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BILBAO HIGHLIGHTS Free Tour

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Bilbao

Duration: 2 hours and 15 minutes

Languages: English

Guru: BILBAO FREE TOUR EXPERIENCE

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Registered on 23 July 2020

(*) THE ART OF GUIDING PROFESSIONALISM, EXPERIENCE, EXCELLENCE AND HISTORICAL RIGOR. Bilbao Free Tour Experience is a project that was born as a response to the crisis caused in the tourism sector by the pandemic as a result of the collaboration of several professionals. Their team is not made up of amateurs or students, but rather PROFESSIONAL TOUR GUIDES, the first to bring the free tour model (reverse box office / free donation) to Bilbao, a once-exclusive service. Our work environment covers the entire Autonomous Community of the Basque Country. Diplomas in Tourism and Bachelors in Art History, we are dedicated to disseminating the artistic, cultural and natural heritage of the entire territory and its network of most important public and private museums such as the Guggenheim Museum or the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum. We have extensive experience of 20 years in the field of tourism receiving public from more than 80 countries. We offer tours in Spanish, English, Basque, Italian and German. The last three in payment mode. Our tours are characterized by the depth of their information, they are exhaustive, well documented from a historical and cultural point of view and are aimed at an intellectually demanding public. Through our work we propose a series of initiatives for the care of the city, promoting the interaction of tourists with commerce and local culture. (*) All our texts and contents protected by copyright.

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Pay-what-you-wish tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free

Tour description

The Ultimate Tour of Bilbao told by the Best City Guides.

For centuries Bilbao was limited to the area now called Old Town from where it developed to become one of the most thriving trading ports of the European Atlantic arc. It was at the end of the 19th century, in full industrial development, when the definitive leap to the left bank took place.

In 1876, wrapped in an unprecedented development caused by industrial take-off, Bilbao approved the project of what is popularly known today as Ensanche (expansion). Many local architects, influenced by the international trends of the time and under the motto "act local, think global", shaped one of the most elegant urban areas in Europe.

More than a century later, the inauguration of the Guggenheim Museum and its overwhelming impact placed Bilbao in the spotlight of contemporary architecture and unleashed the construction of outstanding projects and infrastructures designed by some of the best architects of our time.

A comprehensive dive into Bilbao's history, heritage and landmarks as well as into its proud idionsyncrasy.

And of course the best tips for you to make the most of your time in Bilbao.

Useful information for the traveler:

- BFTE reserves the right to cancel the tour if the group does not reach the minimum of 4 people.
-We don not cancel the tour because of the rain. Bilbao can be a rainy place at times.
-Small groups
-If you have a reusable bottle, we recommend that you take it with you. This way you will avoid the generation of waste from plastic bottles. In Bilbao there are more than 300 public fountains with high quality drinking water that deserves to be valued.

Highlights

What will we see on this tour?

Meeting point:

Areatzako Pasealekua, 1A, 48005 Bilbo, Bizkaia, Spain

San Nicolás Church Main Entrance. Blue Umbrella

How much does this tour cost?

Free tours don't have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end the amount they consider appropriate (amounts usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).