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What to see and do in Amoroto

What to see and do in Amoroto (Lea-Artibai / Markina-Ondarroa, Bizkaia): 8 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 3 Monuments · 1 Activities · 1 Curiosities · 2 Historical milestones

When to go to Amoroto: festival calendar

July: Fiestas de San Martín de Amoroto (July 4)

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What to see and do in Amoroto

Amoroto
Village
Former parish dependent on Lekeitio that began an independence process in 1454, which earned it a threat of excommunication in 1460; it finally achieved autonomy through a papal bull of Pope Leo X in 1519. It has 390 inhabitants (INE, 2025), compared to the 716 it had in 1900.
Caserío Idarreta
Monument
Baroque-style farmhouse (caserío) built in 1754, one of the best-documented traditional buildings in Amoroto.
Ermita de San Miguel
Monument
Hermitage of vernacular architecture located in the Elexalde district, next to the parish church of San Martín, with several motifs carved in stone in its fabric. It is the destination of an annual pilgrimage.
Ermita de Santa Bárbara
Monument
Simple vernacular building dedicated to Santa Bárbara, erected on the mountain of the same name that overlooks the municipality.
Independencia parroquial de Amoroto respecto a Lekeitio
Historical milestone
Amoroto appears documented from 1325 as a dependency of the basilica of Lekeitio. Following a process begun in the mid-15th century, a papal bull of 1519 granted it its own parish autonomy.
Cuevas prehistóricas de Abitaga y Armiña
Historical milestone
The municipal territory of Amoroto preserves several caves with documented prehistoric finds: the cave of Armiña or Errekas, discovered in 1882 with human and animal bone remains, and the cave of Abitaga, with Magdalenian materials located by José Miguel de Barandiarán in 1964. Abitaga is also home to an endangered species of bat.
Fiestas de San Martín de Amoroto
Activity
Amoroto's patron saint festival, with additional pilgrimages in honour of San Miguel (29 September) and Santa Bárbara (4 December), as well as the neighbourhood festivals of Ugaran-Oleta on the second weekend of June.
Santiago Onaindia
Curiosity
Writer, Carmelite friar and translator (1909-1996) born in Amoroto, a notable figure in 20th-century Basque literature.