Basque Country
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Pros
- Basque country has more wineries (mostly Txakoli) and it has amazing food. San Sebastian is the tourist hub, but there are some really cute towns around the area. I really enjoyed Zumaia and Getaria.
- Coastal Portugal (e.g. Porto, Lisbon, Algarve) and northern Spain (Galicia, Basque Country) get a breeze off the Atlantic, so they’re more bearable than inland Spain or Italy.
- If you want to eat, look at the Basque country in Spain. I think at one point they had like 3/5 of the top restaurants in the world.
- If food is important to you, San Sebastián is amazing, but in that case I’d probably skip Portugal and focus on Spain (Madrid + Andalusia + Basque Country).
- I visited the Basque Country in both Spain and France about 10 years ago and absolutely loved it. Friendly people, great food, and amazing sights to see.
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What redditors said (6 of 6)
Basque country has more wineries (mostly Txakoli) and it has amazing food. San Sebastian is the tourist hub, but there are some really cute towns around the area. I really enjoyed Zumaia and Getaria.
Coastal Portugal (e.g. Porto, Lisbon, Algarve) and northern Spain (Galicia, Basque Country) get a breeze off the Atlantic, so they’re more bearable than inland Spain or Italy.
If you want to eat, look at the Basque country in Spain. I think at one point they had like 3/5 of the top restaurants in the world.
If food is important to you, San Sebastián is amazing, but in that case I’d probably skip Portugal and focus on Spain (Madrid + Andalusia + Basque Country).
I visited the Basque Country in both Spain and France about 10 years ago and absolutely loved it. Friendly people, great food, and amazing sights to see.
We spent 3 weeks in Basque Country last August. Direct flight to CDG then took the train down to St-Jean-de-Luz. Hopped around French Basque for half the time then over to San Sebastián for the other half. Great beaches, mild crowds, fantastic food.
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