","og_description":"Don't miss the most important Basque festivals of the year.","og_url":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/basque-country\/4-basque-festivals-not-to-be-missed\/","og_site_name":"Turismo Pa\u00eds Vasco","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Turismo-pais-vasco\/168255643377063","article_published_time":"2013-09-09T18:48:17+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-03-17T08:19:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":668,"height":455,"url":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/JAIA-BILBO.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Gontzal Rubinos Artolozaga","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@turismo_vasco","twitter_site":"@turismo_vasco","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Gontzal Rubinos Artolozaga","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/basque-country\/4-basque-festivals-not-to-be-missed\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/basque-country\/4-basque-festivals-not-to-be-missed\/"},"author":{"name":"Gontzal Rubinos Artolozaga","@id":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4d017ed2d7d7d0f3a48223df5bda9ded"},"headline":"4 Basque festivals not to be missed","datePublished":"2013-09-09T18:48:17+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-17T08:19:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/basque-country\/4-basque-festivals-not-to-be-missed\/"},"wordCount":306,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/basque-country\/4-basque-festivals-not-to-be-missed\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/JAIA-BILBO.jpg","keywords":["Basque Country","Basque tourism","euskadi","parties"],"articleSection":["Basque Country"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/basque-country\/4-basque-festivals-not-to-be-missed\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/basque-country\/4-basque-festivals-not-to-be-missed\/","url":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/basque-country\/4-basque-festivals-not-to-be-missed\/","name":"4 Basque festivals not to be missed","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/basque-country\/4-basque-festivals-not-to-be-missed\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/basque-country\/4-basque-festivals-not-to-be-missed\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/JAIA-BILBO.jpg","datePublished":"2013-09-09T18:48:17+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-17T08:19:40+00:00","description":"Don't miss the most important Basque festivals of the year.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/basque-country\/4-basque-festivals-not-to-be-missed\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/basque-country\/4-basque-festivals-not-to-be-missed\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/JAIA-BILBO.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/JAIA-BILBO.jpg","width":668,"height":455,"caption":"Basque festivals"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/","name":"Turismo en el Pa\u00eds Vasco","description":"Tourism in Euskadi. Get to know the Basque Country with our activities and guided tours. Plan your trip to Euskadi with us. Shall we talk?","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Turismo en Euskadi","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/#organization","name":"TurismoVasco.com","alternateName":"Turismo en Euskadi, Euskal Herriko Turismoa SL","url":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Nuevo-Logo-cabecera.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Nuevo-Logo-cabecera.png","width":500,"height":202,"caption":"TurismoVasco.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Turismo-pais-vasco\/168255643377063","https:\/\/x.com\/turismo_vasco","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/turismo_vasco\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC4e9R7bDBYksN2t8dYUOfXw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/4d017ed2d7d7d0f3a48223df5bda9ded","name":"Gontzal Rubinos Artolozaga","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4cf8c84e7b223ae90bf7f8cfced737d1?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4cf8c84e7b223ae90bf7f8cfced737d1?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"Gontzal Rubinos Artolozaga"},"description":"Fundador y responsable de TurismoVasco.com","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.turismovasco.com"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144130"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175021,"href":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144130\/revisions\/175021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turismovasco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}