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(*) 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.
DISCOVER THE RICH INVENTORY OF INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE AND PUBLIC WORKS THAT STILL LOOM ON THE BANKS OF THE ESTUARY AND THE STREETS OF BILBAO TODAY.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE TOUR:
The estuary is the reason for being of Bilbao. Port before town, the city is not explained without it. We propose a walk along its left and right banks to discover the hidden beauty of a landscape and heritage forged over the centuries, the result of an industrial, mining and port past.
You will get to know pioneering projects in industry and technology, squares, markets, docks, remains of old loading areas, old calcination kilns, sheds, bridges, train stations, old warehouses, etc ...
A vindication of the memory of a Bilbao that we left, but that left its mark on the landscape and its people, and that forever determined the physiognomy of the estuary. "The Ría de Bilbao is the main street of Vizcaya ... The Ría, the main street of industrial Bilbao, has been and is the great way of silver" (Ignacio Aldecoa)
ORIENTATIVE ITINERARY
Start in Plaza Santiago - La Ribera Plaza y Mercado - Santos Juanes - Ibeni - San Antón - Plaza Saralegui - Bilbao La Vieja - Muelle Martzana - La Naja - Abando Station - Arenal - Town Hall - Muelle Uribitarte - Campa de los ingleses (Guggenheim) - Abandoibarra - Alhóndiga Bilbao
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
-Max groups 15 pax. Because in addition to professionals some of us are also neighbors and we believe that the future of the neighborhood depends on taking care of it and respecting it. Because we do not want you to miss any of our explanations and because we believe that a close treatment will improve your experience during the tour.
-We do not use amplifiers. We have nothing against it, we know its usefulness, but the Casco Viejo de Bilbao is not only a commercial and tourist area, it is also a residential area. Thus we do not contribute to noise pollution and we respect the rest of the neighbors.
-If you have a reusable bottle, we recommend that you take it with you. This will avoid the generation of waste from plastic bottles. In Bilbao there are more than 300 public sources with high quality drinking water that deserves to be valued.
MEASURES BY COVID-19
Important information We are taking safety and hygiene measures recommended by the health authorities in all Guruwalks:
- Limited number of visitors
- Safety distance between visitors
- Mandatory own mask
Plaza Santiago, in front of the cathedral, look for the blue umbrella.
Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end of the tour the amount that he or she considers appropriate (these usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).
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