Bilbao Highlights 3-hour E-Bike tour: Small Group or Private Tour
Description
Discover Bilbao in the most comfortable and fun way, on a guided 3-hour e-bike tour that brings the city’s past and present to life. With effortless pedalling and safe riverside bike paths, this tour lets you see more of the city without rushing, while your local guide shares the stories that make every tour unique. We begin the tour at the place where Bilbao first took shape. Your guide reveals how Bilbao evolved from a small trading port, to how the iron industry took over, and how it eventually grew into the Basque Country’s cultural and economic heart. From there, we cycle along the Nervion River. You’ll pass by the iconic Zubizuri Bridge, admire the striking curves of the Guggenheim Museum, explore the San Mamés football stadium, as well as the Maritime Museum, where you’ll learn about Bilbao’s industrial past and its deep connection to shipbuilding This e-bike tour is the perfect introduction for a citytrip to Bilbao to learn about the city’s character, history and identity.
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Itinerary
Our local guide will explain the importance of the Bridge built by Santiago Calatrava, as well as the controversy that surrounded the entire project in the regeneration of Bilbao.
We will visit the external part of the Guggenheim Museum and we will detail its importance as a driving force in the reconversion of the city. In the same way we will see his most iconic exterior works such as Mama, Puppy or The Eye, among others.
Our guide will stop at Plaza Euskadi to contemplate the exterior of the tallest building in Euskadi, the Iberdrola Tower, as well as the Artklass Building and its importance in the architectural evolution of the city.
On this Tour we will enter the authentic lung of the city, passing next to the Museum of Fine Arts and enjoying this green area in the center of the city.
Together with the guide, we will visit the exterior of the Euskalduna Palace and take up the industrial and seafaring history of the town.
Our guide will take you to the Maritime Museum and we will visit its exterior space, talking about the seafaring history of the Basques and specifically of Bilbao.
Our local guide will take you to the foot of the Athletic Club Soccer Stadium, a hallmark for all the inhabitants of the city and the province. We will see the outside of the stadium.
We will arrive with our bicycles to the Bilbao City Hall explaining the Basque management model, both provincial and local.
We will visit the La Ribera Market to learn first-hand more about our gastronomy and our local products.
We will end our trip in the place where the city originated.
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What's included
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Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- 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.
- Not valid for people under 140 cm height
Reviews(231)
A fantastic bike ride through the city. Very enjoyable longer stretches of riding broken up by stops at lovely points of interest. Our fabulous guide, Roberto, was excellent! He provided so much history, old and recent. We covered so much ground and had so much fun on the e-bikes. Highly recommend!
Brilliant tour, great guide, fascinating city and really good to use an E bike for the first time! Recommended
Extremely fun and informative bike ride along the highlights where you learn a lot from the history to the contemporary of Bilbao. As far as I'm concerned a must thanks in part to the enthusiasm of our guide Nicolien.
Super fun bike ride with Peter, a Basque at heart who (in Dutch) talks about his city with a lot of passion. Given the heat it was also very pleasant to explore the city by bike. Highly recommended, also on behalf of daughter of 11. Safe cycling and good quality electric bikes.
Meeting point a short walk from Abando, etro station. The ebikes are easy to ride. Most of the Tour is on cycle paths or marked cycle paths when shared with traffic. Felt perfectly safe. Group was also had a couple of older folk on it, so don't be put off. The guide was knowledgeable and friendly throughout. Got to see the main highlights and totally enjoyed this tour. Highly recommend.
Our Guide was flexible enough to adapt to what the group wanted to see. He told lots of information about Bilbao and it’s history.
Knowledgeable friendly Guide that accommodated everyone’s needs and answered all questions. Very passionate about the basque history. Highly recommend Milan!
Nice guide and great cycling Nice way to explore the city and know a bit more about it Recommended
What a wonderful e-bike tour with perfect guide who knew a lot about Bilbao. For us the perfect start to a city trip!! Guidance was top notch!!
This was a really fun way to get to see Bilbao in only a few hours. This was my first experience on a e-bike. It was so easy! The bike lanes in this city made it easy to maneuver and felt safe. Roberto was a great guide! We stopped at many landmarks and even had time to go into the soccer stadium, see the field and grab a drink! I highly recommend this tour!!
