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  1. I prefer Bilbao to San Sebastián, I think. The latter is overrated, based on its magical setting. The city itself is just a bunch of unprepossessing apartment blocks, save for the two and a half streets and Plaza Consti. that make up the jejune Old Town. Bilbao has more heft, and it’s (also small) old core is more appealing. I have always been of the opinion, against the overwhelming tide of favourable opinion, that if you picked up San Sebastián and plonked it down 200 miles inland, it would be what it is: a rather nondescript, faceless city architecturally. San Sebastián is a city saved by its setting. Best Basque city of all, in my opinion, is the not-on-the-radar Vitoria. It’s a glorious old unspoiled ensemble with a couple of world-class plazas.
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