The same great content and more in your pocket, the most up-to-date guidebook to the Camino del Norte available.
Wise Pilgrim APPLezama is the last village before the sprawl of Bilbao begins. It's also where Athletic Club de Bilbao — one of the most distinctive football clubs in the world, famously fielding only Basque players — has its training ground. The connection runs deep; in the Basque Country, Athletic is not a football club so much as an institution.
The village has rail access to Bilbao, making it a possible stop for those who want to ride into the city and save their legs for the walking on the other side. Basic services are available.
The camino keeps to the main road, passing straight through Lezama. It goes straight through two large roundabouts and turns left at the third to pass underneath the railway lines. After doing so it arrives at another roundabout, on the right-hand side is a trail that will take you under the AP-8. The route ahead climbs over the hillside, affording panoramic views of Bilbao. The way into Bilbao is well marked, and you enter the historic center via the Barrio Santa Cruz.
