Ea: Beach, Cultural Heritage and Hiking Trails

Swimming is possible at Playa de Ea beach. Those who wish to plan their time by the water specifically will also find public showers there.

Playa de Ea is therefore not named merely as a beach: in addition to the possibility of swimming, the public shower is another expressly mentioned feature. Both details remain specifically related to the beach itself.

Beach

In the centre of Ea, traditional, colourful fishermen’s houses stand along narrow streets and canals crossed by bridges. The centre includes two Romanesque-style bridges. The townscape thus combines narrow paths, canals, bridges and colourful fishermen’s houses in a densely described view of the town.

The fishermen’s houses and the Romanesque bridges therefore belong to the same description of the town centre. Narrow streets and canals shape the spatial context in which the colourful houses stand and the bridges cross the waterways or paths.

Culture

Ea’s historical heritage includes the Renaissance-style Church of San Juan Bautista. The Baroque-style Church of Santa María de Jesús is also part of the historical heritage. The two churches thus represent two clearly named art-historical styles within the town.

Ea’s cultural character therefore brings together different types of buildings and periods: the two churches are classified as historical heritage, while the Ferrería y Molino Urtubiaga describes a residential and production complex as a cultural asset. The art-historical details remain assigned to the buildings mentioned in each case.

The Ferrería y Molino Urtubiaga in Ea (Bizkaia) are registered as a cultural asset in the category Conjunto Monumental in the General Inventory of Basque Cultural Heritage. The site forms a residential and production complex consisting of four interconnected buildings. The complex includes a hydraulic system comprising a weir, canal and regulating basin. A stone bridge is located opposite the buildings.

Hiking

The BUS01 Ea-Erreketa route follows the Ría de Ea and the Argiñerreka stream before heading to the Ferrería de Urtubiaga. The route therefore mentions both the Ría de Ea and the Argiñerreka stream and then leads to the Ferrería de Urtubiaga.

The sequence of the BUS01 route connects a path along the Ría de Ea and the Argiñerreka stream with the subsequently mentioned destination, Ferrería de Urtubiaga. The route thereby identifies its waterways and destination within the same description.

The PR BI 169 Ea, por el Camino de los Reyes route is classified as easy and is 4.8 kilometres long. For personal planning, this route therefore provides a stated difficulty level and a specific length.

The Talako Ama viewpoint can be reached via a hiking trail from the port of Ea. The port, hiking trail and viewpoint are named in this route relationship as the starting point, connection and destination.

The port is therefore also one of the named starting points for a route: from there, the described connection leads via a hiking trail to the Talako Ama viewpoint.

Questions about Ea

Which churches are part of Ea’s historical heritage?

The historical heritage includes San Juan Bautista in the Renaissance style and Santa María de Jesús in the Baroque style.

Which bus connection stops in Ea?

The Bizkaibus line between Bilbao and Lekeitio stops in Ea.

Other places

Other places in Bizkaia: Otxandio, Sanfuentes, Muskiz, Traslaviña, Arantzazu, Galdakao, Bakio and Sopelana.

Getting there

To the higher-level travel overview: Bizkaia.