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

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.
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.
- 01Fernando 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 - 02Cathedral 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 - 03Virgen 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 - 04Artium 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 - 05Iradier 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 - 06La 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 - 07Plaza 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 - 08Museo 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 - 09Lantern 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 - 10Lehendakaritza
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.
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 → Arkaia52 km · quickest by road, 1h 22m · €7–10
- Zaragoza → Arkaia196 km · quickest by road, 3h 38m · €23–32
- Madrid → Arkaia284 km · quickest by road, 5h 7m · €36–50
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
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.
- 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.
- 01878 km
- 02883 km
- 03896 km
- 04940 km
- 051,005 km
If you know how people move in Arkaia – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
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