Bilbao

Bilbao - what a beautiful city. It is comprised of several mini towns of which the most famous are deusto (where the Guggenheim museum can be found) and casco viejo. The latter is full off things to see. The best way to see Casco Viejo is definitely via t...  Read review

The first time I stayed at the Carlton it was entirely accidental. I had flown from Madrid to Bilbao with a Spanish colleague probably 10 years ago and our flight was so late that the hotel where we had bookings had given our rooms away to someone else. I...  Read review

The Guggenheim Museum is an absolutely fantastic building. If you like architecture, it will fascinate you. I could spend hours just looking at it as, depending on the light, it looks so different. It really is beautiful. It's had such a huge impact o...  Read review

I have travelled on the P&O Portsmouth-Bilbao ferry twice now, as a cheap way of seeing a wide variety of Whales and Dolphins. You can get a cabin for two people for about £80 each, this does not include any meals or any type of cabin service. You sail...  Read review

Those of you, who know me, will know why I like Bilbao. For those of you that don’t know me I like Bilbao because of the Guggenheim. The Guggenheim is an art museum run by the Guggenheim family; they also have a museum in New York and Chicago. As well as...  Read review

“Where’s that then?” asked our hairdresser last week, when I mentioned that we were going to Bilbao for a few days. “It’s a port in North-Eastern Spain, in the Basque region”, I replied, stretching my own research into the subject to its limit. “So...  Read review