Casco Viejo
The heart and soul of Bilbao, its old quarter Casco Viejo — the place where the city began more than 700 years ago. Today, its narrow, stone-paved streets are filled with international tourists: they enjoy strolling in the shade of old mansions and relaxing in cozy squares.
Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao
The branch of the Solomon Guggenheim Museum of Modern Art in Bilbao is recognized as one of the most interesting projects in the history of architecture. The museum is covered with thin titanium plates in the shape of fish scales, periodically intersecting with the original glass surfaces.
Old Town of Ondarribia
Ondarribia was the second city in the province of Gipuzkoa after San Sebastian, which received city rights in 1203. And the first one founded by the King of Castile. The strategic location and importance of Ondarribia as a fortress city determined the architectural appearance of the former village.
Flower Dog in Bilbao
Perhaps the most “postcard” attraction of Bilbao, a flower dog named Puppy vigilantly guards the entrance to the Guggenheim Museum. Created in 1992 for an exhibition in Germany, this 13-meter sculpture received a permanent residence permit from the museum in 1997.
Alondiga
Alondiga is a mecca of entertainment for the residents of Bilbao. This ultramodern building, created by the exuberant imagination of the famous Philippe Starck, houses everything that a lover of fun can need: bars and restaurants, nightclubs and discos, a library and stage venues.
Archaeological Museum of Bilbao
The Archaeological Museum of Bilbao may not be among the most visited places in the city, but it definitely deserves close attention if you want to learn more about the long and rich history of the Biscay region and the entire Basque Country.
Begonya Basilica
The Basilica of Begonia is the main place of veneration of the Virgin Mary, the guardian saint of navigators and ships, according to the residents of the Biscay region. This magnificent building, whose architectural appearance combines the features of Gothic and Baroque, attracts with its slender, elegant facade.
Iberdrola Tower Iberdrola
is the largest energy company on the Iberian Peninsula. The tower of the same name was designed as an office building for 33 thousand employees of this corporation. A skyscraper made of glass and concrete in the shape of an isosceles triangle, 165 m high, was built in just two years.
Biscay Bridge
The Biscay Bridge is a unique engineering structure of the late 19th century on the Nervion River in Bilbao. A span is installed between two 60-meter supports, to which a gondola is suspended. Locals call it flying.
Guernica
The traditional Basque town of Guernica is famous primarily for the painting of the same name by Pablo Picasso, which depicts the horrors of the Luftwaffe air raid of 1937. However, it is worth coming here not only to see Guernica in Guernica firsthand.