Traditional Baking

Surprise yourself when you discover the two, centuries-old baker's shops in the arcade surrounding the main square in Orduña. They both still offer customers their delicious cakes and pastries made in the same traditional way that generations before them used.

These baker's are obligatory visits when you come to Orduña. All home-made. All artesan. All exquisite.

"Calocybe Gambosa" is the most highly prized fungus in our culinary arts. Here in Orduña, it constitutes the raw material for the most typical local dish, the simple but exquisite "Scrambled Perretxiko" which, of course, takes pride of place on the menu every year at the Otxomaioa fiestas.

Add to this the value placed on their organoleptic qualities, as your senses are awakened by the traces bequeathed by the soil and climate of our surroundings, and you might begin to appreciate what people mean by "The Mushroom of Orduña".

If you visit us in the spring, and especially in the month of May, you should not leave without trying a dish of scrambled eggs with perretxiko, whether at a table in a restaurant, or standing at the bat in the old town.

At the end of May our restaurateurs celebrate the Perretxiko Conference, including a fungus-trek, and a competition to find the best pintxo based on the perretxiko itself. It's an unmissable opportunity to try this manna from Orduña.

If you prefer healthy, natural eating, you must take home some of the local produce, on sale in Orduña.

The green of our wines is no surprise, but the result of a long-fought struggle with the adverse climate to produce a sweet-enough grape. This is what makes our txakoli so special - a wine elaborated with age-old native strains whose character has been formed by our climate, and whose roots go back to the Middle Ages. This fine base, coupled with the hard work of our wine experts, has produced a wine we are proud to export around the world.

In Orduña and the valley there are various producers of this wine - our wine.

Here you can discover its secrets, taste it, enjoy it alone or paired with food, buy it to take home with you along with your memories or to give as a present to someone you appreciate and who you know will appreciate it.

This is a classic of Basque cuisine, offered to you by Arantza Meabe, whose home-made tarts have won prizes and well-deserved accolades.

It is a miracle that something with such humble origins has become one of the favourite desserts on any Basque menu.