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THE BAY LIST
The Journal
|November 10, 2025
OVERLOOKING THE BAY OF BISCAY, FOLLOW IN THE FLIP FLOPS OF THE ARISTOCRACY
DREAMS: Arriluce Suite
VIBE: En route to the Palacio Arriluce Hotel - a 20-minute taxi ride from Bilbao Airport - our driver told us we were passing through the most expensive neighbourhood in Spain. And it certainly looked like it, with lines of glorious mansions and pristine roads dotted with palm trees.
When we arrived at the hotel - a grand former palace with a croquet lawn - it was easy to understand why it was constructed to offer a social hub for the Biscayan aristocracy back at the turn of the 20th Century.
But its beautiful, English castle-like appearance from the roadside did not hint at the tranquillity that hits you as you walk on to the terrace to be greeted by sprawling views of the Getxo marina and surrounding hills.
A short walk from the terrace is the hotel’s outdoor pool offering yet more glorious vistas of the Bay of Biscay. Take a seat on a sunbed here and enjoy La Ria pool bar's gentle, soft music with a glass of wine and life feels like it can’t get much better.
STYLE: This is Basque Country, which is filled with foreign architecture that speaks to its industrial heritage and there is no mistaking the British footprint.
Cette histoire est tirée de l'édition November 10, 2025 de The Journal.
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