San Juan de Gaztelugatxe: Game of Thrones Fortress

Embark on a guided tour of Gaztelugatxe, the iconic Game of Thrones location in the Basque Country. Explore Dragonstone, visit the charming fishing village of Bermeo, and discover the historic town of Gernika.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • San Juan de Gaztelugatxe - Free time to visit San Juan de Gaztelugatxe with the possibility to go to the top after climbing its 241 stairs and enjoy the incredible views.
What's Included
  • Professional guide
  • air-conditioned transport
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information

We’ll kick off our journey from Bilbao to San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, where we’ll have the opportunity to climb to its summit if we wish. Its climb is made up of 241 steps and it will feel as if we’re rising towards one of the key fortresses from the TV series Game of Thrones: Dragonstone. After that, we’ll head to the town of Bermeo, a quaint fishing…

Location
Mazarredo Zumarkalea, 65
Mazarredo Zumarkalea
bus stop at tourist office located next to the Guggenheim museum. Pick up time at 08:50am (departure time at 09.00am)
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Janet_g
Sep 19, 2025
Excellent tour, exercise, history, beautiful nature - Stephanie our guide was amazing, he did all the hiking up and down and even cheering the team. He is very knowledgeable and manage both languages English and Spanish perfectly not to miss a detail. I highly recommend this tour. Yvon the driver was very kind and patient with the group.
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Carmel_k
Sep 6, 2025
Day Trip from Bilbao - Very well organised . Bus driver and guide were excellent. We knew from the start that we were in good hands.
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Craig_h
Oct 11, 2025
Good informative tour... - Good informative tour with a multilingual guide. Francisco worked with us when it looked like one of us might not make it back to the bus on schedule at one of the stops (we made it just a few minutes late!). No time allowed to grab more than a quick bite even though the tour ran from early morning to mid-afternoon.
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Connie
Sep 28, 2025
Tour - The stop to the castle should be longer. An extra 15-20 minutes would be great. Suggestions on where to go for a quick bite in Bermeo would be helpful. The guide struggled with English and often ended his sentences and thoughts in Spanish. The Spanish speakers definitely got more education than the English speakers.
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Valentina_l
Aug 29, 2025
Nice but you can do better - San juan very nice, we stayed there about 1h 40. C is all the time to go take some pictures look around and come back with a good step. We had a baby and we made it peacefully. The 20’ saved here we have recovered to bermeo. After 30 minutes of driving 30 minutes of free time. We took the opportunity to eat qlc and go to the bathroom. In fact it was the only free time we had. Gernika deserved at least 30 ‘free to ride a little ‘free and enjoy a little more of the history of this city but there were 45’ driving, beautiful but all too fast.
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Robpb5130km
Aug 9, 2025
Have a nice day - A beautiful day with a visit to the impressive San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, the fishing town of Bermeo and the historic center for the Basques Gernika. Traveled with a nice bus with air conditioning and a good guide.
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Fuhua_y
Sep 22, 2025
Just a stop to San Juan de G. - Experience was positive for San Juan de Guax. You barely get to see Bermeo and Gernika…for both stops you get off the bus, listen to the tour guide talk for 15 minutes and get back on the bus. Not much of a visit. So the day trip itself quite short and you only spend time in the first stop.
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Winnie_h
Oct 10, 2025
More like transport only than a guided tour - Minimal English input from the guide. Its more like transport only and fill in background info yourself. Compared with other groups we met aling the way, this is way below srandard. Not recommended.
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H4621awamys
Aug 23, 2025
Meh - This is a large group tour. We had a full bus. The hike at Gaztelugatxe was beutiful, but the rest of the tour was not quite what we expected. We would have preferred more time in Gernika to learn more in-depth about Basque history and governance. Burmeo was not that exciting.
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Nicole_k
Sep 8, 2025
Was unable to go on this tour, but the company did not help. - Our cruise was going to be a 1/2 hour late arriving and they would not accommodate us nor give us a refund.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).