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Bilbao: Old Town & Guggenheim Highlights
From the medieval Casco Viejo along the river Nervión to Frank Gehry's titanium Guggenheim, the museum that remade a city.
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Welcome to Bilbao, the proud capital of the Basque Country and one of Europe's great urban success stories. A generation ago this was a grimy industrial port in steep decline; today it is a dazzling city of design, art and superb food, its transformation sparked by a single astonishing building. On this riverside walk we begin in the atmospheric medieval Casco Viejo, the old town, with its market, cathedral and pintxos bars, then follow the river Nervión past bold modern bridges and towers to the shimmering titanium curves of the Guggenheim Museum, the building that remade Bilbao. It is a flat, easy stroll along the water, so relax and enjoy the contrast of old and new.
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Mercado de la Ribera
Market
A monumental Art Deco market hall on the bank of the river, long celebrated as one of the largest covered food markets in Europe and still the pantry of the old town.
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Catedral de Santiago
Cathedral
The Gothic cathedral at the heart of the old town, dedicated to Saint James and once an important stop on the coastal pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela, with a tranquil cloister.
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Plaza Nueva
Square
A harmonious neoclassical square enclosed by arcades of some sixty-four arches, the social heart of the old town, lined with pintxos bars and host to a lively Sunday flea market.
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Teatro Arriaga
Theatre
Bilbao's sumptuous neo-Baroque opera house, standing proudly by the river, modelled on the Paris Opera and named after a brilliant local composer who died tragically young.
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Ayuntamiento de Bilbao
City Hall
Bilbao's ornate city hall of 1892, a grand eclectic palace rising beside the river, hiding a dazzling Arab Hall inspired by the Alhambra behind its stately facade.
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Puente Zubizuri
Bridge
A dramatic white footbridge arcing across the river, designed by the celebrated architect Santiago Calatrava, its curved steel mast and glass walkway a symbol of the new, design-led Bilbao.
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Museo Guggenheim Bilbao
Museum
Frank Gehry's world-changing museum of titanium, glass and stone, a sculptural masterpiece that single-handedly transformed Bilbao's fortunes and gave the world the term the Bilbao Effect.
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Puppy
Sculpture
A giant, joyful West Highland terrier, over twelve metres tall and covered entirely in thousands of living flowers, created by Jeff Koons to stand guard at the Guggenheim's door.
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Torre Iberdrola
Skyscraper
The tallest building in the Basque Country, a sleek 165-metre glass skyscraper by the architect César Pelli, the modern landmark of the regenerated Abandoibarra riverside district.
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Parque de Doña Casilda
Park
Bilbao's beloved English-style park from 1907, a leafy oasis of winding paths, a large duck pond, fountains and a bandstand, affectionately known to locals as the park of the ducks.
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