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What to see and do in Kortezubi

What to see and do in Kortezubi (Gernika-Bermeo, Bizkaia): 4 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Curiosities · 1 Historical milestones

How far each place is from the centre of Kortezubi

Cueva de Santimamiñe 1.6 km

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What to see and do in Kortezubi

Kortezubi
Village
Municipality of Busturialdea-Urdaibai known above all because the cave of Santimamiñe and the painted forest of Oma lie within its territory. Its neighborhoods are Enderika, Oma, Terlekiz, Idiokiliz, Basondo, Elorriaga and Barrutia; that of Oma sits at the bottom of an endorheic basin surrounded by hills. It has 447 inhabitants (INE, 2025).
Cueva de Santimamiñe
Monument
Cave discovered on August 11, 1916 by the composer Jesús Guridi, together with some boys who had already located the paintings that same year. It preserves 47 Magdalenian rock paintings (from between 14,000 and 9,000 years ago), monochrome in charcoal, depicting 32 bison, seven caprids, six horses, a deer and a bear. It was declared a Bien de Interés Cultural on July 17, 1984, and in 2008 it was included in the UNESCO World Heritage collective designation "Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain". Closed to the public since 2006 for conservation; access is limited to researchers, with a 3D virtual experience available at the nearby interpretation center.
Bosque pintado de Oma
Curiosity
Group of pine trunks painted by the artist Agustín Ibarrola within a planted forest in the Oma neighborhood, turning a walk among the trees into a work of land art.
Molinos hidráulicos de Kortezubi
Historical milestone
The municipality preserves water mills from the 14th and 18th centuries.