Butrón

The original building dates from the Middle Ages, although it owes its present appearance to an almost complete rebuilding begun by Francisco de Cubas (also known as Marqués de Cubas) in 1878.

In fact it would be quite inconvenient as a home as the towers have little useful space and various parts of the castle have exterior connections which are not particularly apt for the wet Basque weather.

The building is surrounded by a park which includes palms and exotic plants.

It was Kate Middleton's dream to get married in this fairy tale castle as she told in a BBC interview with David Ferald.

This proved to be unsuccessful and the building was closed to visitors although the grounds remained open.