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Puerto de Bermeo
From Gernika-Lumo, through many neighborhoods and villages through which runs the BI-2235, we reached the left bank of the estuary of Mundaka. We coasted through the woods the curve describing the coast before opening up Bermeo, and shortly before reaching the fishing village, the road begins to descend until reaching the roundabout marking the direction of the port, thence link, still in the village, with the BI-3101 Bakio direction, turning right at Aritxatxu Bidea and pineapple climbing a hill climbs back us up the mountain to Plateau Cemetery (another cemetery, as if the dead of this land demanded by the sea promontories to wider range of your eternal sleep) now turn to the left and, after one ikastola, Bardales continue meandering towards the Matxitxako Cape, the northernmost geographical point of Euskadi.
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Park on the road | Bermeo-Bakio |
The road, shaded by thick foliage plant, invites slow down and enjoy the ride. Shortly before reaching the junction which leads to the lighthouse, we found, along with a sharp bend to the right, a little recreational space with a fountain and stone benches bitten by the moss shade, and back to the right, track about two miles down to Cape Matxitxako.
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| Foghorn (tower of the old lighthouse) |
Just at the cliff about 80 meters above sea level, we find the old lighthouse, of which only the tower remains standing, was inaugurated in August 1852 and was active until 1909, when it began operating the current lighthouse, going to provide service as a foghorn. The present lighthouse tower, 122 meters above the sea, is a masonry building with an octagonal cast-iron dome which holds the flashlight. It retired the last keeper of Biscay, since it works automatically.
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| From the lighthouse |
Looking at this peaceful image from the promontory the lighthouse, is hard to imagine how the fury of the sea has caused countless tragedies in the maritime coast. The gales that frequently ravage this part of the Cantabrian caused numerous shipwrecks that took the lives of many men of Bermeo. As I read on the Internet, especially tragic was that of Holy Saturday 1878, when a storm capsized 17 boats, 85 men lost their lives. A few years later in the morning from 12 to 13 August 1912, a gale killed 116 Bermeo.
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Faro | current Fall 2010 .- |
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