{"id":276,"date":"2013-06-23T22:09:43","date_gmt":"2013-06-23T22:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northiberianctc.com\/blog\/en\/?p=276"},"modified":"2013-09-30T16:37:17","modified_gmt":"2013-09-30T16:37:17","slug":"stage-26-gernika-portugalete-castro-urdiales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northiberianctc.com\/blog\/en\/?p=276","title":{"rendered":"Stage 26: Gernika \u2013 Portugalete \u2013 Castro Urdiales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 6px;\" alt=\"Gernika \u2013 Portugalete - Castro Urdiales\" src=\"https:\/\/northiberianctc.com\/img\/stages\/26-eus.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"195\" \/>I go from Gernika to Castro Urdiales, that is to say, the last third of Euskadi to the first town in Cantabria.<\/p>\n<p>I travel the first kilometres after leaving Gernika by road, but then I get into the forest trails used in the Way of St. James. They are in poor conditions, due to neglect and persistent rainfall, so it is very hard to pedal up to Bilbao.<\/p>\n<p>I cross Bilbao and take the road towards Getxo, following the sea inlet for about 15 km. In Getxo, I cross the sea inlet and go to Portugalete using the emblematic Bizkaia hanging bridge, the world&#8217;s first mechanical transporter bridge.<\/p>\n<p>From Portugalete to Castro Urdiales, there is a magnificent and really long bike lane which ends in a greenway, so for 20 km, it is not necessary to worry about traffic or surface conditions, because it is a bicycle-specific pavement. In Castro, I will stay in a pilgrim hostel because, although it is a little late, it is not full and it seems to have a nice atmosphere.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0 auto 0 auto; width: 400px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/ssl.panoramio.com\/wapi\/template\/photo.html?user=7124452&amp;tag=stage26nictc&amp;bgcolor=%23FFFFFF\" height=\"400\" width=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Stage 26 in Wikiloc<\/strong>: <a title=\"stage 26\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikiloc.com\/wikiloc\/view.do?id=4973513\">http:\/\/en.wikiloc.com\/wikiloc\/view.do?id=4973513<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>GPS Track for Stage 26 download<\/strong>: <a title=\"track 26\" href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/U2v9nH\">http:\/\/goo.gl\/U2v9nH<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Distances<\/strong>:  Youth hostel Gernika \u2013 Pilgrim hostel of Castro 75 km<\/p>\n<p><strong>List of villages<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Download track 26 with QR BIDI\" src=\"https:\/\/northiberianctc.com\/img\/qr\/26-eus.png\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Download track 26 with QR BIDI<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Gernika-Lumo<br \/>\nMuxika<br \/>\nUgarte<br \/>\nAndra Mari<br \/>\nGoikoetxea<br \/>\nLarrabetzu<br \/>\nLezama<br \/>\nZamudio<br \/>\nBilbao<br \/>\nGetxo<br \/>\nPortugalete<br \/>\nMuskiz<br \/>\nCastrro Urdiales<\/p>\n<p><strong>Price of accommodation<\/strong>: 5 euros.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a hreflang=\"es\" rel=\"alternate\" href=\"https:\/\/northiberianctc.com\/blog\/es\/?p=203\" title=\"Etapa 26\">Etapa 26 en castellano<\/a><\/strong> \u00b7 <strong><a hreflang=\"ca\" rel=\"alternate\" href=\"https:\/\/northiberianctc.com\/blog\/ca\/?p=370\" title=\"Etapa 26\">Etapa 26 en catal\u00e0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I go from Gernika to Castro Urdiales, that is to say, the last third of Euskadi to the first town in Cantabria. 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