Algorta
District of Getxo
in Biscay of Basque Country, Spain
-
Bilbao Airport (6 mi) - Vitoria/Foronda Airport (36 mi)
- Santander Airport (41 mi)
- San Sebastian Airport (61 mi)
- Logroño-Agoncillo Airport (71 mi)
-
Biarritz-Anglet-Bayonne Airport (75 mi) - Burgos Airport (76 mi)
- Pamplona Airport (80 mi)
- Bordeaux-Mérignac (BA 106) Airport (153 mi)
- Vizcaya Bridge (Unesco heritage, 3 mi)
- Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain (Unesco heritage, 44 mi)
- Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias (Unesco heritage, 58 mi)
- Archaeological Site of Atapuerca (Unesco heritage, 74 mi)
- Burgos Cathedral (Unesco heritage, 79 mi)
- Route of Santiago de Compostela (Unesco heritage, 84 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 43.357 and -3.011 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 43° 21' 24" and W -3° 0' 41"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Euro - EUR
- Spoken languages:
- Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Basque, Occitan
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 06:16 AM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Europe/Madrid
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:59 am and 9:18 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -41.541 and 175.411 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Rat Hill - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Spain.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Spain. Last Update: 2024-05-03 08:06:06
Explore Algorta
The district Algorta of Getxo in Biscay (Basque Country) with it's 82,624 inhabitants Algorta is located in Spain about 206 mi north of Madrid, the country's capital.
If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Berango, Portugalete, Santurtzi, Sopela and Sestao. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 19°C / 66 °F
| Morning Temperature | 15°C / 59 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 18°C / 64 °F |
| Night Temperature | 15°C / 58 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 61% |
| Air Pressure | 1011 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from North-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Sunday, 5th of May 2024
20°C (68 °F)
13°C (55 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 6th of May 2024
16°C (61 °F)
12°C (54 °F)
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, scattered clouds.
Tuesday, 7th of May 2024
16°C (61 °F)
12°C (54 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Meliá Bilbao
Miró
NH La Avanzada
Embarcadero
URH Palacio de Oriol
NH Collection Villa de Bilbao
NH Bilbao Zubialde (former Hesperia Zubialde)
Hotel Puerta de Bilbao
Novotel Bilbao Exhibition Center
Ilunion Bilbao
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
SURF & BODYBOARD/ SOPELANA & EREAGA
good days of waves in ereaga and sopelana.
Cream shiba inu off leash in the city
Argi, a cream shiba, walking through the streets of Getxo withoutleash, but sometimes not everyone likes:)
Circuito de Getxo 2009
Videos del 64 Circuito de Getxo - 9. Memorial-Omenaldia Ricardo Otxoa (2009), en Azkorri, Berango, Txomintxu, Andra Mari y meta en Arriluze. 1- Koldo Fernandez de Larrea (Euskaltel) 2-...
El machacado cauce del río Gobela
El Gobela nace en Barrika, de las fuentes y manantiales (Agirreko urak) que surgen en la vertiente suroeste del monte Ganburutxu (174,36 metros) en el barrio de Arriaga. Después de marcar...
Una tarde en Jeffrys
Una tarde de surfing en Jeffrys, Getxo. Viento terral, sol y buenas olas.
PP Getxo turismo
El PP de Getxo propone promocionar itinerarios turísticos y facilitar su descargar por medio de códigos QR. Getxo cuenta con rutas preciosas que prácticamente están vacías por el desconocimie...
Vuelo sobre el edificio de la Cruz Roja en el puerto deportivo de Getxo
Vuelo sobre el edificio de la Cruz Roja en el puerto deportivo de Getxo, la nube de puntos ha sido tomada con el escáner Leica C10, software utilizado Leica Cyclone.
Getxo 1967/ 2014
Imágenes de Getxo rodadas en súper 8 en 1967 y las mismas en 2014 presentadas en pantalla partida.
2015 02 14 Getxo Irun
WATERLINE GETXO
Breve descripcion de un buen dia en getxo con mis amigos ;)
Videos provided by Youtube are under the copyright of their owners. 
Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Nervión
The river Nervión runs through the city of Bilbao, Spain into the Cantabrian Sea. It is also known as Estuary of Bilbao on its final tract, from the joining with Ibaizabal river to the sea.
Leioa
Bilbao. ]] Leioa (Lejona is the Spanish-language name, and the earlier official name in Spanish language) is a municipality in Biscay, Basque Country, in northern Spain. Today it is part of the Bilbao conurbation, and it is the name of a metro station in the Bilbao metro. Its population stands at approximately 30400.
Algorta
Algorta is a locality within the municipality of Getxo, in the province of Biscay, Basque Country, Spain. In 1996, the population of Algorta was 35,600. (Source, Getxo's municipal council) The Metro Plaza situated in Telletxe street is considered to be the center of town and commerce. T. The two most historically important plazas in town are St. Nicholas Plaza and St. Ignacius Plaza.
Berango
Berango is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, Basque Country
Sopelana
Sopelana (Sopela in Basque) is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. The town is roughly 820 hectares in area, located in the general area of Uribe-Kosta on the north east side of Bilbao and due east of the Nervión river estuary. In the municipality, other former towns like Larrabasterra are now merged to make the larger Sopelana town. The population is 11,185 people, as recorded in the 2003 census.
University of the Basque Country
The University of the Basque Country (Basque - Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea; Spanish - Universidad del País Vasco) is the only public university in the Basque Country, in Northern Spain. It has campuses over the three provinces of the autonomous community: Biscay Campus, Gipuzkoa Campus, and Álava Campus in Vitoria-Gasteiz.
Vizcaya Bridge
The Vizcaya Bridge (Bizkaiko Zubia in Basque, Puente de Vizcaya in Spanish), is a transporter bridge that links the towns of Portugalete and Las Arenas in the Biscay province of Spain, crossing the mouth of the Nervion River. People in the area, and even the official website, commonly call it the Puente Colgante (literally "hanging bridge", used for suspension bridge in Spanish), although its structure is quite different from a suspension bridge.
Las Arenas
Las Arenas (Areeta in Basque) is a neighbourhood of Getxo. It is an affluent residential area that was built over the sands of a beach where the Gobela Creek died into a diffuse delta at the mouth of the Estuary of Bilbao in the early 20th Century. It is connected to Portugalete at the other side of the firth by the Puente Colgante and offers a marina, a small beach that can unfortunately be polluted, and a monument to Evaristo Churruca, who planned and directed the canalization of the estuary.
Punta Galea
Punta Galea is a cape in Biscay, Basque Country, that stands in the limit of Getxo and Sopelana. Together with Punta Lucero delimits the area of the Abra bay and the Estuary of Bilbao. Punta Galea was also a pop group from Getxo.
Neguri
Neguri is an affluent district of Getxo, in Biscay, Basque Country. It is traditionally regarded as the residence of the prosperous Basque industrial bourgeoisie. Its name, coined in the 19th century, means Winter Town in Basque language. The neighbourhood is serviced by two Bilbao Metro line 1 stations, Neguri and Aiboa.
Leioa (Metro Bilbao)
Leioa is a station of the Line 1 of Metro Bilbao. It is located in the neighborhood of Udondo, in the municipality of Leioa, in the Greater Bilbao area. The station before is Lamiako and the station after is Astrabudua. It's an at-grade level station and has a three-floor park and ride parking with a fare of 0,65€. The fare zone of the station is B1.
Lamiako (Metro Bilbao)
Lamiako is a station of the Line 1. It is located in the neighborhood of Lamiako, in the municipality of Leioa in the Greater Bilbao area. The station before is Areeta and the station after is Leioa. It is an at-grade station and its fare zone is B1. It has a fare-free parking.
Areeta (Metro Bilbao)
Areeta is a station of Line 1 of Metro Bilbao. It is located in the neighborhood of Las Arenas in the municipality of Getxo, in the Greater Bilbao area. The station before is Gobela and the station after is Lamiako. It is an underground station and its fare zone is B1.
Gobela (Metro Bilbao)
Gobela is a station of the Line 1 of Metro Bilbao. It is located at the neighborhood of Romo, in the municipality of Getxo in the Greater Bilbao area. The station after is Areeta and the station before is Neguri. It is an elevated station and its fare zone is B1.
Neguri (Metro Bilbao)
Neguri is a station of the Line 1 of Metro Bilbao. It is located in the neighborhood of Neguri in the municipality of Getxo, in the Greater Bilbao area. The station before is Aiboa and the station after is Gobela. It is an at-grade station and its fare zone is B1.
Aiboa (Metro Bilbao)
Aiboa is a station on the Line 1 of Metro Bilbao. It is located in the neighborhood of Aiboa, in the municipality of Getxo, in the Greater Bilbao area. The station before is Algorta and the station after is Neguri. It is an at-grade station and its fare zone is B1.
Algorta (Metro Bilbao)
Algorta is a station of the Line 1 of Metro Bilbao. It is located in the neighborhood of Algorta, in the municipality of Getxo, in the Greater Bilbao area. The station before is Bidezabal and the station after is Aiboa. It is an underground station and its fare zone is B1.
Bidezabal (Metro Bilbao)
Bidezabal is a station of the Line 1 of Metro Bilbao. It is located in the neighborhood of Bidezabal, in the municipality of Getxo, in the Greater Bilbao area. This station works as a terminus station for the services only covering municipalities inside the Greater Bilbao area. The station before is Berango and the station after is Algorta.
Berango (Metro Bilbao)
Berango is a station of the Line 1 of Metro Bilbao. It is located in the municipality of Berango, in the comarca of Mungialdea inside the Bilbao metropolitan area. The station before is Larrabasterra and the station after is Bidezabal. It is an at-grade station and its fare zone is B1.
Larrabasterra (Metro Bilbao)
Larrabasterra is a station of the Line 1 of Metro Bilbao. It is located in the neighborhood of Larrabasterra, in the municipality of Sopelana, in the comarca of Mungialdea inside the Bilbao metropolitan area. The station before is Sopelana and the station after is Berango. It is an at-grade station and its fare zone is C.
Abatxolo (Metro Bilbao)
Abatxolo is a station of the Line 2 of Metro Bilbao. It is located in the neighborhood of Azeta, between the municipalities of Portugalete and Sestao, in the Greater Bilbao area. The station before is Portugalete and the station after is Sestao. The station was opened on January 20, 2007. It is an underground station and its fare zone is B2.
Portugalete (Metro Bilbao)
Portugalete is a station of the Line 2 of Metro Bilbao. It is located in the municipality of Portugalete, in the Greater Bilbao area. The station before is Peñota and the station after is Abatxolo. The station was opened on January 20, 2007. It is an underground station and its fare zone is B2.
Peñota (Metro Bilbao)
Peñota is a station of the Line 2 of Metro Bilbao. It is located in the neighborhood of Peñota, in the municipality of Santurtzi, in the Greater Bilbao area. The station before is Santurtzi and the station after is Portugalete. It was opened on July 4, 2009. It is an underground station and its fare zone is B2.
Santurtzi (Metro Bilbao)
Santurtzi is the north-western terminus of the Line 2 of Metro Bilbao. It is located in the municipality of Santurtzi, in the Greater Bilbao area. Currently, it serves as a terminal station, only until Kabieces Station opens in 2012. The station after is Peñota. Santurtzi is also the southern terminus of the Mamariga shuttle, which connects the station with the neighborhood of Mamariga using an automatic shuttle.
Kabiezes (Metro Bilbao)
Kabiezes will be a future station of Metro Bilbao. It will be the north-western terminus of the Line 2 and it is already in construction. The station will be located in the neighborhood of Kabiezes, in the municipality of Santurtzi, in the Greater Bilbao area. The station after will be Santurtzi, which currently serves as the terminus. Kabiezes station is scheduled to open in 2014.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Getxo.
San Mamés: Rotonda de la universidad, San Mamés (source)
Lejona: Avanzada, Lejona (source)
Las Arenas: Artaza, Las Arenas (source)
Santa Ana: Acceso Artea, Santa Ana (source)
Guecho: Mimenaga, Guecho (source)
Sopela: Parking Playa Sopelana, Sopela (source)
Webcams provided by webcam.travel are under the copyright of their owners.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Algorta
