LOVE the building. Gehry is a master! The art they filled his building with is garbage though ABSOLUTE GARBAGE...and I love art. I'm sorry, art is debatable but seriously!!!! A piece of cardboard with staples in it IS NOT ART! It doesn't even have an interesting name...just big cardboard with staples! A plain fully blue canvas is NOT ART! If... more

The cafe sits off the Arcellor Mittal room. All indications are the restaurant proper is a destination in its own right. The museum cafe is very very unspecial and offers boring sandwiches/snacks and drinks at high prices. We have no opinion on the restaurant (highly rated elsewhere). If you are hungry during a visit but don't want to eat at... more

The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao is worth the trip. Although I´m not into surrealism I enjoyed the museum. My only suggestion is to check the events before you go. My hubby and I were in Santander and we decided to drive ourselves which was only 1hr and 15 mins drive. The museum is striking and it took us about 4hrs... more

Both in and out this amazing piece of architecture can hold you in constant admiration for both the deisgner and those who made such a challenging project happen. The exhibits themselves are good albeit in specific areas of surrelism, pop art etc, but to be fair the building itself is worth visiting even if it was empty. more

Just loved it. Magnific creation of Frank Gehry. It's the ex-libris of Bilbao, with no doubts at all. I recomend entering the town by the Museum side, it's a magnifical first sight of Bilbao. The Museum inside is also amazing, specially the fish room. Enjoy it. more

I wish I had read the reviews here before planning a trip to the Guggenheim in October. It seems that October is the month "between" exhibitions, and there is not much to see. When we arrived, only 3 of 20+ galleries were open, all on the first floor. Even the elevators and stairs up to the 2nd and 3rd floors... more

An overnight train from Madrid was a total hassle, but we woke up in Bilbao. We made the trip for the purpose of checking out the 10-year old Gehry masterpiece. Despite the rain, I'm so glad we went! The architecture is magnificent. While modern art isn't always my first choice, the draw was truly the building itself. In addition, the... more

Our visit to the Guggenheim recently was brilliant. Bilbao is not the prettiest city to stay in but a short stop-over takes care of a visit to the Guggenheim. Thousands must have written about the building itself and I would like to add my voice to those who just love it! The art is big and bold and though you... more

Our travel book had rated this as one of the best places to dine in Bilbao. Unfortunately it was a big disappointment. We both ordered the chef's tasting menu. One standout example of the problems was the meat course, which was a veal dish. My wife's was raw and mine was medium-well. And we both specified medium-rare. The service was... more