The oldest component of the city is the Old City (known as the Seven Streets) has been under local security since 1972 due to its historical value. In here are the most imperative shops of the city, and it has a continual chain of bars and restaurants which bestows an extraordinary ambience.

At the very core of the Seven Streets is the Santiago Cathedral , which is the oldest sight that you can see in the vicinity. It has Gothic architecture and is definitely classified as a national integral piece in the history of art and architecture.

Bilbao lies within a huge iron ore mining expanse, near the Bay of Biscay, making it one of the major industrial centers of Spain and also an important seaport.

Bilbaínos are noted to be passionate with their ball games. They are also renowned for their warmth; a visitor to their territory is made to feel at home.

It is now a vibrant city of around 360,000 inhabitants. It forms the hub of the Greater Bilbao metropolis, which is habitat to almost one million people. The City of Bilbao is the Basque Country’s monetary and artistic centre. It is linked to the rest of Spain and Europe by an urbane highway network. It is also the permanent site of the International Samples Trade Fair . Bilbao is now considered one of the most exciting destinations in Europe.

For a long period of time, Bilbao was a very industrial area, one could see, even from miles away, the oven flames that were transforming iron into steel. Tourism was definitely not a foremost scheme of commerce, even if the inhabitants were mostly local tourists from other parts of Spain.

Bilbao, as industrialized as it is, has constantly comprised a unique appeal made possible by traces of earlier times, such as their old theaters, hospitals, mansions, and palaces.

With much gratitude to the construction of the famous Guggenheim Museum designed by the well-renowned Frank O. Gehry, people are now seeing Bilbao in a whole new light. More and more tourists are looking forward to visit Bilbao. Major developments such as metropolitan bridges, luxury hotels, sanitation moves, contemporary metro lines are now much anticipated, making the Bilbainos much more optimistic with reference to their homeland.