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Craving an authentic local taste of Bilbao? Embark on a unique journey with a local food expert, exploring hidden culinary gems on this private pintxos tour! Satisfy your curiosity and cultural cravings with delectable tastings and unforgettable highlights. Join your local foodie for an extraordinary experience that will ignite your passion for Bilbao's rich food culture.

Destination

Bilbao, Spain

Category

Food Tours

Duration

2.5 hours

Transport mode

Walking tour

Available languages

Dansk, English, Español, Norsk, Svenska, Deutsch, Português, Italiano, Français

Included

• Private Guide
• 3 Local Alcoholic- or non Alcoholic Drinks
• 6 Pintxos(Vegetarian Options Available)
• All Withlocals Tours are Carbon Neutral

Excluded

• Entrance to attractions

What you can expect

Choose your local

Get to know these 7 passionate locals, each bringing unique perspectives and talents. Choose your favorite, check their availability, and book to create an unforgettable adventure tailored to you.

This is the plan

Check out the plan below to see what you'll get up to with your local host. Feel free to personalize this offer with the host of your choice.

1. Meeting point

   Meet at at the entrance(steps) of the St. Nicolas church - Bilbao to start your journey

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2. Itinerary

   This is what our experience could look like, but it’s not set in stone! Once you book, you can chat directly with your host to make small tweaks to suit your preferences.

3. Food & Culture

   On this private tour, discover why pintxos is so relevant for the locals and their culture. Your local foodie expert is ready to take you on a tour where flavor, traditions, and cultural history combine to give you the perfect taste of Bilbao

4. Authentic Tastings

   To fully understand the significance of food in the Basque culture, you must give it a try. And on this tour, you’ll get to enjoy pintxo anchoa, Txakoli wine, and 7 other tastings that put this food tradition on the map!

5. Food Traditions

   Do as the locals do and embrace the way they enjoy pintxos - the authentic way. Learn the history behind this local ritual, the right way to enjoy it, and tips and tricks on how to keep it alive for the rest of your stay

6. Cultural Highlights

   Visit highlights relevant to the food and cultural theme of your tour where you can know more about Bilbao and where your local host can give more insights and recommendations

7. Make it yours

   Want to tweak the itinerary? Book directly & chat afterwards with your host to adjust highlights, skip stops, or make small changes to fit your preferences.

   Book risk-free: Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund.

   Need something special? Personalize your experience for more time, alternative locations or a completely tailored plan.

Flexible cancellation policy

• Feel confident booking

  Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund. Even up to 7 days before your experience, you’ll receive a refund, minus the service fee.

• Change of plans?

  Reschedule your experience to a date and time that works best for you.

• Loved by travelers worldwide

  Simple and flexible – your plans, your way.

Reviews from guests

Kay

(About local Rune)

10 September 2025

We learned a lot about the history and Development of Bilbao and got a deep insight in the mentality of ist people. Brought to us by Rune, who let us even know how he got into Bilbao With his Family. Facts an feelings from One Person. Wonderful time

lutgarde🇧🇪 Belgium

(About local Mabel)

9 August 2025

We had a very nice pinxtos evening with Mabel who brought us to typical pinxtos restaurants where we tasted delicious pinxtos. She told us many interesting things about Bilbaon and Basque food and other traditions. Splendid pinxtos experience

Laroo

(About local Jéssica)

15 July 2025

We had a wonderful evening touring Casco Viejo pinchos bars with Jéssica. The hard part about going to pinchos bars is knowing the good ones from the ones that are just OK, and Jéssica took us to good ones, with great variety. Along the way, she told us about the lifestyle and culture of Bilbao and the Basque country. This is a great way to learn about pinchos and get a good meal too!Fun and informative food tour

Ruedi🇨🇭 Switzerland

(About local Mabel)

27 June 2025

Mabel hat eine höchst interessante und kulinarisch exquisite Tour in Bilbao geleitet. Wir haben viel Interessantes erfahren und Insider Informationen bekommen. Es war genial. Danke Mabel!Herzlichen Dank für die tolle Bilbao Tour

Tine🇩🇰 Denmark

(About local Rune)

18 June 2025

An incredibly fun and delightful experience with Rune leading an informative tour of Bilbao's history, culture and gastronomy. We enjoyed the specialties and experienced the food and environments that we would not have found ourselves. An effective introduction to Basque life and the city. Extra plus to have a dialog from a Danish perspective.

Susanne🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Mabel)

15 June 2025

Die Stadtführung mit Mabel hat sehr viel Spaß gemacht und war auch sehr informativ, so dass wir viel über die Geschichte Bilbaos und auch Land und Leute erfahren konnten. Mabel ist sehr sympathisch mit viel Humor. Jederzeit wieder 🥰👍Stadtführung mit Pintxos

Hetty🇳🇱 Netherlands

(About local Laura )

2 June 2025

What a great way to (re)acquaint yourself with Bilbao and experience the local food and drink culture. Tour was at a very busy time, Friday evening at 19:00, but our great guide Laura knew exactly where to go and also gave us a lot of information about the city and life in the city. We really enjoyed it and Laura gave us a lot of great tips for the coming days. Really a super enthusiastic and involved guide! Thanks!!Great evening

Albert🇺🇸 United States

(About local Mabel)

18 May 2025

Mable was extremely knowledgeable, interesting and a delight to be around. She brought us to various places where we savored local experiences while learning about Bilbao culture and history. Highly recommended! Wonderful Experience

Bas🇳🇱 Netherlands

(About local Mabel)

13 May 2025

This must not have been easy for Mabel, as this was my 10th visit to Bilbao. But; Mabel surprised me, in a very pleasant way, still. I learned so many things about the city, its history, the Basque culture and history, the Guggenheim and the local football team, I got even more excited about this great city with great people. Mabel checked in many times what we would want to see, hear or taste next and had on everything original suggestions. If you want to truly understand the city, its people and have some phenomenal pinxchos: call Mabel! One ‘critical’ note though, the tour is expensive, but as they say, quality comes with a price!A lovely, stunning experience!

Norman🇺🇸 United States

(About local Rune)

29 March 2025

Rune took us to a good mix of pinxtos bars, each with a variety of options. He pointed out the typical local, and the "don't miss" options. Between stops, he was also very knowledgable about the local area and provided a good and interesting city tour. He was a great guide, and the personel introduction we got to Bilbao and pinxtos was well worth the price. Also we t to restaurant he recommended for lunch the next day, and had a great meal.Great introduction to Pinxtos

David

(About local Mabel)

3 February 2025

I love having my mind changed. I went into our trip to Bilbao with expectations that I wouldn't like it. Thanks in part to Mabel and our WithLocals Tour, I can now say without a doubt that I love Bilbao. Our time was a bit truncated due to some communications issues, but Mabel made the most of our time and showed my partner and me a wonderful experience. We're both really into the food scene and Mabel showed us how it's done in Bilbao. But more than the food, she really gave us an inside look into life in this beautiful Spanish gem. We can't wait to go back and we look forward to seeing Mabel again. And if you want to have a great experience in Bilbao, go see Mabel!A New Favorite City - Thanks, Mabel!

Will🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Jéssica)

29 November 2024

Jesica is a star. Super friendly, great guide and knows all the best food spots in Bilbao. We are veterans of food tours and this is right up there as one best we have done. Awesome Bilbao food tour

Unknown

(About local Laura )

12 October 2024

We had a wonderful Pintxo tour with Laura in Bilbao. She was extremely knowledgeable about the city and out of the way places for great pintxos and drinks. She also tailored our tour to our tastes in food/wine and our interests in the city. Finally, she gave us a whole set of suggestions on what to do in and around Bilbao on the next dayDelightful evening in Bilbao

Eva🇫🇷 France

(About local Santiago)

29 September 2024

We had a great tour with Santi. It was definitely the most efficient way to see the city and get our bearings as it is quite large. The funicular was a stand out! Thanks Santi!Great city tour!

Victor🇳🇱 Netherlands

(About local Jéssica)

7 September 2024

As a start for our citytrip Bilbao, we decided to make a pintxos tour with a local. Jessica met us right ontime at the St.Nicolas church in the old city center. Despite a rainy evening, she managed to show us what the most wonderfull places to enjoy autentic pintxos and regional drinks like Cider, Vermut and licquor. During the tour she explained the history and recent Development of Bilbao. We visited small bars in the old City and more trendy bars at the otherside of the river. Overall, this trip was a wonderfull and tastefull start of our Bilbaotrip. And thans to Jessica with lots of tips for the coming days.Getting to know Pintxos cultur

Erica🇦🇺 Australia

(About local Laura )

27 August 2024

Due to a late arrival in Bilbao on our part and the end of a 10 day long fiesta in Bilbao, we rescheduled our Pinxoa tour to the Monday lunch at Laura’s suggestion. This was brilliant as the massive crowds had well and truly dispersed and even though some of Laura’s favourite bars weren’t open we still had a wonderful experience. We did a bit more exploring, up to the cathedral on the hill after our first Pinxos and then back into town for a couple more bars. Laura is a warm and friendly host and it was lovely to talk to her about her experiences in moving to Bilbao with her Basque husband 6 years ago. We would thoroughly recommend Laura as a host as she is also very accommodating in switching plans if need be and she also gave us a great recommendation for dinner on our first night. Traditional Basque food cooked in a lovely low key restaurant in the Old Town. What a magnificent host Laura is!

Yousef🇰🇼 Kuwait

(About local Santiago)

10 August 2024

Santi was amazing and very informative about the history and culture of Bilbao and the Basque country. Amazing experience!

Bruce🇺🇸 United States

(About local Mabel)

29 July 2024

We thoroughly enjoyed our time with Mabel! She was so knowledgeable about local history and took us to some great places for pintxos, based on our preferences. We covered a lot of ground but never felt rushed. We felt this was the perfect way to see and get to know Bilbao! Thoroughly enjoyed it!

Devon🇺🇸 United States

(About local Laura )

21 June 2024

Laura was fabulous. She was knowledgeable and warm, so easy to be with. Honestly it was like hanging out with a friend while enjoying pintxos and drinks. The last spot she took us was a real favorite for us. Would highly recommend! Like spending an evening with a friend

Peter🇳🇱 Netherlands

(About local Joseba)

1 June 2024

We hebben een leuke energieke tour gemaakt met Joseba. Hij vertelde ons enthousiast over de cultuur van pinxtos eten en de passende drankkeuze, waaronder cider. En wij genoten van het eten en drinken. Daarnaast wist hij op al onze vragen antwoord te geven en mooie achtergrondverhalen te vertellen. Goede energie, veel gezeliigheid.

Raymond🇺🇸 United States

(About local Laura )

11 May 2024

Laura was a great guide, she was fun and informative. It was a fun evening hanging out with her and visiting all local hangouts.Hanging out with the locals

Nadine🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Rune)

30 March 2024

We had a perfect tour with our host Rune. He showed us really cool places and told us a lot about the history of Bilbao, the food and so on. Rune was such a great guide: very nice, well prepared and has taken all our wishes into account. We can totally recommend the tour with him. 😊Great tour with great Rune 😊

Marylin🇺🇸 United States

(About local Endika)

10 September 2025

Endika was the perfect guide for us. He went the extra steps to accommodate our needs. He’s bright, knows his city well and most important eager to please. He’s top notch and I highly recommend him Touring Bilbao

Peter🇺🇸 United States

(About local Laura )

9 September 2025

My wife & I experienced a wonderful private pintxos walking tour with Laura. We came into the Port of Bilbao on an Oceania cruise ship and met her in the old city at a specified meeting spot. She asked us our food preferences and adapted the tour to them. We sampled at least the amount called for of pintxos and drinks. The pintxos were all excellent! Prior to heading back to the port, we wanted to visit the Guggenheim Museum to check out the architecture and dog topiary. Laura walked there with us as a surprise that we loved We taxied back to the port, completing a wonderful tour of great value. Quality Time With Laura

Robert🇺🇸 United States

(About local Jéssica)

9 September 2025

Jessica was delightful. She was incredibly knowledgeable and a pleasure to be with. She listened to our preferences and took us to the best places we never would have tried on our own. Superb Host

Marc🇺🇸 United States

(About local Mabel)

8 September 2025

We had such a fantastic day exploring Bilbao with our guide! The tour gave us a real sense of the city’s transformation from its industrial past to the vibrant cultural hub it is today. The Guggenheim Museum was a highlight, with great insights into its history and exhibits. And of course, we loved meeting Jeff Koons’ giant floral “Puppy” outside! From there, we explored the Old Town, the oldest restaurant in Bilbao, the lively Mercado de la Ribera, Plaza Nueva, and the peaceful Iglesia de San Antonio Abad. Our guide balanced history, shopping time, and local tips perfectly, making the day both fun and meaningful. Highly recommend this tour for anyone wanting to truly experience Bilbao!What a surprise!

Karen🇦🇺 Australia

(About local Joseba)

30 August 2025

Joseb was wonderful to communicate with & he readily provided local information about the environment, culture & festivals. We had a significant calendar day on our tour & Joseb was wonderful providing extra time and insight. Great service, professional & very diverse in language skills. Highly recommend. Wonderful, knowledgable guide

Rainer🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Jéssica)

30 August 2025

Jéssica gave us a very warm welcome and a real good feeling of the city. We went through the old town and got a very good impression of Bilbao. At the Guggenheim Jéssica proved to be a real expert in arts. Thank you for the beautiful day.Lovely day!

Georg🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Rune)

27 August 2025

Rune was really an excellent guide. He showed me so much and so many most interesting things during our three-hour tasting tour through Bilbao. I will never forget his absolute competence, especially with regard to art history but also to Basque cuisine. His gastronomical knowledge was really remarkable and I can strongly recommend him as an outstanding guide of a dream city, namely Bilbao. A wonderful guide: Rune

Steven🇵🇹 Portugal

(About local Santiago)

19 August 2025

Santiago is a wonderful tour guide. He gave us a good history and literal overview of Bilbao from a nearby mountain accessed by telerifico. What great views! And we enjoyed strolls along both sides of the river as we made our way from the Guggenheim to the old town. Thank you Santiago!Great tour with Santiago!

Georg🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Santiago)

17 August 2025

Santiago was really a wonderful guide. Being a basque himself he showed me the most important towns of the Basque Country, i.e. Bilbo, Gernika and Donostia, with great enthusiasm, excellent knowledge and absolute motivation. He is not only an outstanding personality but also willing and most competent to respond adequately to all the questions with regard to culture, art history and gastronomy. I am very grateful to him for the wonderful way he was able to show me his homeland. I will definitely come back and book him again with great joy and appreciation.A day in Gernika and Donostia

Jennifer and Barney🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Jéssica)

13 August 2025

Jessica was engaging and informed. She took us to some fabulous places and paired lovely cider and wine with the pintxos. She was unhurried and timed the tour just right. She also recommended some restaurants for the rest of our stay. Would highly recommend Jessica to give an insight into old Bilboa A great experience

Erik🇧🇪 Belgium

(About local Jéssica)

12 August 2025

Jessica was zeer vriendelijk en vertelde superenthousiast over Bilbao en alle hapjes en drankjes die ze ons voorschotelde. We spraken af op Plaza Nueva om er meteen vanaf te gaan en de kleine straatjes van Bilbao in te trekken. Daar kregen we in bars die de Bilbainos frequenteren de lekkerste hapjes: chorizo-worstjes, lams, champignons, cider, vermouth en ga zo maar door. Jessica was de perfecte gids en ten zeerste aan te raden. De perfecte gids voor onze Food-tour

Tony🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Jéssica)

8 August 2025

We had a wonderful time walking through the old and new town with Jessica sampling some amazing pinchos en route. Jessica was fun, informative about her city and took our food likes into account when visiting different pincho establishments. We would fully recommend Jessica as a guide. Brilliant experience

lutgarde🇧🇪 Belgium

(About local Joseba)

5 August 2025

Joseba gave us a real amazing Gugenheim experience. He was very enthusiastic and knowledgable. A perfect visit with a perfect guideGuggenheim experience

Hadassa🇳🇱 Netherlands

(About local Santiago)

4 August 2025

Our city walking tour with Santi(ago) was perfect. He knows a lot about the history of the city, which is very interesting. Besides his knowledge he is kind and speaks fluently English. I would definitely recommend Santi, you'll have an amazing tour. Thanks again Santi!Santi did a perfect job!

Andrea🇨🇭 Switzerland

(About local Joseba)

3 August 2025

Joseba hat uns während rund 3 Stunden durch Bilbao geführt, wusste viel Historisches und Hintergrundwissen zu vermitteln, hat uns praktische Tips gegeben und all unsere Fragen beantwortet. Joseba hat dies mit seiner freundlichen und aufgeschlossenen Art super gemacht. Vielen Dank für diese informative Stadtführung!Spannende Stadtführung

Henk

(About local Jéssica)

2 August 2025

We loved the sparkling way Jessica told us all kindsnoff stuff about the culture of Bilbao and the Basque Country. Beautiful pinxtos in an unexpected very nice Bilbao!Great wine and eat with Jessica!

Sigrid🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Mabel)

31 July 2025

Peter

(About local Mabel)

26 July 2025

Wat een fantastische ervaring! Ons gezin (met 4 studerende kinderen) heeft met Mabel een food tour gemaakt door de oude wijk van Bilbao. Vanaf het eerste moment was het genieten: van pintxosbarretje naar pintxosbarretje liet Mabel ons proeven van alle lokale specialiteiten, terwijl ze vol enthousiasme vertelde over haar stad, de geschiedenis, de cultuur en – natuurlijk – haar geliefde voetbalclub. Mabel is ontzettend gezellig, warm en open. We hadden meteen een geweldige klik, ook met de kinderen, waardoor het voor iedereen een onvergetelijke middag werd.Bilbao écht proeven en beleven!

Marc🇧🇪 Belgium

(About local Mabel)

21 July 2025

Na onze slechte ervaring met Gids Rene in Valencia die niet kwam opdagen, hebben we nu een leuke rondleiding in Bilbao gehad met Mabel. Goede Gids

Amber

(About local Laura )

16 July 2025

Laura was absolutely wonderful. So full of knowledge and more than happy to adapt to what we were wanting from the tour as well. I would highly recommend Laura!!Amazing Guided Tour

Anna🇨🇭 Switzerland

(About local Mabel)

11 July 2025

Very informative visit to the Guggenheim Museum with history of the city, relevant information about the architecture and detailed information about the art! Good tips for further exploring the museum after the tour. Thanks for the great tour, we really enjoyed it. 10

Andrea🇨🇭 Switzerland

(About local Santiago)

3 July 2025

We booked the tour "Exclusive Highlights & Hidden Gems of Bilbao" which gave us an insight into the city's history and today's city life. Santiago was very professional and friendly. He new the city inside out and made this tour a great experience for us.very professional and friendly

Robert🇺🇸 United States

(About local Mabel)

30 June 2025

I had a wonderful guided tour of Bilbao with Mabel. She arrived right on time, was warm, professional, and incredibly knowledgeable. Over the course of the morning, she walked me through the heart of the city, sharing a wealth of historic facts, cultural context, and local insights. It was a relaxed yet engaging experience, and I left with a much deeper appreciation for Bilbao and Basque culture. Highly recommend Mabel to anyone looking for a thoughtful and well-paced introduction to the city. ShawnA morning well spent in Basque Country

rdemooij🇳🇱 Netherlands

(About local Jéssica)

29 June 2025

Jessica heeft ons in een aantal uren door Bilbao geleid. Zij weet erg veel van de stad en haar oprechte enthousiasme is aanstekelijk. Jessica is relaxed, vrolijk en voor ons de perfecte gids. Wij vonden het jammer toen de rondleiding voorbij was. Raymond de MooijDe percte gids

Peta🇦🇺 Australia

(About local Jéssica)

29 June 2025

My family and I really enjoyed our Pintoxs tour with Jessica. She was extremely knowledgeable and took us to many pintoxs bars with freshly made pintoxs. She also suggested some other bars and places to visit while in Bilbao.Muchas Gracias Jessica

Koen🇳🇱 Netherlands

(About local Jéssica)

19 June 2025

Thanks for the very nice pintxos tour in the various bars. All very local, surpising and adding an extra treat to the Bilbao visit. Thank you Jessica for providing this lovely experience.Lovely pintxos tour!

VIVIANE🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Mabel)

17 June 2025

Mabel hat uns ganz toll durch Bilbao geführt und uns spannend und anschaulich die Geschichte der Basken und deren Kultur näher gebracht. Gerne jederzeit wieder und absolut weiter zu empfehlen! Sehr abwechslungsreich und informativ!

Evi🇮🇹 Italy

(About local Mabel)

16 June 2025

Wir waren als Freundesgruppe in Bilbao und haben uns eine deutschsprachige Führung gewünscht. Mabel hat es verstanden, uns die Stadt und das Guggenheimmuseum aufs Beste zu erklären. Wir haben Ihre ruhige und kompetente Art und die schöne Sprache, der Sie sich bediente, sehr geschätzt. Obwohl wir nur 2 Tage in der Stadt verbracht haben, ist sie uns sehr vertraut geworden. Danke liebe Mabel!Angenehm, kompetent, sprachkundig