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Did you know the Bilbao tour of your dreams exists? Yes, and it's 100% personalized and tailored by your local host to match your interests. Imagine exploring only the places that captivate you. From iconic landmarks to charming neighborhood strolls, your adventure is uniquely yours. Your wishes are our command!

Destination

Bilbao, Spain

Category

City Highlight Tours

Duration

3 hours

Transport mode

Walking tour

Available languages

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

Included

• Private Guide
• All Withlocals Tours are Carbon Neutral

Excluded

• Entrance to Attractions

What you can expect

Choose your local

Get to know these 6 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 of Baristas Club - 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. This Experience is YOURS!

   See the landmarks and places in Bilbao that you pick on a 100% personalized tour. Make this a one-of-a-kind experience that will satisfy your curiosity with the help of a local. All you have to do is tell them your preferences and interests

4. See THE Main Attractions

   What’s on your bucket list? Hop from landmark to landmark admiring them from the outside, and get recommendations from your local host on what’s the best way to enjoy them to the fullest

5. Off the Beaten Path

   What if there’s a way to see the city’s main attraction from a different angle? All of this while avoiding the touristy crowds? It’s possible with a local by your side!

6. Neighborhood Exploring

   Spend some time deep-diving into the neighborhoods of Bilbao; there’s plenty of treasures to discover! From history, architecture, and local hangout spots, what area would you like to visit?

7. Amazing City Views

   Find the best lookout places in the city where you can spot your favorite landmarks as well as enjoy breathtaking views of the city - a picture-perfect personalized tour

8. All of Bilbao

   Go on a full-day tour to see the highlights of the city. Pick the places, duration and let a local take you on a journey where you’ll cross the must-sees from Bilbao off your list

9. 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

MEIR🇺🇸 United States

(About local Rune)

13 October 2024

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

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!

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

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

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

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!

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.

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

Liesbeth

(About local Jéssica)

30 May 2025

Jessica was vriendelijk, vlot, flexibel en heel enthousiast! Ze had lekkere tastings geregeld, het was gezellig en voldoende. Het dessert was fantastisch :-)Perfecte invulling van een eerste avond!

Andy and Phin

(About local Rune)

30 May 2025

Thomas

(About local Jéssica)

28 May 2025

Jéssica was the perfect host. She took us to some amazing pintxos bars that we would never have gone to alone. Authentic food, freshly made, and surrounded by locals. On every stop Jéssica explained why the dish was special, and how it was made. She used the food as part of a narrative to explain Bilbao’s culture and history, and the new culinary influences coming from a more diverse population in recent decades. A fascinating evening that we enjoyed far more than the dull Michelin-rated restaurant we had dinner in the following night! Highly recommended. Wonderful food, wonderful host

Ronald🇺🇸 United States

(About local Jéssica)

28 May 2025

We were joining a larger group tour and requested Jessica to arrange a walk that would show us more of Bilbao than covered by the group tour. She did that and more. With information about my wife’s art work, she included buildings with “hidden” art inside that we would never have known about on our own. We were very happy with the tour created by Jessica and would highly recommend her services to others. Great guide

n28t9c6d44

(About local Jéssica)

27 May 2025

Jessica showed us around and explained lots about the culture. She adapted the 'menu' to our taste which was realy appriciated. Nice way to get info about Bilbao and its good foodNice evening in Bilbao

David🇺🇸 United States

(About local Jéssica)

23 May 2025

Jessica was presented with an insurmountable task. There was 100,000 drunk Englishman in old town Bilbao. she addressed the situation and with calm and control gave us an exemplary foodie tour. She held our attention as if there was a serene surrounding. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. She gave no excuses for the environment and when the tour was over, we were completely satisfied and amazed. Thank you DH.In control. 10

fiona 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Jéssica)

16 May 2025

Great food tour. Jessica was very knowledgeable and friendly. We tried lots of local delicacies and drink. hightly recommend.group food tour

Heinrich🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Rune)

15 May 2025

Rune hatte uns im Hotel abgeholt, obwohl er Däne ist hat er ein sehr gutes Deutsch gesprochen. Wir waren drei Ehepaare. Die Führung durch Bilbao war interessant und nie langweilig, und alle wichtigen und interessanten Informationen haben wir erhalten. Er hat die Tour auch auf unsere Bedürfnisse ausgerichtet, und und uns auch wertvolle Tipps gegeben. Wir können Rune auf jeden Fall empfehlen, und würden wenn wir wieder nach Bilbao kommen, Ihn als Stadtführer buchen. Vielen Dank für die gute Zeit in Bilbao Bilbao mit Rune ein Erlebnis

Phillip

(About local Jéssica)

14 May 2025

Excellent knowledge of the areas , pleasant and friendly person 9/10 👍🤓.

Pascal🇩🇰 Denmark

(About local Rune)

11 May 2025

Rune var en utrolig faglig stærk guide. God til at fange vores interesser og formidlede sin viden på en god og interessant måde med et snert af god humor. Kan på det varmeste anbefale Rune igen. Vi havde 2 fantastiske timer på Guggenheim. Faglig dygtig og godt humør

Christian🇩🇰 Denmark

(About local Rune)

9 May 2025

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Nicole🇳🇱 Netherlands

(About local Jéssica)

4 May 2025

Leuke tour, leuke gids. Paar heerlijke gerechtjes maar ook mindere. Jammer dat er geen zoet gerechtje erbij zat als afsluiterFoodtour

Michael🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Jéssica)

4 May 2025

An excellent food tour. We went as a group of 3 friends and Jessica did a great job of making the tour both fun and interesting. The food, drink and conversation were excellent. We would thoroughly recommend.Food tour in bilbao

Daniel

(About local Jéssica)

2 May 2025

We were 45 minutes late -- our fault and she was very patient and waited for us. She took us to great places and the explanations about the pinxtos and culture and history were very, very good, enhancing our experience. Because we were late, we do not believe that we had 10 pinxtos unless you count the wine as a pinxto. The price was very expensive given the cost of the food and drinks. We know the company sets the price, but given the cost of food/wine, it was too expensive. The tour should have cost $65 per person, not $100pinxtos tour

Tatiana🇨🇭 Switzerland

(About local Jéssica)

16 April 2025

Oh, it's definitely the best way to discover Bilbao! Thanks, Jessica - а well planned tour, spiced up with interesting information about history and culture, and seasoned with original local pintxos and drinks! Would recommend to everyone!when you don't notice how time flies

Axel

(About local Jéssica)

15 April 2025

We had an excellent tour with Jessica in the Guggenheim. Well prepared, even for the temporary exhibitions in the museum, she gave us a wonderful and insightful overview of the emblematic building and the stunning artwork inside. Absolutely worth it to have a tour with her.Excellent tour

Jens Gamauf🇩🇰 Denmark

(About local Santiago)

8 April 2025

Santiago adjusted the tour perfectly to suit our questions and our needs. He knew almost everything we could think of to ask him. Thanks!Perfectly suited to our questions

Thomas

(About local Santiago)

8 April 2025

My wife and I did a 3-hour walking tour with Santi and couldn’t have enjoyed it more. Santi was funny and engaging and shared a deep knowledge of Bilbao and the Basque Country both as a native but also from the outside as someone who lived abroad for 7 years. His English fluency is near-perfect, so he is able to articulate and communicate his knowledge in a deep and nuanced way. We really loved Bilbao, and taking a tour with Santi the first morning we were there was a very big part of that. We recommend him wholeheartedly. Enjoyable and informative

Thomas🇳🇱 Netherlands

(About local Jéssica)

30 March 2025

Great walk good food

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

Sandra🇨🇦 Canada

(About local Jéssica)

23 March 2025

Jessica selected venues and food carefully for their variety and cultural/historical significance. We saw the old and new parts of the city as we worked our way through the foods to a lovely ending. Strong recommendation. Excellent food selections and contrxt

Sigurdur

(About local Rune)

21 February 2025

We enjoyed our visit to the Guggenheim very much. Rune was very good navigating us through the museum in an excellent way. Enjoyed the Guggenheim very much

Oner🇹🇷 Turkey

(About local Jéssica)

21 December 2024

Jessica picked us up from our hotel right on time and made us taste the locals' favorites and the specialties of each bar. She kept us informed throughout the tour and ensured that we had a pleasant time. We highly recommend the tour with Jessica Perfect choices

Susan🇺🇸 United States

(About local Joseba)

13 December 2024

This was our first visit to Bilbao and Joseba was the perfect guide. His communication prior to meeting made it easy for us - 4 NYers. We had a nice mix of history, culture and food. Amazing day with a passionate guide!

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

Ingrid 🇦🇹 Austria

(About local Joseba)

27 November 2024

Joseba knows a lot about his city and he could answer all our questions. We highly recommend to book a Tour with himWe enjoyed our citytour with Joseba a lot

giovanna

(About local Joseba)

25 November 2024

Joseba è stato molto disponibile e simpatico nell'accompagnarci durante il tour. Preparato sulla storia e particolarità del posto. Siamo rimasti molto sorpresi ,non ci aspettavamo una Bilbao così bella! Grazie a Joseba per tutte le indicazioni !Sorpresi da Bilbao!!!