Guidebook for Bilbao

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Guidebook for Bilbao

Food Scene

My favourite restaurants and pintxos bars
Traditional basque food restaurant in Casco Viejo. Good quality, good service and good price. In Calle del Perro, a street with other small traditional restaurants
10 locals recommend
Rio-Oja Restaurant
4 Txakur Kalea
10 locals recommend
Traditional basque food restaurant in Casco Viejo. Good quality, good service and good price. In Calle del Perro, a street with other small traditional restaurants
A Michelin star restaurant in the old town, just five minutes from the apartment
29 locals recommend
Mina
s/n Martzana Kaia
29 locals recommend
A Michelin star restaurant in the old town, just five minutes from the apartment
A good restaurant in a lovely place
12 locals recommend
Bascook
8 Barroeta Aldamar Kalea
12 locals recommend
A good restaurant in a lovely place
An old fashion café
38 locals recommend
Café Iruña
13 Colón de Larreátegui Kalea
38 locals recommend
An old fashion café
A traditional and very elegant bar and restaurant
42 locals recommend
La Viña del Ensanche
10 Diputazio Kalea
42 locals recommend
A traditional and very elegant bar and restaurant
The best bread and croissants in Bilbao, just on the next street from the apartment
14 locals recommend
Labeko Okindegia
n2 Harategi Zahar Kalea
14 locals recommend
The best bread and croissants in Bilbao, just on the next street from the apartment
Good food and very nice place, in an old grocery. Txuleton- roasted thick meat- is fabulous. For a special event.
15 locals recommend
Casa Rufo
5 Hurtado de Amezaga Kalea
15 locals recommend
Good food and very nice place, in an old grocery. Txuleton- roasted thick meat- is fabulous. For a special event.
a cozy place, with good pintxos in Plaza Nueva, the heart of the old town
6 locals recommend
La Olla de la Plaza Nueva
6 locals recommend
a cozy place, with good pintxos in Plaza Nueva, the heart of the old town
cozy restaurant and new Basque cuisine in Casco Viejo
6 locals recommend
Los Fueros
6 C. de los Fueros
6 locals recommend
cozy restaurant and new Basque cuisine in Casco Viejo
Good pintxos in Plaza Nueva
7 locals recommend
Sorginzulo
12 Plaza Nueva
7 locals recommend
Good pintxos in Plaza Nueva
In Plaza Nueva, close to Sorginzulo, award winning pintxos.
14 locals recommend
Gure Toki
12 Pl. Nueva
14 locals recommend
In Plaza Nueva, close to Sorginzulo, award winning pintxos.
Good seafood
Serantes III
75 Mazarredo Zumarkalea
Good seafood
A good restaurant specialised in paella. It's in the way to Guggenheim museum. All day opened kitchen
Larruzz
24 Uribitarte Kalea
A good restaurant specialised in paella. It's in the way to Guggenheim museum. All day opened kitchen
In Artxanda, on the top of Bilbao and close to the cable car. Good traditional restaurant.
Txakoli jatetxea
19 Carretera Artxanda-Santo Domingo Errepidea
In Artxanda, on the top of Bilbao and close to the cable car. Good traditional restaurant.
Good breakfast, pintxos and restaurant. It has a very good daily menu, It's a popular restaurant located in the street of the apartment.
7 locals recommend
Restaurante Pentxo
20 C. Belosticalle
7 locals recommend
Good breakfast, pintxos and restaurant. It has a very good daily menu, It's a popular restaurant located in the street of the apartment.
A nice and trendy space, bakery, restaurant, a place to take hand made beers. All of them of good quality. Close to Baskook restaurant
7 locals recommend
Basquery
8 Ibáñez de Bilbao Kalea
7 locals recommend
A nice and trendy space, bakery, restaurant, a place to take hand made beers. All of them of good quality. Close to Baskook restaurant
A very popular place with good pintxos, snacks and hamburgers. In the old town
Aitxiar
8 Muñoz Maria Kalea
A very popular place with good pintxos, snacks and hamburgers. In the old town
Trendy bar with good pintxos
23 locals recommend
Baster
22 Posta Kalea
23 locals recommend
Trendy bar with good pintxos
Downstair it is a nive bistro and upstairs it is a good and clasic restaurant in Plaza Nueva
Víctor jatetxea
Downstair it is a nive bistro and upstairs it is a good and clasic restaurant in Plaza Nueva
A classical and elegant restaurant in Plaza Nueva
22 locals recommend
Víctor Montes jatetxea
8 Pl. Nueva
22 locals recommend
A classical and elegant restaurant in Plaza Nueva
Good restaurant in Casco Viejo
11 locals recommend
Kasko jatetxea
16 Andra Maria Kalea
11 locals recommend
Good restaurant in Casco Viejo
The best and more original ice creams in tne old town
Gelati!! Gelati!! Heladería Italiana Casco Viejo Bilbao
14 Kapelagile Kalea
The best and more original ice creams in tne old town

Shopping

The biggest covered market in Europe. A traditional market that provides all kind of fresh food products. In a corner there is an area for gastrobars plenty of pintxos, and a lovely terrace where you can have a drink and a pintxo snack. The market is just at the end of the street of the apartment.
133 locals recommend
Mercado de la Ribera
s/n Erribera Kalea
133 locals recommend
The biggest covered market in Europe. A traditional market that provides all kind of fresh food products. In a corner there is an area for gastrobars plenty of pintxos, and a lovely terrace where you can have a drink and a pintxo snack. The market is just at the end of the street of the apartment.

Sightseeing

Many taverns with good "pintxos"
54 locals recommend
Plaza Berria
14 K. Barria
54 locals recommend
Many taverns with good "pintxos"
It offers a nice view of BIlbao and its mountains. It's close to Casco Viejo at the top of the Calzadas de Mallona and you can reach it from Unamuno square, climbing the steep stairs or taking the lift in the metro station.
32 locals recommend
Etxebarria Parkea
Etxebarria Parkea
32 locals recommend
It offers a nice view of BIlbao and its mountains. It's close to Casco Viejo at the top of the Calzadas de Mallona and you can reach it from Unamuno square, climbing the steep stairs or taking the lift in the metro station.
You can enjoy the best views of Bilbao and surroundings taking the cable car to Artxanda.
35 locals recommend
Funicular de Artxanda
27 Carretera Artxanda-Santo Domingo Errepidea
35 locals recommend
You can enjoy the best views of Bilbao and surroundings taking the cable car to Artxanda.
This hungin bridge is A World Heritage site and it's the world's oldest transporter bridge, built at the end of the nineteenth century. The best way to visit it is to take the metro and get off at Areta/Las Arenas station. If the sun is sunning, a lot of people will be walking along the cost to the old port of Getxo,a beautiful promenade.
173 locals recommend
Vizcaya Bridge
Puente de Vizcaya Zubia
173 locals recommend
This hungin bridge is A World Heritage site and it's the world's oldest transporter bridge, built at the end of the nineteenth century. The best way to visit it is to take the metro and get off at Areta/Las Arenas station. If the sun is sunning, a lot of people will be walking along the cost to the old port of Getxo,a beautiful promenade.
Astonishing views in a place of Game of Thrones
45 locals recommend
Gaztelugatxeko Doniene
45 locals recommend
Astonishing views in a place of Game of Thrones

Arts & Culture

modern art gallery
437 locals recommend
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
2 Abandoibarra Etorb.
437 locals recommend
modern art gallery
classic painting museum
205 locals recommend
Bilbao Fine Arts Museum
2 Museo Plaza
205 locals recommend
classic painting museum
A culturel Centre. It's an old building, a former wine store, remodated by the arquitect Philippe Starck
111 locals recommend
Azkuna Centre
4 Arriquíbar Plaza
111 locals recommend
A culturel Centre. It's an old building, a former wine store, remodated by the arquitect Philippe Starck
A museum about the Basque culture in an old Covent. In Unamuno square
54 locals recommend
Museo Arqueológico, Etnográfico e Histórico Vasco
4 Unamuno Miguel Plaza
54 locals recommend
A museum about the Basque culture in an old Covent. In Unamuno square

Essentials

A supermarket close to the apartment
13 locals recommend
Carrefour Express Jardines
5 Jardines Kalea
13 locals recommend
A supermarket close to the apartment
A big supermarket five minutes away from the apartment.
19 locals recommend
Carrefour Market
s/n Plaza Santos Juanes
19 locals recommend
A big supermarket five minutes away from the apartment.
Good quality supermarket in the old town
BM Shop
nº3 Banco de España Kalea
Good quality supermarket in the old town

Barrios

190 locals recommend
Casco Viejo
190 locals recommend

beaches and villages around Bilbao

Traditional fishing port and good beach in the way to San Sebastian
60 locals recommend
Lekeitio
60 locals recommend
Traditional fishing port and good beach in the way to San Sebastian
A village close to Bilbao with good beaches
8 locals recommend
Sopelana
8 locals recommend
A village close to Bilbao with good beaches
Good beach close to San Juan de Gaztelugatxe
16 locals recommend
Bakio
16 locals recommend
Good beach close to San Juan de Gaztelugatxe
A lovely village with amazing landscapes and two terrific beaches: Laida and Laga
53 locals recommend
Mundaka
53 locals recommend
A lovely village with amazing landscapes and two terrific beaches: Laida and Laga