Rioja Alavesa (Laguardia) ★ 4.7
Rioja Alavesa, 1.5 hours south of Bilbao on the Ebro, holds the Basque-administered Rioja DO, with Bodegas Ysios and Marques de Riscal as anchors.
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Bermeo (anchoa, bonito) ★ 4.4
Bermeo, the Bizkaia fishing port 40 minutes north of Bilbao, lands the canonical anchoa de Bermeo and bonito and grills them at port-side asadores.
Axpe (Asador Etxebarri) ★ 4.9
Axpe in the Atxondo valley 50 minutes from Bilbao is home to Asador Etxebarri, the one-Michelin-star wood-fire grill run by Bittor Arginzoniz since 1990.
Larrabetzu (Azurmendi and Eneko) ★ 4.9
Larrabetzu in the Txorierri valley 20 minutes from Bilbao is home to Eneko Atxa's three-star Azurmendi and one-star Eneko, plus txakoli vineyards.
San Sebastian ★ 4.8
San Sebastian, 100 km east of Bilbao on the bay, is the Basque country's other food capital with the Parte Vieja pintxo crawl and three Michelin stars.