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Latest Bilbao hotel reviews
Pro
Stylish city, Arty, Skillfully regenerated!
Con
Weather not as good as other parts of Spain
In a nutshell
A Comfortable Basque City with Spectacular MUSEUM
95 Reviews “Because it had elevator towers and stair towers in it, I started building a metaphoric visionary city, à la Fritz Lang. The catwalks and things became like freeways in the sky.” — Frank O. Gehry, on his inspiration for his design The floor plan for “el Guggen” (what the locals call the museum) is...
Old Town + Cathedral - Casco Viejo & El Arenal
53 Reviews Built in 1799 and rebuilt in 1986, the Arriaga is THE theatre in Bilbao, the place where the main plays and events take place, there you can see theatre, ballet, and many other shows. They have guided tours you can ask for at phone 944 79 20 36 or at the Tourist Info. For schedules look at the link...
Near Bilbao...around Vizcaya / Bizkaia
16 Reviews It´s located in Gatika, a rural village between Mungia and Urduliz. You can go to Urduliz by metro and then take a bus to Mungia. Ask the bus driver for more information. It´s a castle in the middle of a forest near a river. You can go inside for about 5-6€. Once or twice a year they orgaize...
8 Reviews This new pedestrian bridge over the Nervion river in Bilbao is part of an enterprising plan to reinvigorate the city, specially the river banks around the Guggenheim Museum. There is a nice view of the museum from the bridge, BTW!
13 Reviews A great little museum that you can enjoy in a few hours and not be over arted. There are some great pieces, El Greco, Murillo, Goya. While I visited they had a special exhibition of Artemisia Gentelishi's Holofernes and her father's Orasio's Lotts Daughters
4 Reviews and 166 Opinions This hotel is one of my favourite parts of this vacation. The rooms were amazing, like most...
1 Review and 395 Opinions When you enter the lobby of the Gran Hotel Domine Bilbao, you feel that somehow a part of the energy...
ZORTZIKO RESTAURANT: DO NOT MISS THIS RESTAURANT IN THE HEART OF BILBAO
fraiseroo Says: Wonderful restaurant in city centre. Zortziko is just few minutes walking from Guggenheim museum where we spend the afternoon. We checked that this restaurant has a Michelin star so we decided go to the restaurant to relax and enjoy of a great food.The food was outstanding...
SirRichard Says: Opened in 1903, this cafe is a classical when in Bilbao. I use to go there for a coffee, and enjoy watching the decorated walls (arabesque style, with views of the Alhambra and Andalucia) and the classy atmosphere.Is a nice place to meet at night and start the night...
18 Reviews I flew from Bilbao to Seville by Vuelling. I'd booked my flight online prior to departing the UK. A bus to the airport leaves regularly from San Mames Bus station (every 20 minutes). Service 3247. Purchase your ticket from the ticket office. The journey takes less than 20 minutes. I was looking...
20 Reviews Bilbao has a simple modern (inaugurated November 11th 1995) Metro designed by the leading architect Norman Foster. There are only two lines, running either side of the river before converging in a Y-shape as they enter the city centre. Trains run up to every 6 minutes during most of the day and...
5 Reviews Impressed by the public transport network in Bilbao. Used the bus and underground a couple of times but the tram was our preferred way of getting around. Prices are not expensive and you see a whole lot more.
El Corte Inglés: Everything under one roof!
mikey_e Says: A shopping trip to El Corte Inglés is part of every typical trip to Spain. There is not much difference between El Corte Inglés and any department store in any other developed country (except things like prices and quality of service), but it is one of those typical Spanish...
RudoElCojonudo Says: It´s a shopping center located just in Deusto bridge, between Deusto neightbourhood and Doña Casilda park.Here you will find:* Cinemas* Fast Food: Mc Donalds, Burger King, Pan´s & Company, etc.* Gift Shops.* Sunglasses.* A lot of clothing shops.* Sportwear shops.... and you...
Aste Nagusia (Local festivities)
SirRichard Says: The Aste Nagusia (literally "Big Week") of Bilbao takes place the 3rd week of august and there are many events and shows that week in the city, including bullfightings. People go out at night for dinner, a drink, walking along the lively streets and there are temporary bars...
18 Reviews Another old funicular railway and a very picturesque one can be found in a town on the left bank of the Nervion, between Bilbao and the sea. It starts in the town of Trapagaran which can be reached both by Bizkaibus and RENFE (commuter train). If you use the latter, get off at the station from...
AnnS Says: If you fancy a break from the city, catch a bus from Bilbao's Termibus Bus Station to San Sebastian on the Basque coast. The journey takes about 90 minutes. Be careful to sit in your allocated seat on the bus. I didn't realise the tickets were numbered and caused a commotion...
Herri Kirolak (Sports of the People)
RudoElCojonudo Says: The Basque Country has his own sports. Some of them are also played in other places of the world. I´m going to quote them, and then I´ll explain them individually.* Harrijasotzaileak: Stone lifters.* Haizkolariak: Woodcutters.* Cesta Punta a.k.a Jai Alai: ''Fronton'' play...
RudoElCojonudo Says: It is a ship race. This sport was born when basque people used to fish wales,cods or sardines. It was important to arrive to the place before than the other fishermen if you wanted to fish more and better fishes.-There are several ship kinds: * Trainerak: 12 rowers and the...
7 Reviews You have to see the Guggenheim: and keep on seeing it, at different times of the day, on different days. It always looks different. As a work of art it's a masterpiece. As an art-gallery, it fails. Here, form does not follow function. On the outside it overshadows both the (not small, or...
2 Reviews If you take a little tour along the basque coast north of Bilbao, you should stop at Matxitxako Cape, a lighthouse between Bakio and Bermeo. You must take a little road that goes to the cape from the main road Bakio-Bermeo. After 8 kilometres of nice woods and coast landscapes you arrive to this...
4 Reviews I think a good way to find out about a culture is to listen to their music whether tradtional or modern. While in Bilbao and Basque Country I discovered an artist by the name of Fermin Muguruza. His music is sung in Basque and is political in nature but fun to listen to. Once i arrived back at home...
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Bilbo, besterik gabe... - I don´t live in Bilbao, I live in Plentzia, a little town which is 25 kms from Bilbao, but I have studied there for 6 years and I have been working there for 6 months, so I now the city quite well. It...
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It is hard to describe Bilbao. Spanish, but not Spain, Euskadi, but not Basque. True to its geography, it has always looked north, to the UK and Ireland and the industrial and trading...
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I don´t live in Bilbao, I live in Plentzia, a little town which is 25 kms from Bilbao, but I have studied there for 6 years and I have been working there for 6 months, so I now the city quite well. It...
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Come and explore Bilbao with Suvanki
Bilbao had been on my list of places to see for quite a while. Summer 2009, I found a chance to take advantage of cheap flights to follow part of Bruce Springsteens Spain leg of his European tour -I...
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Guggenheim Museum and much more...
Bilbao was till the 90s a grey big industrial town, economical heart of the Basque Country, in north Spain. But since the opening of a new Guggenheim Museum by the river, the city has reborn from its...
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The Camino Norte (1st section) – Irun to Santander
This page is about the1st section of “The Camino Norte” – Irun to Santander (and although we walked through Bilbao not really about Bilbao – but I had to put the page somewhere ;-) ) Planning the...
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