GETTING THERE

British Airways (ba.com) offers return flights from Heathrow to Bilbao from £73.

Holiday Autos (holiday autos.com) has car hire in Bilbao from £43 a day. Room rates at the Hotel Castillo

El Collado (hotelcollado.com) start at €125 (£105) a night. For more details, visit tourism.euskadi.eus/en. WINE AND DINE: The north is famous for its Rioja