The Guggenheim Museum is Bilbao’s star architectural attraction. The building designed by Frank O. Gehry (winner of the Pritzker Prize for Architecture in 1989), is considered a masterpiece with its amazing half-sculpted curves and walls of yellow li..

Over 7 000m2 of informative exhibits on the maritime, commercial and industrial activity of the port of Bilbao. The ground floor primarily recounts 19C developments. Note the Wreck of the Urbiets (15C) recovered from the Guernica estuary in 1998. U..

The two buildings that make up the Museo de Bellas Artes, one built in 1945, the other in the 1960s, house the second largest collection of Spanish art after the Prado in Madrid. The fine art section is dedicated to Spanish painters from the 12C-17..

Set up in the old College of Saint Andrew, the Vasco museum boasts a fine enthnological collection with an immense relief «model» of Biscaye. The objects on display are related to traditional Basque activities such as fishing, lweaving, art and craft..

The old convent of the Incarnation (16thC) now accommodates the Museum of Sacred art The collection is particular well-endowed with pieces of basque gold and silverware. It is also endoowed with some amazing wooden statues depicting the Virgn with ch..

From the basilica de Begoña you have an unrivalled view of the town. However, for the inhabitants of Bilbao, the place is a primarily a sanctuary. It accommodates Our-Lady-of-Begoña, the Patron Saint of Biscaye. The statue of the Saint has been extre..