Great place to learn about the history of Vitoria. The choice of listening to the recording in English made us smile....broad Scottish accent - or you could choose castellano or Basque! Everything also in Braille and wheelchair access no problem! The town even has pavement escalators to help you up the many hills!
Un sitio magnífico para visitar. Como una ciudad moderna se siente orgullosa de su historia. No debe perderse la catedral de Santa María o catedral vieja
Magnifica conservación y actualización del casco antiguo medieval de la ciudad.Increible la visita a la Catedral de Sta. Maria...Villa Suso y Escoriaza Esquivel, son dos dignos representantes de una remodelación de antiguos palacetes, en salas multidisciplinares para exposiciones y actos...
Not impressed, oversold and trying to hard. I couldn't stop thinking that I'd be furious if I was one of the neighbours with a freaking tourist strip where there should be my garden. Just ok, not the best thing in Vitoria by far..
The city walls are worth a visit. There's some good bits and some not so good bits. It's easily walkable from the centre of town.
The city walls can be seen at Calle Fray Zacarias Martinez, 3. Beside the city wall is the Escoriaza-Esquivel Palace. There is a gate at this part of the wall and one can go down the hill at this point.
Restoration of this area has been done in a very intelligent way, allowing the visit to this area and combining it with gardens and other devices, such as an ancient... fridge!
El casco viejo de Vitoria tiene forma de almendra y esta rodeado de un muro del siglo XI .Hay muchos edificios antiguos y también Palacios renacentistas como los de Bendaña y escoriaza..Resulta muy agradable el paseo y además hay muchas tabernas típicas y sitios para tape arde maravilla..
Overall rating: average. Why? Nice city center, devided into 2 parts: the newer part (shop till you drop, ladies!!!) and the old part. The newer part mostly consists of shops as El Corte Inglés and other smaller shops.The historic city center is cosy to visit, a part of it is the way to Santiago de Compostella.Must have seens: Plaza de España (with the tourist information office as well) and Plaza de la Virgen Blanca (better known as Plaza Vieja).There's a lot of blablabla about the Cathedral of Santa Maria, but I think it is not worth it. They ask 10 euro's to visit the cathedral, in case you want to go inside.Nice to stroll when the weather is good, to have a drink on the terrace on a hot summer evening :)But when the weather is bad one look at the city and you want to go home a.s.a.p. :(
Here and there they have preserved the walls by removing the houses that historically attttached themselves to the wall as the city grew. You can view the salt vats and the old slaughterhouse area