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Bilbao Art District Walking Tour: Street Art in La Vieja and San Francisco
The Guggenheim comes last on this walk, after two neighborhoods that the classic routes skip: Bilbao La Vieja and San Francisco. A local guide specialized in art and culture leads a small group past murals and street art by local artists, and uses them to explain how Bilbao changed, with local life and social history along the way.
The walk starts at the Concordia train station, and the stops read like a map of the city's other history. Near the San Anton Bridge, named after an old tower house, the bars and restaurants show how the neighborhood has turned over. Bilborock-La Merced is a former 17th-century church that is now a cultural center with a concert hall, a cinema and workshop rooms. The old calcination furnace of the San Luis Mine recalls the mining past on the way toward Miribilla. In San Francisco, the square has the site of a 16th-century Franciscan convent, and an artistic production center where screen printing, sculpture and technology professionals share a space is a benchmark for the Basque cultural scene. A break with craft beer and a snack falls along the way.
The route ends outside the Guggenheim, where the guide explains the museum's impact on the city and its outdoor sculptures. Anyone who has already seen the building will find a different side of Bilbao here.
What's included
- A break with craft beer and snack
- Insights in Street-art and modern art pieces
- Local guide, specialized in art and culture
- Guided Tour of the Guggenheim’s outdoor Sculptures
Itinerary
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Check-in at the Tour Bilbao shop
Meeting point for check-in at the Tour Bilbao shop, @tournebilbao.
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Concordia train station
Designed in the early 19th century, with striking architecture inside and out. It is the starting point of the route through the Bilbao La Vieja neighborhood.
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Left of the San Anton Bridge
To the left of the San Anton Bridge, named after an old tower house that stood nearby. Today it is full of bars and restaurants, a sign of how the neighborhood has changed.
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Former nursery and street art
An old building where the children of day laborers were looked after, now meant to become a center for innovation projects. Nearby, urban art by local artists is seen from outside.
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Centro Municipal Bilborock-La Merced
A former 17th-century church turned cultural center, with a concert hall, cinema and workshop rooms.
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San Luis Mine furnace
The old calcination furnace of the San Luis Mine, a reminder of the area's mining past, leads to Miribilla, the latest urban regeneration here.
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Former border with Calle de San Francisco
The former border between old Bilbao and Calle de San Francisco, now lively thanks to new restaurants and urban art on every corner.
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San Francisco neighborhood square
The center of the multicultural San Francisco neighborhood, with the site of a 16th-century Franciscan convent and Sarean, a meeting space run by a neighborhood cultural association. The route can finish here with a beer.
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Artistic production center
An artistic production center where screen printing, sculpture and technology professionals share a space, a benchmark for the Basque cultural scene.
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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
The impact of the Guggenheim Museum, explained outside, along with its outdoor sculptures.
Not included
- Additional Food and Drink
- Gratuities
Good to know
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- If you are happy with the services provided by your local guides a tip - though not compulsory - is appropriate. While it may not be customary to you, it is of great significance to the people who will take care of you during your travels, inspires excellent service, and is an entrenched feature of the tourism industry. Please consider this when budgeting for your extra expenses on this tour.
- Wear comfortable clothes and shoes.
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- Up to 15 travelers per booking.
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Guiding available in: en.
Meeting point
- The guide meets the group at a local shop called Tourné Bilbao, Villarías Kalea 1.
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