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What to see and do in Zaldibar

What to see and do in Zaldibar (Durangaldea, Bizkaia): 5 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 2 Historical milestones

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What to see and do in Zaldibar

Zaldibar
Village
Anteiglesia of the merindad of Durango whose 13th-century church of San Andrés was heavily altered in the 17th and 18th centuries. In 1846 a mineral-medicinal spa opened in the town. It adopted the form "Zaldivar" in 1932 and the official Basque form, "Zaldibar", from 1980 onward. It has 3,066 inhabitants (INE, 2025).
Colapso del vertedero de Zaldibar
Historical milestone
On February 6, 2020, at around 4:30 pm, the Zaldibar industrial waste landfill collapsed, with a landslide of earth and waste—some of it toxic—of more than 725,000 m³. Two workers, Alberto Sololuze and Joaquín Beltrán, were buried and could not be rescued. The subsequent fire, releasing asbestos and methane, lasted more than nine days and led to health restrictions in Eibar, Ermua and Elgeta affecting about 50,000 people.
Iglesia de San Andrés de Zaldibar
Monument
13th-century church that preserves a 15th-century Gothic ciborium with scenes of the Passion of Christ.
Torre de Garitaondia
Monument
17th-century fortified tower house, with an inscription dated 1612.
Balneario de Zaldibar
Historical milestone
In 1846 the Count of Peñaflorida opened a spa in Zaldibar that made use of the municipality's mineral-medicinal waters.