Bidaiatzen is a single-author editorial project run by Ander Bilbao Castejón. This page describes how content is produced and what guarantees you have as a reader.
Editorial line
Bidaiatzen publishes documentary travel photography paired with original narrative. Criteria for what gets published:
- Places visited in person: every post requires an actual trip. No exceptions.
- Original photography: images captured by the author with his own equipment. Zero external stock, zero AI-generated images.
- Verifiable value: every destination delivers at least one concrete data point (date, distance, optimal hour, camera technique, verifiable historical fact) a traveller can act on.
- Honest reading: if an experience was mediocre, I say so. If a place is overrated, I say so. If I recommend something it’s because I would recommend it to a friend face to face.
Production process
- Trip — on-site photography, field notes, GPS, receipts.
- Photo edit — Lightroom + Capture One. Color and exposure processing; never AI-generated composition.
- Writing — local draft + 24-hour review + second pass after one week.
- Fact checking — every date, historical fact, distance or reference has a source.
- Publishing — Spanish first, English next (sometimes simultaneous if the trip was for a bilingual post).
- Maintenance — posts are reviewed every 12 months; if information has changed,
dateModifiedis updated.
Independence
Bidaiatzen does not accept sponsored trips or destination collaborations without explicit disclosure. If a post ever derives from a sponsored or hosted trip, it will be flagged at the top of the post with a visible note.
Monetisation
Bidaiatzen sustains itself through:
- Affiliate links: links to Civitatis, Booking and Amazon that return a small commission if the reader books or buys. This never affects the opinion published. Details in the affiliate disclosure.
- Stock photography: license sales on 500px and Adobe Stock.
- Editorial licensing: licensing to travel publications.
Bidaiatzen does NOT publish hidden native advertising. If something is advertising, it is labelled.
Sources and attribution
- Historical, geographical and cultural data: when cited, the source is linked.
- Disputed facts: marked as such; “it is said that…” without source is avoided.
- External quotes: always attributed.
Artificial intelligence
Bidaiatzen does not use generative AI to produce images. AI is used only as an auxiliary tool for: – Proofreading drafts in Spanish, English and Basque. – Source discovery (which is then manually verified). – Technical assistance for the website’s code.
No post is written entirely by AI. Every editorial byline corresponds to the actual author.
Who I am
See About for the full author profile.
Editorial contact
Suggestions, corrections or complaints: hola@bidaiatzen.com.
Last updated: 2026-05-19