Bilbo Trip Overview
This tour is the perfect opportunity to get to know Bilbao in your first day. The tour includes a private visit to the Guggenheim museum, visit to the local Ribera food market, lunch with a selection of pintxos (local tapas) and local drinks, a ride in the funicular to the top of the Artxanda mountain where the best view point of Bilbao is located and visit to the Zubizuri bridge designed by Santiago Calatrava.
We cover the most important sights of Bilbao in a very relaxed approach and our guides will share with you unique information about Bilbao, the area, nearby towns and local tips to make your visit more delightful.
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* Duration: 6 hours
* Starts: Bilbo, Spain
* Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Bilbo, Euskadi, Spain
This tour is the perfect opportunity to get to know Bilbao in your first day. The tour includes a private visit to the Guggenheim museum, visit to the local Ribera food market, lunch with a selection of pintxos (local tapas) and local drinks, a ride in the funicular to the top of the Artxanda mountain where the best view point of Bilbao is located and visit to the Zubizuri bridge designed by Santiago Calatrava.
We cover the most important sights of Bilbao in a very relaxed approach and our guides will share with you unique information about Bilbao, the area, nearby towns and local tips to make your visit more delightful.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Abandoibarra Et. 2, 48001 Bilbao Spain
If there is a compulsory stop to visit during your time in Bilbao is this building designed by the acclaimed architect Frank Gehry. This private visit is led by our Guggenheim museum authorised guides who will offer you a real and authentic view of everything related to the museum´s building and artists and history behind it.
Enjoy the pieces of art from artists such as Andy Warhol, Anselm Kiefer, Jean-Michel Basquiat and the local Basque sculptors of Eduardo Chillida and Jorge Oteiza.
Learn why the museum was built in first place and the huge impact that has had in the last decades over the Bilbao prosperity.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: La Ribera Market, Calle de la Ribera, 22, 48005 Bilbao Spain
You need to understand how Basque people shop and what are the main ingredients we use for our everyday cooking lifestyle. The best place to discover this is the Ribera Market known as the biggest covered market in Europe.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Casco Viejo, Plaza Nueva, 10. 2 Izda., 48005 Bilbao Spain
For lunch we will take you to discover the Old Town of Bilbao dated from the 13th century. This part of Bilbao is plenty of small boutique shops, cobbled streets and colourful facades.
The tour includes a wonderful selection of pintxos (The Basque Tapas) and local drinks in La Plaza Nueva. We will seat in a couple of terraces, relaxing and enjoing the real Bilbao life. This will be the perfect place where to explain you everything about the Basque Language and the famous Bilbainadas.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Puente Zubizuri, 48001 Bilbao Spain
You will cross the famous Zubizuri bridge designed by Santiago Calatrava and discover the new area of Bilbao known as El Ensanche where the commercial shops are as well as some of the most emblematic buidlings
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Funicular de Artxanda-ko Funikularra, Funikularreko Plaza, S/N, 48007 Bilbo, Bizkaia, Spain
After lunch we will take you to take some of the best pictures from the top of the Artxanda Mountain. We will grab the funicular and enjoy a delightful ride to the top of Bilbao with a completely different view of the city
Duration: 1 hour
