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Arkaia

Arkaia is a hamlet on the eastern side of Vitoria in the Basque province of Álava.

Arkaia
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The place

Arkaia is a hamlet on the eastern side of Vitoria in the Basque province of Álava. In 2017 it had 78 inhabitants.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Arkaia

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Fernando Buesa Arena

    Fernando Buesa Arena is an indoor sports arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. It is primarily used for basketball and is the home arena of Saski Baskonia.

    2.6 km · indoor arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Cathedral of María Inmaculada of Vitoria

    The Cathedral of María Inmaculada de Vitoria is a Neogothic-style, Roman Catholic cathedral located in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque country, Spain. It was built in the first half of the 20th century.

    3.5 km · church building in Vitoria, Spain · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Virgen Blanca Square

    Plaza de la Virgen Blanca is one of the oldest meeting points in Vitoria-Gasteiz in the Basque Country of Spain. In the middle of it there is the monument to the Battle of Vitoria, which took place in 1813 during the Napoleonic Wars.

    3.2 km · square in Victoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Artium Museum

    The Museum of Contemporary Art of the Basque Country-Artium Museoa is a contemporary art museum located in Vitoria-Gasteiz, the capital of the province of Álava in northern Spain. It opened in 2002 and is housed in a former bus station.

    2.8 km · art museum in Spain · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Iradier Arena

    Iradier Arena, also known as Plaza de Toros de Vitoria-Gasteiz, is an arena and bullring in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. It is primarily used for bullfighting and basketball, and was the home to the Baskonia while the Fernando Buesa Arena was expanded.

    2.4 km · multi-purpose arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    La Florida

    La Florida is a park in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Spain. It was built between 1820 and 1855 in neoclassical style by the architects Angel Chavez, Juan De Velasco, Ramón Ortés De Velasco and Manuel Arana.

    3.4 km · park in Spain · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Plaza de los Fueros

    The Plaza de los Fueros is a plaza or square located in the city centre of Vitoria-Gasteiz, which is the capital of the Basque Country, Spain. It was built in 1979 in memory of the county code of laws named fuero in Spanish.

    2.9 km · Vitoria square · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Museo de Bellas Artes de Álava

    The Museum of Fine Arts of Álava is located in Vitoria-Gasteiz, the capital of the Basque Country, Spain. The museum is dedicated to Spanish art from the 18th to the 20th century, and particularly to Basque art from the 1850–1950 period.

    3.7 km · art museum in Vitoria-Gasteiz, the capital of the Basque Country in Spain · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Lantern Museum

    The Lantern Museum is located in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Basque Country, Spain. It houses the lanterns used in the Rosary of the Lanterns procession, celebrated every 4th of August during the Virgen Blanca Festivities.

    3.3 km · museum in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Lehendakaritza

    Lehendakaritza or the President's Office is the department of the Basque Government responsible for the affairs of the lehendakari and issues like communication, open government, foreign affairs and peace. This department is led by the President.

    3.6 km · building in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Arkaia

Airports
Bilbao (BIO), 56 km · Zaragoza (ZAZ), 185 km · Bordeaux–Mérignac (BOD), 269 km
Stations
Vitoria-Gasteiz railway station, 3.1 km
  • Bilbao → Arkaia
    52 km · quickest by road, 1h 22m · €7–10
  • Zaragoza → Arkaia
    196 km · quickest by road, 3h 38m · €23–32
  • Madrid → Arkaia
    284 km · quickest by road, 5h 7m · €36–50
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Arkaia

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Arkaia. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inIt's better to hitchhike at the exits of the towns where the traffic is calmer than on the motorways.

From Wikivoyage: Basque Country, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.

The nearest places where the work is done
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    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    878 km
  2. 02
    ChefchaouenMA

    8 ways of moving, 30 sources

    883 km
  3. 03
    ZermattCH

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    896 km
  4. 04
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    940 km
  5. 05
    Cinque TerreIT

    7 ways of moving, 22 sources

    1,005 km

If you know how people move in Arkaia – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Arkaia

Arkaia is 52 km from Bilbao, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Vitoria-Gasteizmunicipality of Álava, autonomous community of the Basque Country, Spain3.2 km
  • Ajuria Eneaofficial residence of the president fo the Basque Autonomous Community in Vitoria-Gasteiz3.6 km
  • Aretxabaletalocality3.3 km
  • Aberasturilocality3.6 km
  • Betoñohuman settlement2.8 km
  • Zurbano/Zurbaovillage in the municipality of Arrazua-Ubarrundia, Álava, Basque Country, Spain3.1 km