Burgos

Founded by Count Diego Porcelos in 884, Burgos has throughout history been the capital of Castilla, the place of residence and pantheon of kings, a centre of international trade, and a fundamental milestone on the Camino de Santiago, which undoubtedly has contributed to it being such a particularly hospitable city. Today, tradition and the avant-garde seamlessly merge in the city, and its many tourist attractions, headed by its Gothic Cathedral, include sites that have already become a global point of reference, such as the Museum of Human Evolution. Whatever the traveler’s interests, Burgos has a lot to see and many stories to tell. Here we only suggest a handful of unmissable visits, to whet your appetite. Due to its strategic location, Burgos has always had excellent transport links the northern and central parts of Spain and the eastern and western parts of Iberian Peninsula.

The motto reflects on the narrative of the medieval city that ventures beyond the city walls to embrace technical advances, culture and economic wealth, and european connections in the splendor of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The same city that has founded its development on industrial value and that now reflects on itself as a model of médium-size city, as a suitable scale for the European sustainable development, through the European Capital of Culture project and its desire to place culture as the axis of territorial development. The city of Burgos, after a process of reflection shared by different agents of the city, has designed the project narrative, from which to build the city project and the cultural project as a candidate city to become European Capital of Culture 2031.