Akademy/2013/Sightseeing

Bilbao has some very interesting museums, like the famous Guggenheim Museum or the Museo de Bellas Artes.

If you would rather hang out by the sea, there are a few beaches close by which can easily be reached by bus or the Metro as near as 30 minutes + 15 min walking.

Check out the reference websites of the Bilbao tourist information and Council of Bilbao > Tourism, which have all kinds of useful links.

You can also download an Android or iPhone app with tourism info about Basque country

Do not forget to check the amazing plans for july near Bilbao. Some of them are in Bilbao or just half an hour by metro.

Apart from that here you are a selection of other close towns and what they offer:

• Portugalete-Getxo: Shared by this two towns which you can arrive by metro, you will discover the famous Hanging Bridge, World Heritage by Unesco.
• Gernika: Beautifull village in the coast bombed in the civil war and where the medieval parliament of Biscay is located. You can go there with Euskotren from Atxuri (see timetable). Nearby the visitor has wonderful beaches, and the remarkable painted forest of Oma. This all in the Biosphere Reserve of Urdaibai.

And in case you have a free day you should consider visiting one of the three capital cities near Bilbao: Donostia-San Sebastian (99 Km), Vitoria-Gasteiz (66 Km) or Pamplona-Iruña (157 Km). There are buses setting out feach of them from Termibus (see routes and timetables).