Bilbao

The Cantabrian Sea and the Pyrenees mountains provide the backdrop for a landscape with all the shades of green, craggy coasts with small estuaries, and highlands of beach and oak trees. For centuries, its inhabitants have been sailors, farmers and shepherds who speak an ancient language, bearing no relationship to any other known tongue, whose origin must be sought in legends rather than history.

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Our Packages Include:

  • Roundtrip transfers
  • 3 Nights accommodation
  • Breakfast Daily (except apartments)
  • All Hotel taxes and service charges
Extra nights can be added to these packages, this includes all packages on this website.

Price from $266.00 per person in double occupancy

HOTEL ERCILLA
NH VILLA de BILBAO
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We have 15 hotels in Bilbao to choose from

Featured Hotels

Htl Ercilla 4* Bilbao. Centrally located. Bar/coffee shop, shops, discothèque. Air conditioned. Garage. Rooms have; TV/Video, telephone, minibar and hairdryer.

Hotel San Gil 4* Bilbao. Closest hotel to the famous Guggenheim Museum. Centrally located. Bar/coffee shop. Air conditioned. Garage. Rooms have; TV, telephone, mini bar and hairdryer.

Hotel Alfonso XIII 5*DL Bilbao. Centrally located in a historic building. Air conditioned. Bar/coffee shop. Rooms have; TV/Video, telephone, mini bar and hair dryer. Garage.

We offer airfares from: ORD (Chicago) MIA (Miami) LAX (Los Angeles)
 BOS (Boston) and IAD (Washington)
With over 23 other add-on gateways
Available upon request

 

History of Bilbao

One thing is certain, the Basques are the oldest and purest ethnic group on the Iberian Peninsula. The Basque country (Euskadi in Basque) has many cities of interest, the best known are Bilbao, San Sebastian and Vitoria.

Bilbao, which was founded at the beginning of the 14th century is thelargest city in the region and has a lovely Old City with an outstanding Gothic cathedral and CityHall. It is an industrial and financial center. Bilbao is now known for its Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, which basically includes works by themost prominent artists of the last forty years of this century and is supplemented by works from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. However there is the Museum of Fine Arts. Bilbao, which was founded in 1905.

To get to the Guggenheim there is the Moyua Metro or the local buses, 1, 10, 13, 18 that stop at the Plaza del Museo de Bellas Artes. For information one can call the Guggenheim Museum at 435 9080

Shopping in Bilbao

Looking for ceramics, antiques, clothes, shoes, sweet pastries etc. Then Bilbao is the place for you. The main shopping areas are to be found in the old quarters: Indautxi and Ensanche. Don’t “shop till you drop”, take a breather and head for one of the many small cafes and try some delicious “pintxos” or “tapas” (small canapés). Modern shops next to the old stores can be found in what is known as the “Seven Streets in the historic center of Bilbao.

Every Sunday, you will find street Markets under the arches of the Plaza Nueva. Here you will find everything under the sun. There is also another market in the “Bolueta” quarter, where you can find music, shoes and much much more….

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