I first visited Bilbao, Spain, in the 1980s, before the Guggenheim Museum was built and the city was featured in prominent TV and film, like James Bond. While my then-beau rehearsed with the Bilbao ...

This modernist villa tucked into the French Basque coastline stands on a hilltop location, surrounded by lush pine trees and sweeping views of the Atlantic. Designed in 2016 by California architect ...

In my 20s, I was a nanny in Switzerland, wrote a book in Spain and backpacked the globe. My husband, Benjamin, was raised in Spain, studied music in Germany, and fell in love with a restless ...

The land of the Basque people, split between Spain and France, is a “nation without a state” — left off the map when they drew Europe’s national borders. The Basque Country is often left out of travel ...

The Guggenheim Museum's permanent collection includes works by Mark Rothko and Sol LeWitt. Photograph by Kike Calvo, Nat Geo Image Collection You could almost call Spain’s Basque Country a tale of ...

Dessert: Let's go to the French Basque country, where Biarritz is, to taste this wonderful cake. A shortbread pastry filled with vanilla custard had someone named it the "Happy Cake", because everyone ...

The beret has come a long way since its humble beginnings as the headgear of choice for pelota players in the Basque country, becoming a must-have accessory as far afield as China. The jaunty topper ...