Medina de Pomar is a city in Castile-Leon, in Northern Spain. It is located half-way between Bilbao and Burgos, in a region with rolling hills and some escarpment that breaks down impressively into the Atlantic Ocean some 70 km away. Traditionally a rural community, has developed into a vacation destination for several thousand residents of nearby Bilbao.
Las Torres de Medina, an arabic military fortress at the top of Calle Mayor.
El arco de la cadena, a picturesque archway in a house where King Carlos I stayed overnight on its way to retirement at the monastery of Yuste.
Convento de Santa Clara, on the southern boundary of town.
Drinking should not be a problem: this town has about 100 bars, which amounts for one for each 30 inhabitants, approximately.