Hamaiketako is a word in Basque and means "the eleven" and refers to lunchtime. In the Basque Country we like to maintain gastronomic traditions and in GUIARTU we have achieved it through a bike route. And at that time, in honor of the value we give "to the table" we will enjoy a good "Hamaiketako" The landscape and the products that leave the house of the ranchers will be the brooch to this route that links the Green Capital with the nearest rural environment.

On this route you will cross small rural villages of La Llanada surrounded by fields of potatoes, beets and cereals. On our right we see the Montes de Vitoria that follow parallel to the stretch that we travel and we reach 3 km to the site of Otazu, the work of the chief engineer of the construction of the railway, Alejandro Mendizábal. We continue pedaling to Aberasturi and Andollu where we take the 2 km branch that takes us to the Sanctuary of Stybaliz, jewel of the Romanesque and which houses the patron saint of Alava, the Virgin of Stybaliz (size of the XII century). We descend the road again and continue towards Trokoniz, Erenchun until we meet the Laminoria tunnel. Here we have no choice but to leave the greenway and ascend a steep mountain path (17%) to save the sunken tunnel in several sections. We have left behind the Llanada Alavesa and we are in the Alavesa Mountain at the point that divides the Montes de Vitoria and those of Iturrieta. We are surrounded by mountains. We descend to Maeztu where we taste a menu with local food.

If you want to get into the local gastronomy through nature and sport this is your route. This itinerary takes you from the origins of the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz to the green ring. A tribute to the Green Capital 2012 and the Spanish Capital of Gastronomy 2014. As a place food in a txoko (a word with which we define in the Basque Country to a "small corner" where the kuadrillas gather around the food) with products of km 0. A nod to farmers and farmers who resist in the rural environment closest to Gasteiz. A fun and healthy way to get to know our customs. On the "long" route we make the ring in full (31 km).

You will discover the greenway of Vasco Navarro in one of its sections. In Guiartu we have divided the route into two: one part-time and one full-time. The greenways are a good way to get around by bike safely and in Alava we are lucky enough to have one that makes it easy to connect in a safe way. Another point to note is that these old railway paths run through rural environments and that makes the cyclist quickly connect with the environment. We are located in the Llanada Alavesa, crossing roads since time immemorial. It remains today and the Navarrese Basque helps us understand this with a north-south direction (Tramo I) and West-East (Tramo II). We on this route will follow the direction Bergara to the port of Arlaban. In the natural environment, the amarita oak tree, the riverside forests of the Zadorra River or the Ullibarri Gamboa reservoir stand out As for the cultural heritage stand out 5 farms of the Vasco Navarro (some private) and others that are kept stoicly; the Romanesque cover of the church of San Esteban Protomártir in Durana or that of Saint Martin in Luko. We invite you to enjoy this environment in the best way possible. Cycling