Vitoria, Añana Salt Valley and Bizkaia Bridge from Bilbao

Overall, the sights and itinerary were great. We saw a lot of the beautiful Basque Country. Unfortunately, we were the minority (English speaking) in a mixed language tour group (Spanish and English). The tour guide was very friendly. But he did not translate everything into English (even after I asked him). How did I know? We ended up reading the transcript from Google Translate to find out why the Spanish translation was two times longer than the English commentaries. At the salt fields in Salina de Ananas, the entire tour was in Spanish. We were told that Viator did not book us a bilingual tour guide. We were given a booklet to follow along from station to station. This was unacceptable.
Viator let us down this time.

Traveling with a family from Madrid. Having a tour guide that knew a lot about professional cycling and took the time to point out sites from the recent Tour de France stage. The visit to the salt mines.

A great way to cover a lot of ground in Basque Country in 1 day. Our guide Unai was very knowledgeable and thoughtful.

Our tour guide was amazing and so very informative; helpful, kind, clearly had a passion and love for history and teaching us great details. Every place we visited was beautiful and just stunning views. Loved it. Highly recommend.

This was one of four tours that we booked while in Bilbao. We were pleased with the route since it took us from the busy city center of Bilbao to the Vizcaya countryside.

I was looking forward to meeting other traveling couples, but it was just the guide and my husband and I. Viator at no point communicated that to us. They told us that they would pick us up at our hotel, but that never happened. We are seniors and were counting on that service. My husband’s back is not well and he uses a cane to get around. We had to pay from our own pocket and get up extra early to be there at 7:50, since we had to take the bus. Communication with its customers is not good, from this tour company. The only reason why we are giving four stars it’s because of the scenery and the guide who went out of his way to make us feel welcome. The food was terrible and what the restaurant’s menu offers, is not what they actually serve you. Food is extremely greasy and bland. We ordered stuffed beef steak on the skillet and what they served us was a breaded thin fried piece of meat. I requested to switch it for fish, and they served me a very dry fish, dripping oil all over the plate. The place, was rustically beautiful, though. We truly enjoyed the trip, my husband liked the fact that it was only us. I didn’t because I enjoy meeting new people and making conversation with others. I don’t like being in a car all day long with a stranger who is trying to focus on keeping us safe, while he drives. He however, is an excellent driver and we appreciate that one hundred percent. Hence the score!!! 😊🌺

The guide is knowledgeable about the sites we visited and speak both Spanish and English. We covered a lot of grounds of the Basque country in one day, with the highlight of capital city of Victoria. Our lunch is delicious! Our guide made it easy for us to order and understand the local food. The trip is a nice experience!

Thanks to our tour guide Stephan 😊 good job.
Very recommend tour to special places. Lunch was okay - make the wright choice and try the traditional spanish food only please.

This tour was a lot more comfortable than I expected, and food was great too. There were not many English speaking groups in our tour, but our guide provided every small detailed information in both languages.

We wanted to see the rural Basque country as well as Bilbao and Donostia, so we gave this tour a go. Pick-up and drop-off went smoothly. We were the only non-Spanish speakers on the day, but the guide Stefan (who was excellent) still gave us an English commentary. We were given an hour to explore the wonderful old town centre of Vitoria-Gastiez, then next up was an hour at the old salt mines of Anana, which date back to even before the romans. Then on through the beautiful mountain scenery around Orduna. Lunch at a former convent at Balmaseda was absolutely outstanding, then back to Bilbao to cruise through the suburbs and cross the river on the unique transporter bridge. A very enjoyable and informative day, I highly recommend this tour.

<p>An excellent full day tour covering a wide range of places of interest and interesting experiences. The lunch at the old Convent was very good. The experience was soured at the end of the day with a theft from the tour vehicle and a lack of support from the guide and the organising Agency. We were dropped at our hotel and left to make our own arrangements to report to the Police. A very poor effort.</p>

<p>My wife and I took the 'Full Day Basque Cities Tour from Bilbao in October 2017. Our driver/guide, Stephan, picked us up from the hotel at 8 o'clock in the morning and drove us to Vittoria where he picked up three more passengers. We had a walking tour of Vittoria with Stephan who provided comprehensive information at all places of interest. Stephan was a superb guide and driver during the whole trip. After Vittoria we visited Anana salt mine. This was a very informative visit for us to see how salt is obtained. It was surprising to hear that the simple technology being used today is the same technology used since Roman times. After the salt mine visited a number of towns on the way. The roads we were driven through were very picturesque under the autumn sun. We had a lunch including red and white wine included in the tour at a 16th century castle. After lunch Stephan drove us to Transporter Bridge which is the first bridge of its kind built in 1893. We crossed the river using the bridge. If you have a day to spend I would highly recommend this tour. The tour takes about 9 hours.</p>

<p>I took this tour on September 22nd. We were a group of eight, four English speakers and four Spanish speakers. Our guide was Stefan. He had the job of explaining details of the visited sights in English and in Spanish. He did the job perfectly for the entire 9 hours with non-stop enthusiasm and good humor. What Stefan knows about the Basque region and culture is amazing, possibly more than most other Basque people themselves. Our lunch in a former convent was great. Highest praise for this tour and our guide Stefan.</p>