A late winter break to Bilbao
What a fabulous place to visit for a weekend Bilbao proved to be! From the very impressive Guggenheim to the narrow streets in the old town, and out to the peaceful pedestrian squares near the port there’s something for all tastes. Getting around is dead easy as the transport system is fast and efficient, be it tram, underground or train. The trip out to San Sebastian was extremely worthwhile as we managed to find a Michelin starred restaurant so spent most of the time there enjoying the 7 course ‘menu degustation’ – fabulous!
Back in Bilbao much of the time was spent strolling around the narrow pedestrianised streets of the old town with very frequent stops at various pintxos (similar to tapas)bars for a snack or two and a glass or two of Rioja – incredibly good value, and never a poor glass of wine! The only evening we tried a sit-down meal it proved poor value for money, or maybe our choice of venue was poor. Some of the prices were a little odd, as at the Central Station a fresh orange juice was 5 Euros, roughly equivalent to two and a half glasses of wine at most pintxos bars – I know which I think is better value!
Needless to day there was no shortage of photographic material so managed to get through a fiar amount of camera memory in the three days we were there.
