Bilbao

We have friends who own the Kuki Cookie Bakery in the city center, and they are delicious! Our son is visiting them this week! Stop by for a treat!

Will you have a car? There are no wineries in Bilbao, you have to drive either to the txakoli areas, or to Rioja wine region. Bilbao (my hometown) offers a wide variety of interesting visits: the obvious Guggenheim Museum, but also the less visited Fine Arts Museum, very close by (and free!); the Casco Viejo (old town) and its picturesque streets, bars and shops; Azkuna Zentroa, or how an old wine warehouse was transformed into a unique civic center, worth a visit if just for its peculiar columns; the funicular to Artxanda hill for the very best views of the city; Bilbao La Vieja, former mining area on the other side of the river, facing the old town (maybe a bit edgy); the upper part of the city, with Diputación street, Heros, Henao, Juan de Ajuriaguerra...for excellent bar atmosphere...and its unique arquitecture.

If you want to venture out of the city, it´s very easy on our clean, safe and efficient metro (subway) system. The Puente Bizkaia, UNESCO World Heritage, is really worth seeing, as it´s something unique in the world. From there, a beautiful walk towards the old fishing port of Algorta, very much untouched by mass tourism, with a nearby metro stop (Algorta) to return to Bilbao.

Thank you so much! Hotel suggestions?