Hotel Gernika

Three stars on Calle Carlos Gangoiti

The Hotel Gernika is a three-star hotel built in 1987 at Calle Carlos Gangoiti 17, in the centre of Gernika-Lumo. It has 40 rooms, a café and free parking. From here you can walk to the essentials of Gernika, and by train or car to the rest of the Urdaibai estuary.

The rooms and what they cost

It has 36 doubles and 4 singles, for 80 people in all, and one of the rooms is adapted for people with disabilities. All have a full bathroom, satellite television, heating, air conditioning, telephone and free wifi. Prices from its website, per night, VAT included:

• Single: from €78.
• Standard double: from €100.
• Superior double: from €106.
• Superior double with terrace: from €159, the only one with its own terrace.

Breakfast is not in the rate: it costs €12 and is served in the hotel café.

Free parking or a garage for €11

Parking is free for guests, and anyone who wants to leave the car under cover has a garage for €11. It is handy if you are going to travel every day by car to Mundaka, Bermeo or Gaztelugatxe.

Check-in, payment and cancellation

Check-in is from 15:00 to 23:00 and check-out before 12:00. Booking on its website there are no booking fees and you pay at the hotel, with Visa, Mastercard or Diners. If you cancel with less than 48 hours' notice, they may charge you the whole first night; cancellation is done by phone or by email with the booking number. The website says nothing about children, extra beds or pets: ask when you book.

Gernika on foot, the estuary by train

On foot you have the Casa de Juntas and the Gernika Tree and the Peace Museum, and for lunch on weekdays, the set menu at Zallo Barri. Gernika's Euskotren station is in the centre: line E4 continues to Mundaka and Bermeo, so you can leave the car parked. If you are going to tour the estuary over two days, see the weekend in Urdaibai.