Trip to Butrón Castle

Let's sit down for a moment in Gatica, Vizcaya and enjoy ...

We invite you to visit this luxurious and incredibly beautiful castle, typical of a romantic enchantment. We assure you that you will be left with your mouth open, from the first moment you see it from a distance, its immense and powerful façade, flanked by 4 high ogee towers, the Escaraguiaitas, dating from the XNUMXth century and undulating flags.

Located in Gatita, it belongs to Bizkaia, Bilbao. With a height of 45 meters, of wide extensions 3900 meters squares, having a beautiful park around it that gives another fantasy feature to the castle, it is like seeing Walt Disney's castles but in real life ... a fantasy castle.

The castle was built in stages, over several family and royal suspensions, from the ideal of forming a defense fort in the 300th century where the wars for crops, lands took arduous pitched battles, after remaining in abandonment by a span of XNUMX years, it was retaken by the Marquis of the Torrecilla, Mr. Narciso de Salabert y Pinedo, rebuilt the castle in honor of his lady, with styles of nineteenth-century romanticism, where he transformed the beauty of its surroundings with an endless number of exotic birds.

In its town various and joyful medieval festivals are organized throughout the year, dinners, celebrations, weddings, competitions ... all in a medieval atmosphere in honor of the castle.

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