The best farms to visit with children in the Basque Country: an unforgettable family experience
Visiting a farm with children is one of the most beautiful family experiences that can be shared with the txikis. There are numerous hamlets in Euskadi that offer the opportunity to enjoy family contact with nature and animals, while learning about crafts as ancient as baserritarra or that of a shepherd.
Both Bizkaia, Álava and Gipuzkoa have farms where it is possible to go with children and live a family adventure surrounded by animals, nature and tradition. Do you want to be a farmer for a day? Below, we offer you a selection of experiences with which you can learn about, connect with and live the job of baserritarra.
Farms to go with children in Bizkaia
Experience: shepherd for a family day in Urkiola
Shepherd Patxi Solana invites us to share his daily life in one of the most impressive landscapes in Euskadi, the Urkiola Natural Park. During the experience, families share the daily chores of a shepherd: they milk the sheep, hand-feed the flock, make curds and talos… It is an incredible opportunity to spend a day in nature , surrounded by farm animals and Basque traditions.
The shepherd’s experience for a day begins at 10:00 in the morning, when the cheese/curd workshops begin. You will be able to make curds in the traditional and modern way, while learning about DO cheese Idiazabal. In addition, you can also taste them.
You will be able to be in direct contact with the farm’s animals: feed them by hand, caress them, learn to milk, etc.
In the talos workshop, you will prepare this traditional snack for lunch with chocolate. And also, you will go to the stable, where you will meet the flock of sheep and the ponies. You will be able to be in direct contact with the farm’s animals: feed them by hand, caress them, learn to milk, etc.
The shepherd dogs and cats of the hamlet will accompany us throughout the visit, during which we will also be able to enjoy the beautiful mountain that surrounds the baserri.
The experience ends at lunchtime, but you can bring your food and extend the day at this special farm.
The “Shepherd for a day” visit will be held during weekends and holidays, and lasts 4 hours.
More information and reservations:
- Alluitz Natura, Barrio Mendiola 25 – (Abadiño, Bizkaia)
- Tel. 688 875 120
- E-mail: info@alluitznatura.com
Discover the craft of baserritarra in Elorrio
Learn about the craft of baserritarra and Basque rural life from theZenitaldekoa farmhouse in Elorrio, in an experience to feel nature and animals up close.
The Zenitaldekoa hamlet, in the Zenita neighborhood, 15 minutes (1 km) walk from the center of Elorrio, in a rural neighborhood that preserves old buildings, mills, laundries and also the Argiñeta necropolis, from the 7th-9th century, one of the most important funerary monuments of the Basque Country.
The visit consists of anactive tour of the farmhouse, the orchard and the stable, through which you will be able to know, live and feel different aspects of the baserritarra craft. During the visit The walk will not lack experiences with animals, in addition to contact with the land and the flora, which is part of the landscape.
At the end of the tour you can taste the artisanal yogurt that is made in this baserri with great care with the milk that their cows give.
Visits take place on weekends. For group visits during the week, it is necessary to consult.
More information and reservations:
- Tel. 611188213 (Itziar)
- E-mail: belazebisita@gmail.com
- Location: Zenita, 14, 48230 Elorrio (Bizkaia)
- https://www.instagram.com/belazezaporeak/
Farms to go with children in Araba
La Granja de Vitoria: a family adventure
Do you want to become a farming family? La Granja de Vitoria, located on the Hueto Arriba farm (Vitoria – Gasteiz), organizes family visits to its farm, where the txikis can enjoy contact with the farm animals. Not only will they be able to see them. , but also interact with them. From catching them to feeding the chickens, riding a donkey, etc.
The experience lasts approximately 1.5 hours and the txikis will receive a farmer’s diploma.
The schedule is from January to July and from September to December, Saturdays and Sundays, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (one group every half hour). In August, visits take place every day at 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (one group every half hour).
More information and reservations:
- Tel. 649 470 473
- E-mail: lagranjadevitoria@gmail.com
- Address: Otogoien Entitatea, 34, 01191 Gasteiz, Araba.
- How to get there? See in Google Maps
Guided tour of Arkaia Farm: farmer for a day
The guided tour of La Granja de Arkaia is a family experience in which visitors have the opportunity to get closer to the rural world in a lovingly cared for educational space.
During the tour, the participants will act as farmers attending to the needs of the animals, collecting food in different spaces, depending on the time and season of the year and later feeding the rabbits, sheep, chickens , goats, ponies and donkeys.
The families will act as farmers, attending to the needs of the animals, collecting food and feeding the rabbits, sheep, chickens, etc.
During the 3-hour visit, you will be in charge of feeding the animals, collecting the eggs from the chicken coop and, depending on the season of the year, you will do work in the garden. In addition, you will enjoy traditional Basque games (Herri-Kirolak).
Information and reservations:
- E-mail: reserva@lagranjadearkaia.es
- Address: Arkaia (Araba), 15 minutes from Arkaiate or 45′ from the center of Vitoria-Gasteiz on foot or by bicycle.
Family workshop at Naturaren Lagunak
On Sunday mornings, Naturaren Lagunak proposes a very special family plan: become a farmer for a morning. You will be able to visit and get to know the animals on their farm, which has goats, sheep, cows, geese, chickens, guinea fowl, ducks, peacocks and rabbits, all of them very accustomed to people.
In addition, during the hour and a half that the visit lasts you will be able to see, touch, caress and pamper the animals and learn many curiosities about them, collect the eggs and feed them, visit the cows and give them their daily dose of caresses, and if Give yourself time, bake bread over the fire, prepare compote, make birdhouses in winter or make your own cheese, depending on the time of year.
Information and reservations:
- Tel. 630 549 461
- Address: Castillo Entitatea, 29bis, 01194 Gasteiz, Araba (10 minutes from Vitoria -Gasteiz, specifically in the small town of Castillo (Gaztelu))
