Bilbao: all 18 tours and excursions for your cruise

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Bilbao & guggenheim museum exclusive opening

  • Cruise line: Silversea
Explore the history, art and architecture of Bilbao during this picturesque excursion to the Guggenheim Museum, and a walking tour through the Old Quarter. Guggenheim Museum Depart the pier and arrive in the heart of the city, proceed for a visit to the Guggenheim Museum of Modern Art. Built by renowned architect Frank O. Gehry, this masterpiece in flowing titanium and limestone reflects Bilbao's heritage with its suggestion of maritime shapes and sails. The building is...

Silver shore privato - bilbao by private van with guide - full-day

  • Cruise line: Silversea
Explore Bilbao at your leisure during your full-day (8-Hour) sightseeing tour via private van. Customise your own itinerary or choose to see an overview of the area's highlights.Depart the pier with your English-speaking guide in an air-conditioned van and discover the city and surrounding areas at your own pace. Your exclusive tour concludes back at the pier. Points of interestsPoints of interest seen on this excursion may include: Bilbao City, Gran Via, Mount Artxanda, Guggenheim Museum of Modern...

Silver shore privato - bilbao by private van with guide - half-day

  • Cruise line: Silversea
Explore Bilbao at your leisure during your half-day (4-Hour) sightseeing tour via private van. Customise your own itinerary or choose to see an overview of the area's highlights.Depart the pier with your English-speaking guide in an air-conditioned van and discover the city and surrounding areas at your own pace. Your exclusive tour concludes back at the pier. Points of interestsPoints of interest seen on this excursion may include: Bilbao City, Gran Via, Mount Artxanda, Guggenheim Museum of Modern...

Silver shore privato - bilbao by private car with guide - full-day

  • Cruise line: Silversea
Explore Bilbao at your leisure during your full-day (8 Hour) sightseeing tour via private car. Customise your own itinerary or choose to see an overview of the area's highlights.Depart the pier with your English-speaking guide in an air-conditioned car and discover the city and surrounding areas at your own pace. Your exclusive tour concludes back at the pier. Points of interestsPoints of interest seen on this excursion may include: Bilbao City, Gran Via, Mount Artxanda, Guggenheim Museum of Modern...

Silver shore privato - bilbao by private car with guide - half day

  • Cruise line: Silversea
Explore Bilbao at your leisure during your half-day (4-Hour) sightseeing tour via private car. Customise your own itinerary or choose to see an overview of the area's highlights.Depart the pier with your English-speaking guide in an air-conditioned car and discover the city and surrounding areas at your own pace. Your exclusive tour concludes back at the pier. Points of interestsPoints of interest seen on this excursion may include: Bilbao City, Gran Via, Mount Artxanda, Guggenheim Museum of Modern...

Scenic basque coast

  • Cruise line: Silversea
Enjoy a scenic tour, including coastal and inland drive, passing by the beautiful Basque countryside. Scenic Inland Drive through Urdaibai Natural Reserve Leave by motocoach on an approximately one hour scenic inland drive passing by different villages typical from the Basque countryside admiring how the landscape is changing along the ride. Travel along the estuary through the Biosphere Reserve of Urdaibai, a natural region with many and diverse trees, animal...

S.a.l.t. basque cuisine & wine

  • Cruise line: Silversea
Travel along the roads of Biscay to discover the local gastronomy and way of life of the Basque country. Txacoli Cellar Gorga Izaguirre Leave the pier by motorcoach for the approximately 45 minute drive to the Txacoli Cellar Gorga Izaguirre, where the owner will welcome you and showcase his cellar. Taste different varieties of txakoli wine in a very authentic way: going directly to the vat and getting the wine from the pipe. The wines tasted will be paired with Basque...

Winery tour & tasting at getaria

  • Cruise line: Silversea
Explore the production and flavours of the rare Txacoli wine during this picturesque, half-day winery tour and tasting excursion to a local Getaria winery. Bilbao, Coast of Guipuzcoa, Getaria Depart the pier for the scenic, approximately 75-minute drive to the village of Getaria. Located on the coast of Guipuzcoa, Getaria is renowned as the hometown of Juan Sebastian Elcano, the first seaman to sail around the world, as well as other notable seamen. The wineries in Getaria...

San sebastian and michelin star restaurant

  • Cruise line: Silversea
Experience the beautiful architecture of San Sebastian during this picturesque, full-day excursion to the historic Old Town. Scenic Drive and Mount Igeldo Depart the pier for the scenic, approximately 1.5-hour drive to San Sebastian, a charming, Belle Epoque resort built around a crescent-shaped bay. San Sebastian's inviting beaches and splendid architecture have been attracting visitors from all over the world since the mid-19th...

Mid-voyage land adventure: basque country getaway

  • Cruise line: Silversea
Experience the stunning natural splendour, iconic sites, and exquisite flavours of northern Spain’s Basque Country during this immersive, two-night overland getaway. In Bilbao, discover the Iron Bridge of Getxo, an UNESCO World Heritage Site. Take a guided tour with lunch at the Guggenheim Museum, and a stroll through the Old Town with its beautiful façades and palaces. Cap off your visit to Bilbao with a pintxos dinner with wine tastings at an amazing farmhouse restaurant. In Getaria,...

San sebastian

  • Cruise line: Silversea
Experience the splendid beauty architecture of San Sebastian during this picturesque excursion to the historic Old Town. Scenic Drive and Mount IgeldoDepart the pier for the scenic, approximately 1.5-hour drive to San Sebastian, a charming, Belle Epoque resort built around a crescent-shaped bay. San Sebastian's inviting beaches and splendid architecture have been attracting visitors from all over the world since the mid-19th century, and this glamourous jewel of the Basque country still retains all...

Scenic bilbao & old quarter

  • Cruise line: Silversea
Drive along the estuary down to the Gran Via, which reflects Bilbao's 19th century mining and industrial prosperity, to the heart of the city. Pass by the Guggenheim Museum of Modern Art, one of Frank Gehry's masterpieces in flowing titanium and limestone, with sail-like shapes suggesting Bilbao's maritime heritage. Next we will visit the Casco Viejo, or Old Quarters, located on the right bank of the river Nervion. Many of the streets are now pedestrian and you will see the 14th...

Bilbao & guggenheim museum

  • Cruise line: Silversea
Explore the history, art and architecture of Bilbao during this picturesque excursion to the Guggenheim Museum, and a walking tour through the Old Quarter. Guggenheim Museum Depart the pier and arrive in the heart of the city, proceed for a visit to the Guggenheim Museum of Modern Art. Built by renowned architect Frank O. Gehry, this masterpiece in flowing titanium and limestone reflects Bilbao's heritage with its suggestion of maritime shapes and sails. The building is...

Guernica & basque coast

  • Cruise line: Silversea
Explore the picturesque beauty, history and architecture of the Basque Coast during this half-day excursion to Guernica. Along the way view the villages of Bakio and Bermeo, both colourful, coastal villages. Scenic Drive and Bakio Depart the pier for the approximate one-hour scenic drive along the coast of Vizcaya, which is highlighted by steep cliffs and isolated beaches. From here, pass through the beautiful Basque countryside dotted with secluded farmhouses en route...

Basque hiking

  • Cruise line: Silversea
Become one with nature on this scenic and cultural hike and discover the heritage of this region preserved in an exceptional environment. Climb between coastal slopes towards the Gorliz Lighthouse and take the path between coastal oaks, heading east going up to the summit of Mount Ermua at 289m (948 feet). Depart the pier in your motor coach for the scenic, 45-minute drive to Gorliz. Gorliz This community in the Basque Country of northern Spain provides many...

Hiking mount ermua

  • Cruise line: Silversea
Discover natural, scenic, heritage and cultural elements of Cape Billano preserved in an exceptional environment on this scenic hiking excursion. Drive one hour to your starting point of coastal, sloping terrain of Cape Billano hiking towards the highlight of the tour, the Lighthouse Gorliz. Its white tower, modern design, this 21 m tall and is located on a stunning cliff of 165m, making it the tallest lighthouse in the Cantabrian coast, with a range of 29 miles. The structure...

Culinary tasting and guggenheim museum private evening visit

  • Cruise line: Silversea
Enjoy a memorable culinary tasting at Restarunt Aspaldiko and explore the incredible Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. Drive to the beautiful Restaurant Aspaldiko where history, culture and gastronomy are combined, resulting in perfect harmony. A traditional farmhouse, Restaurante Aspaldiko was renovated and saved from ruins and today is listed by the Basque government as a cultural relic of the monumental category. The structure is currently one of the last remaining examples representing...

Guggenheim museum - private evening visit

  • Cruise line: Silversea
Explore the incredible Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. The Guggenheim Museum of Modern Art is one of Frank Gehry's masterpieces in flowing titanium and limestone, with sail-like shapes suggesting Bilbao's maritime heritage. From port travel 30 minutes along the estuary down to the Gran Via, which reflects Bilbao's 19th century mining and industrial prosperity, to the heart of the city. Enjoy the approach to the museum, which is itself a piece of art. Receive a 90-minute exclusive...