Suspended over the sea, witness to the passing of the years, the scene of great productions and an emblem for the Basque Country, San Juan de Gaztelugatxe is the star of the stamp that Correos is dedicating to the province of Bizkaia.
This issue marks the end of the series 12 months, 12 stamps, 12 provinces, which has taken us on a philatelic journey through every corner of Spain.
The province of Bizkaia is the most populated in the Basque Country. Bilbao, as the capital, is one of the most important points of reference, but it is only one part of the wonderful puzzle that makes it up.
The sea, the meadows and peaks, the many villages that combine tradition and history, as well as the museums and monuments, both artistic and natural, make Bizkaia one of the most impressive places in Spain.
The Guggenhgeim Museum, in Bilbao, stands out internationally for its spectacular modernist building, as well as for the numerous cultural activities it hosts, which are an attraction for both national and international tourism.
Towns such as Getxo, Bakio or Gernika, the latter with a great emotional charge due to the suffering experienced during its bombing during the Spanish Civil War, and which the painter Pablo Ruiz Picasso immortalised in one of his best-known works.
Leaving the urban centres, the natural parks of Armañón, Gorbea and Urkiola offer a changing orography that allows visitors to do all kinds of outdoor sports such as hiking, gliding or climbing, among many other options.
Basque cuisine is one of the most renowned in the world and its chefs are the most acclaimed and lauded.
In Bizkaia you can enjoy the most traditional cuisine, as well as the most innovative proposals. Not to be forgotten are the famous pintxos, those delicacies that are small in size and big in flavour.
