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Price is P 421 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 16m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Step into Boise's Basque Block, where high-desert sheep trails meet Pyrenean tradition. From historic boarding houses and hidden indoor pelota courts to sizzling street paella, explore how isolated immigrants turned a single downtown street into an enduring cultural sanctuary.

    • A 0.9 km self-guided tour with 7 stops over 76 min
    • Ideal for travelers interested in Identity, Migration & Globalization and Foodways & Culinary Identity
    • Immersively told in a podcast style by experts and locals
    • Matching audio content, AI guide and navigation through the app

Activity location

  • 607 W Grove St
    • 607 West Grove Street
    • 83702, Boise, Idaho, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • 607 W Grove St
    • 607 West Grove Street
    • 83702, Boise, Idaho, United States

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Podcast Tour Basque Boise: Sheepherders and Living Heritage in Multilingual

  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 16 minutes1h 16m
    1h 16m
  • Opening hours: Sun 0:00-23:59
  • English
Price details
P 420.84 x 2 AdultsP 841.68
Total
Price is P 841.68

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Verified facts woven into an engaging story
  • Inclusions
    Interactive in-app guide for questions about the story and surroundings
  • Inclusions
    Precise navigation between the stops
  • Inclusions
    Immersive podcast-style audio featuring experts and locals

Know before you book

    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transportation options are available nearby
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

607 W Grove St

  • 10m
Boise's oldest standing brick structure, which served as an essential boarding house for Basque sheepherders from 1910 to 1969.

Basque Museum & Cultural Center

  • 10m
The world's only museum dedicated exclusively to Basque history and heritage outside of Europe.

619 W Grove St

  • 10m
A historic 1912 boarding house containing a preserved full-scale indoor Basque pelota court.

601 W Grove St

  • 10m
The central social and cultural hall built in 1949 by the local Basque organization Euzkaldunak.

608 W Grove St

  • 10m
A popular shop and kitchen offering imported Basque cheeses, wines, chorizos, and famous street paella.

117 S 6th St

  • 10m
A Basque restaurant and boutique hotel situated on the site of historic boarding houses and community clubs.

Idaho State Museum

  • 10m
Idaho's flagship history museum featuring exhibits on rural life, agriculture, and the statewide impact of Basque sheepherders.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIES
    607 W Grove St
    • 607 West Grove Street
    • 83702, Boise, Idaho, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    607 W Grove St
    • 607 West Grove Street
    • 83702, Boise, Idaho, United States

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