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Northern Spain: San Sebastián → Bilbao → Picos → Santiago
Day 1
- Flight into Bilbao (BIO)
- Collect the hire car at the airport
- Drive the AP-8 to San Sebastián
- Check in at Lasala Plaza Hotel
- Opening night: Bar Zeruko and Ganbara
Day 2
- Breakfast at Pastelería Otaegui
- La Concha end to end, and the Peine del Viento
- Funicular up Monte Igueldo
- The tortilla at Bar Néstor
- Up Monte Urgull to the Mota castle
- Txakoli and anchovies at Bar Txepetxa
- The crawl: Cuchara de San Telmo, Gandarias, Borda Berri
Day 3
- Breakfast at the hotel
- Coast road to Getaria via Zarautz
- Cristóbal Balenciaga Museoa
- Lunch at Elkano
- Txakoli tasting at Txomin Etxaniz
- Quiet dinner at Bodegón Alejandro
Day 4
- Breakfast, and check out of the Lasala
- Drive San Sebastián to Bilbao
- Check in at Hotel Miró
- Pintxos in Plaza Nueva: Gure Toki and Víctor Montes
- Guggenheim Bilbao
- Walk the Nervión: Zubizuri, the Deusto bank, back past Maman
- Dinner at Mina
Day 5
- Mercado de la Ribera, before noon
- The Siete Calles, with nothing to see
- Txikiteo in Plaza Nueva, then dinner at Los Fueros
Day 6
- Breakfast, check out of the Miró
- Drive the A-8 to Cangas de Onís
- Check in at the Parador de Cangas de Onís
- Cider and lunch at El Molín de la Pedrera
- Covadonga and the lakes, by shuttle bus
- Dinner at the Parador
Day 7
- Early breakfast, and collect the packed lunch
- Drive to Poncebos and park
- Poncebos to Caín and back through the gorge
- Cabrales cheese in Arenas
- Dinner at El Polesu
Day 8
- Breakfast, and check out of the Parador
- A-8 west, and the walk down to Playa del Silencio
- Lunch on the harbour at Cudillero
- Cudillero to Santiago de Compostela
- Check in at the Hostal dos Reis Católicos
- First look at the Obradoiro at dusk
- Dinner at O Curro da Parra
Day 9
- Coffee and tarta de Santiago at Café Literarios
- Cathedral rooftop tour: the Cubiertas
- Mercado de Abastos
- Pilgrims' Mass at noon
- Lunch at Abastos 2.0
- Drop the hire car at Santiago airport
- Flight home from Santiago (SCQ)
Unscheduled
- Asador Etxebarri in Axpe
- San Juan de Gaztelugatxe and the Bermeo coast
- Fuente Dé cable car and the Cantabrian side of the Picos
- Finisterre and the Costa da Morte
- An espicha in a Nava cider house