Things to see in Bilbao
Bilbao is a city in Spain, with an urban population of about 876 thousand. Below are 20 notable places within about 7 km of the centre, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
1Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Museum
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum of modern and contemporary art in Bilbao, Biscay, Spain. It is one of several museums affiliated to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and features permanent and visiting exhibits of works by Spanish and international artists.
2St. James' Cathedral Place of worship
The Cathedral Basilica of Saint James is a Catholic cathedral in Bilbao, Spain. It is dedicated to the apostle James the Great, by virtue of being a point of transit for the pilgrims that followed the Northern Way of the Camino de Santiago.
3Bilbao Fine Arts Museum Art
The Bilbao Fine Arts Museum is an art museum located in the city of Bilbao, Spain. The building of the museum is located entirely inside the city's Doña Casilda Iturrizar Park.
4Zubizuri Landmark
The Zubizuri (Basque for "white bridge"), also called the Campo Volantin Bridge or Puente del Campo Volantin, is a tied arch footbridge across the Nervión River in Bilbao, Spain.
5Church of San Antón Place of worship
The Church of San Antón is a Catholic church located in the Old Town neighbourhood of Bilbao, Spain. It is dedicated to Anthony the Great, known as San Antón in Spanish.
6Teatro Arriaga Arts & culture
The Teatro Arriaga, or Arriaga Antzokia in Basque, is an opera house located on the Nervión River in Bilbao, Spain. It was built in Neo-Baroque style by architect Joaquín Rucoba in 1890, the same architect that built the city hall.
7Bizkaia Arena Arts & culture
Bizkaia Arena is an indoor arena in Barakaldo, Greater Bilbao. It is one of the biggest multipurpose halls in Spain, as it can hold up to 26,000 people with maximum legal capacity, although in most concert configurations the capacity is reduced to 18,640.
8Basilica of Begoña Place of worship
The Basilica of Begoña is a basilica in Bilbao, in Spain, dedicated to the patroness saint of Biscay, the image of Our Lady of Begoña.
9Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall Arts & culture
The Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall or Euskalduna Palace or Euskalduna Hall is located in the city of Bilbao, Basque Country (Spain), beside the Estuary of Bilbao, built in part of the area that was formerly occupied by the Euskalduna shipyards.
10Chavarri Palace History
The Chavarri Palace is a building in the Flemish style in the city of Bilbao, the most outstanding around the Elíptica Square. It was built in the early 20th century and its style resembles the palaces built during the Renaissance in Antwerp or Bruges.
11Pagasarri Nature
Pagasarri (Basque language name meaning 'thick forest of beech') is one of the two small mountain ranges that encloses the city of Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain and is part of the Basque Mountains.
12Mount Artxanda Nature
Mount Artxanda is one of the two small mountain ranges that delimit the municipality of Bilbao, the other one being Pagasarri. Of the two, it is the lower one (at no more than 300 m.), the closer one to the center of the city, and the one that has suffered from more intense urbanization.
13San Antón Bridge Landmark
The San Antón Bridge is an arch bridge in Bilbao, Spain. It spans the Estuary of Bilbao, linking the neighborhoods of Bilbao La Vieja and Casco Viejo.
14Alhóndiga Bilbao Museum
Azkuna Zentroa (Basque for Azkuna Centre), previously known as Alhóndiga Bilbao, is a multi-purpose venue located in the city of Bilbao, Spain.
15La Salve Landmark
La Salve is a quarter in the 2nd district of the city of Bilbao, Spain. It gains its name from the fact that sailors, returning from sea, would first see the tower of the Basilica of Begoña at this point as ships returned up the river Nervión, which runs through the city.
16Ganekogorta Nature
Ganekogorta or Belaute is a mountain in the border of the provinces of Biscay and Álava in the Basque Country, Spain. It is located roughly halfway between Bilbao and Llodio.
17Euskal Museoa Art
The Basque Museum, with the original name of the Basque Archaeological, Ethnographic and Historical Museum, is a museum in Bilbao, Spain.
18Plaza Nueva History
The Plaza Nueva or Plaza Barria ('New Square') of Bilbao is a monumental square of neoclassical style, designed in 1821 and inaugurated in 1851.
19Plaza Elíptica Neighbourhood
Plaza Elíptica, formerly named Moyúa, is a public square located in the center of Bilbao's extension, in the district of Abando.
20Doña Casilda Iturrizar park Park
Doña Casilda Iturrizar Park is a public park located in the city of Bilbao (Basque Autonomous Community, Spain),
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