Located beside the Gernika Hotel the Tavern is sited on the foundations of an olde inn,and down the road from the village of Forua with its Roman village ruins is the rugged coastal Camino de Santiago which is well worn with the footfall of pilgrims.
Gernika is nestled under the horn blowing mountain of Sollube (663m), and the estuary is now a Biosphere reserve (UNESCO 1984).