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What to see and do in Iruña Oka/Iruña de Oca

What to see and do in Iruña Oka/Iruña de Oca (Cuadrilla de Añana, Álava): 12 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 5 Monuments · 3 Activities · 3 Historical milestones

When to go to Iruña Oka/Iruña de Oca: festival calendar

June: Fiestas de San Juan en Montevite y bajada del Espuelista en Ollávarre (24 de junio (Montevite) y finales de agosto (Ollávarre))
July: Fiestas de Víllodas (July 10)
August: La Bajada de El Brujo (August 13)

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What to see and do in Iruña Oka/Iruña de Oca

Iruña Oka/Iruña de Oca
Village
Municipality of 3,704 inhabitants (2025) formed in 1976 by the merger of Iruña (with Víllodas and Trespuentes) and Nanclares de la Oca (with Nanclares, Ollávarre, and Montevite). Nanclares de la Oca, with 2,669 inhabitants, is the capital.
Iruña-Veleia
Historical milestone
One of the most important Roman archaeological sites in the Basque Country, occupied from the Bronze Age until the 5th century. At its height it had some 10,000 inhabitants, making it the third-largest city south of the Pyrenees after Zaragoza and Tarragona.
Torres carlistas y puentes romanos de Iruña de Oca
Monument
Three 19th-century defensive towers built during the Carlist Wars (Vayagüen, El Encinal, Almoreta), the ruins of the monastery of Santa Catalina (14th century), and the Roman bridges of Trespuentes and Víllodas.
Yacimiento arqueológico de Iruña-Veleia
Monument
Roman city built on top of an earlier settlement (the hillfort of Kutzemendi/Olarizu, occupied from the Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age); the site, covering some 126 hectares of which 11 correspond to the walled enclosure or oppidum, is dated between the first millennium BC and the 5th century AD, when it was abandoned. The municipality of Iruña de Oca was formed in 1976 from the merger of Montevite, Nanclares de la Oca, Ollávarre, Trespuentes, and Víllodas.
Balneario de Nanclares de la Oca
Historical milestone
The spring at Nanclares de la Oca gave rise in the 19th century to a spa that became an important center of leisure and recreation for the bourgeois society of the time.
Monasterio de Santa Catalina de Badaya
Monument
Ruined 14th-century convent in Trespuentes, with a botanical garden created in 1999 on its remains; Pope Benedict XIII approved its construction in 1413, the Hieronymite monks abandoned it in 1471, giving way to the Augustinians, and it was finally abandoned by religious orders in 1835.
El Calero
Monument
19th-century industrial lime kiln, 15 metres tall, recognised as Basque cultural heritage since 2011.
Puentes romanos de Trespuentes y Víllodas
Monument
The Roman bridge of Trespuentes, with 13 arches spanning 99 metres in length, and the Roman bridge of Víllodas, with 10 arches.
Del balneario al campo de concentración
Historical milestone
The Bolívar spa was acquired in 1914 by the Brothers of Mary; between 1940 and 1947 it operated as a Francoist concentration camp, and later as a prison until 2011.
La Bajada de El Brujo
Activity
Festive tradition of Nanclares de la Oca in which a character descends from the church tower, with a traditional distribution of zurracapote.
Fiestas de Víllodas
Activity
Festivals with a classic car contest and the burning of the effigy of "Paco el del tabaco" on the last day.
Fiestas de San Juan en Montevite y bajada del Espuelista en Ollávarre
Activity
San Juan festivals in the village of Montevite and the "bajada del Espuelista" ceremony in Ollávarre.