Bilbao

Along this street to Alameda Mazarredo, accompanied by bay window, we arrive at the Isozaki Towers, Isozaki Atea, that invite us to become immersed in…

The Montero House, Casa Montero, in Alameda Recalde, is another remarkable example of modernism, in a city where the tastes of the bourgeoisie opted for…

The headquarters of the Bank of Spain and the BBVA lead us, between eclectic facades and bat windows, towards Alameda Urquijo and to the residence…

The “Azkuna Zentroa” sport and cultural centre, the former wine warehouse redesigned by the Philippe Starck, the French architect, is open to local residents and…

The Arriaga theatre is located on the edge of the Medieval quarter, near the river estuary and stands in the middle of the square that…

The basilica in which the Virgin of Begoña, patron saint and spiritual mother of Bizkaia is worshipped, is found on the top of a hill…

The Bidebarrieta Library, built in the French eclectic style, is the work of architect Severino de Achúcarro. It was built in the late nineteenth century…

The Bilbao City Hall was built on the site of the former convent of San Agustín (St Agustin), ceded by the Government to Bilbao City…

We continue towards Elcano street. On our right, the University College indicates the way to Licenciado Poza street, where we find the modernist Guridi building…

The Cathedral-Church of Bilbao is dedicated to St James the Apostle, the patron saint of Bilbao since 1643. Built in the fifteenth century, in a…

At the very heart of the Casco Viejo [Old Town] are its traditional Siete Calles or Seven Streets. Somera is at the head of the…

The baroque Yohn Palace, known as ‘The Bourse’, has a beautiful carved lintel around the door, which is extremely rare in urban architecture in Bizkaia,…

The architecture of Bilbao’s El Ensanche district, and of the Gran Vía in particular, is noted for its eclecticism. Modernist façades intermingle with functional buildings…

The “fosteritos”, as the Metro entrances are known, encourage us to enter into the interior of the city: between glass and steel, concrete and light.…

The convent of the Incarnation was built between 1513 and 1526, and is made up of a church and a cloister. Its construction was made…

The seventeenth century Parish Church of St John and St John occupies, along with the Basque Museum, the site which in its day was an…

Built at the end of the 15th century, the Church of San Antón is not Bilbao’s oldest, but it is one of the most typical.…

The Zabálburu family, who lived at the nearby Mena Palace, gave the land and paid for part of the work of this neo-Gothic church, designed…

Designed by Ignacio de Ibero, it was built in 1756, and is noted for its striking Baroque facade topped by two towers. It was a…

The Sacred Heart Church is the place where, in the late nineteenth century, the Jesuits built their new residence with a church attached. It is…