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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

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

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

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 😊

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!

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!!!

Silvia🇸🇪 Sweden

(About local Mabel)

18 November 2024

Mabel was very knowledgeable and accomodated out wishes to include more sights into her tour. She was very helpful when we unfortunately found out that one us had been the victim of a theft during the tour.Bilbao moderna e medievale

Frans🇳🇱 Netherlands

(About local Joseba)

13 November 2024

We loved our tour with Joseba. He knows so much about Bilbao and the Basque history. He pointed out the best places to eat Pinxtos and where to buy sweet specialities like the Bollo de Mantequilla. Also his story about the Guggenheim was very interesting. So, when in Bilbao: go with Joseba! When in Bilbao go with Joseba!

Jolien🇧🇪 Belgium

(About local Rune)

4 November 2024

Rune was very pleasant. He really responds to the interests of those who will follow the tour. Due to the bad weather we had to change our schedule and he was very open-minded about that, thank you Rune!You made Bilbao extra special for us!

Franz🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Mabel)

29 October 2024

Mabel hat uns die Geschichte und die Sehenswürdigkeiten der Altstadt wunderbar erklärt. Ihre Führung war kurzweilig und selbst für unsere Teenager Tochter super interessant. Absolute Empfehlung und jederzeit wieder! Wunderbare Führung!

Carola🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Mabel)

23 October 2024

Mabel ist sehr sympathisch und spricht perfektes deutsch. Sie hat uns einen wunderbaren fundierten Überblick und Eindruck von Bilbao vermittelt. Ganz entspannt während wir durch die Stadt liefen. So machen Stadtführungen Spaß und sind ihr Geld wer. Danke Mabel.Hervorragend!

Thomas🇺🇸 United States

(About local Jéssica)

22 October 2024

Jessica was a wonderful tour guide for our trip to the Guggenheim museum. She was knowledgeable, friendly, fun and able to answer all of our questions about the exhibits and building. The three of us enjoyed discussing our different interpretations of the art. I highly recommend Jessica as a tour guide for anyone. Guggenheim tour

Margaret🇺🇸 United States

(About local Jéssica)

20 October 2024

Jessica leads a great food tour. She is knowledgeable about the city and especially its food scene. She provides a lot of information, while being relaxed and fun and funny. We shared a lot of delicious food and beverages.Great guide, great city, great food

Morten🇩🇰 Denmark

(About local Rune)

19 October 2024

Rune took us around the history of Guggenheim as well as Bilbao in a very informative and interesting manner. We would highly recommend Rune and would not hesitate booking him in for our next visit in Bilbao Top experience with Rune

MEIR🇺🇸 United States

(About local Rune)

13 October 2024

Rosi

(About local Mabel)

9 October 2024

Mabel ist eine wunderbare Führerin mit perfekten Deutschkenntnissen. Wir haben viel über die Stadt und die historische Entwicklung erfahren. Wir würden Mabel jederzeit wieder engagieren. BILBAO

Katrin🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Joseba)

6 October 2024

We had a great experience with Joseba. He is knowledgeable und easy-going. Really enjoyed the tour!Highly recommended

Rob🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Jéssica)

1 October 2024

Jéssica was a great host, able to tailor the tour to our likes and tastes as well as adapting due to some bars being closed. She gave a great overview of some of Bilbao’s history and recommendations of where to eat giving us plenty to do for the rest of our stay. Thank you!A great introduction to Bilbao

Michael🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Santiago)

30 September 2024

I booked Santi last minute for my partner’s birthday as another planned activity had been cancelled. Santi was so accommodating in organising a bespoke tour tailored to our interests. The tour itself was perfect for our needs and Santi responded to our interests, questions, and preferences across the afternoon so attentively. Even as we went off piste and fell into conversations about local politics and culture. Santi is wonderfully knowledgeable, charming, and passionate about the city. Not only that but It was like hanging out with an old close friend. A beautiful afternoon tailor made for us

Jeroen🇳🇱 Netherlands

(About local Jéssica)

30 September 2024

Antwoorden op al onze culinaire vragen, steeds inspelen op onze interesses, een lijst met suggesties om ook de rest van de week culinair verrast te worden. Jéssica heeft ons perfect geïntroduceerd en heerlijk geïnspireerd!Jéssica rules!

Robert🇨🇭 Switzerland

(About local Mabel)

29 September 2024

Un grand merci à Mabel. Elle nous a fait découvrir la ville à pieds avec beaucoup d'explications sur son passé et son évolution.Une belle promenade pour connaître Bilbao

Ryan🇪🇸 Spain

(About local Santiago)

16 September 2024

We spent a full day with Santiago as he guided us through Bilbao and La Rioja. He expertly mixed entertainment, education, luxury, and relaxation throughout the day as he taught us about the history, cultures, and people of Basque Country and La Rioja. This was our first time booking through WithLocals, and we were extremely fortunate to have found Santi. The food was excellent. The wine was delicious. And as a guide (and person), Santi is amazing. His English is excellent and it very quickly felt like we were traveling around with a long-time friend instead of a guide; it´s a real testament to him. If you have any doubts about booking with him, forget about them -- this is who you want to guide you throughout Spain.Santiago: the best Bilbao & La Rioja guide

Peter🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Mabel)

10 September 2024

Mabel was a great tour guide. Friendly and interesting and we all had a great time!Eccellent tour!

Frank🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Mabel)

5 September 2024

Ein angenehmer Sadtspaziergang mit interessanten Erklärungen zu Hintergründen und Stadtgeschichte, sehr professionell vorgetragen, Mabel ist für eine Führung in deutscher Sprache die beste Wahl. Die Auswahl der besuchten Pintxos Restaurants war gelungen, die Mischung aus Stadtviertelbesichtigung und Restaurantbesuchen stimmig. Empfehlenswert !informativ, gesellig und kurzweilig

Brad🇨🇦 Canada

(About local Santiago)

24 August 2024

Santiago’s tour of Bilbao was outstanding. We highly recommend his services. He’s a local, smart, and knowledgeable about history, culture, geography, language, politics and food. His awareness of client needs is commendable as he is able to quickly adapt to individual preferences. He’s well worth the cost associated with a private tour and we would utilize him again.

Imme🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Mabel)

5 August 2024

Mabel war sehr nett und hat mir einen schönen Spaziergang durch die Altstadt gemacht. Dabei die interessanten Dinge herausgehoben und gut erklärt. Ein angenehmer Nachmittag. Ich kann Mabel sehr als Guide empfehlen.Ein tolle Führung!

Megan🇺🇸 United States

(About local Jéssica)

29 July 2024

Our family had a magical time with Jessica. She is friendly, kind, and knowledgeable. She made the tour at our pace and encouraged my parents to get a cab when she was worried they couldn’t make it to the next spot. We would absolutely suggest using JESSICA!!!! The Best of Bilbao

Cécile🇧🇪 Belgium

(About local Mabel)

16 July 2024

Mabel connait bien l’histoire de sa ville et de sa région, visite remplie d’informations historiques et plus contemporaine. Belle expérience avec Mabel

Margaret

(About local Jéssica)

8 July 2024

The 6 of us had a great evening with Jessica. She was very knowledgeable and friendly, sharing with us some history of Bilbao and Basque foods and drinks. Even though it was a Sunday, and some of her favorite places were closed, she had worked out really good alternatives that we all enjoyed. Wonderful walking food tour

Charlotte🇺🇸 United States

(About local Jéssica)

8 July 2024

This was our first time in Bilbao with two adults and two teens. We had a wonderful tour with Jessica!! Not only did we taste a variety of tasty pintxos, we saw the beautiful city of Bilbao and learned a bit about the Basque culture. Jessica was punctual, professional, kind, knowledgeable and customized our tour to make it an enjoyable adventure for my entire family!!Wow - What an experience!!

Jess🇺🇸 United States

(About local Jéssica)

3 July 2024

Jessica took my wife and I on a wonderful private tour of Bilbao. She is very knowledgeable and planned a great route for our walking tour. We highly recommend her.Jessica is a Wonderful Guide!

Daniel

(About local Laura )

17 June 2024

We had a fantastic and fun time with Laura. She reacted spontaneously to our ideas and showed us some really cool places with lovely food and good wine. It was an insightful and interesting tour. Highly recommended! Fun and insightful private tour with Laura

Claire

(About local Jéssica)

17 June 2024

We had a wonderful afternoon with Jessica during the ten tastings tour. She told us a lot about the city and in between we got the most delicious typical dishes and drinks from Bilbao. Lovely and delicious walk through Bilbao!

Jason🇺🇸 United States

(About local Jéssica)

15 June 2024

My wife and I combined the Hidden Gems Tour with a Guggenheim visit with Jessica and had the most delightful time. We started in the old city. Jessica wove wonderful tales of history and Basque culture as we trod the cobbled streets. So many centuries of amazing history of the Basque people ! We tasted amazing food, saw unique architecture and listened to the joyous energy of Casco Viejo. We then ventured across the river to the bustling modern portion of the city where we enjoyed fabulous pintxos, then headed toward the Guggenheim. At the Museum, Jessica was exquisitely detailed in her explanations of design and construction of the museum. She offered insightful interpretations of the exterior works. Her discussion of the meaning of the giant spider made it seem not so scary. Inside the museum, her interpretations of the exhibits brought us much fuller understandings of the art and the artists. Jessica's English was excellent and her mood bouyant. This was definitely a high point of our trip to Spain. Fantastic Afternoon in Bilbao w/ Jessica !

Sally

(About local Adrià)

25 May 2024

What can I say, Adrià was literally the best tour guide we’ve ever had! Such a personal experience and he was so knowledgeable. Adrià took us to some amazing places off the beaten track where we tried incredible food and drinks! Well worth the money and will definitely book him again next time we are in Bilbao!The most incredible experience!

Drew🇺🇸 United States

(About local Adrià)

23 May 2024

Adria was a phenomenal tour guide. Took us to all the best places, was friendly, knowledgeable, and accommodating. Not only gave us background on the pintxos and wines, but on basque culture and history, as well as the history, traditions, and architecture of Bilbao. Cannot recommend more highly!Fantastic Food Tour of Bilbao

Demetrio🇨🇭 Switzerland

(About local Jéssica)

15 May 2024

Pleasant guide and very friendly person Always attentive Jessica was very knowledgable. Thank youNice Tour Bilbao city

ygtmfqp5dz

(About local Mabel)

14 May 2024

Wir waren gestern mit Mabel unterwegs und hatten einen wunderbaren Nachmittag. Es war von A bis Z super! Die Tour war perfekt geplant, wir haben ganz viel gelernt, unsere Fragen wurden beantwortet und wir haben uns mit Mabel sehr wohl gefühlt. Heute waren wir alleine unterwegs und haben Bilbao dank der vielen Informationen über die Stadtgeschichte schon mit ganz anderen Augen betrachtet. Also eine Tour mit ihr ist wirklich zu empfehlen! Herzlichen Dank Mabel 👍👍🙏🙏🫶Rund um zufrieden

afriedraman🇮🇳 India

(About local Joseba)

13 May 2024

We had a wonderful experience with Joseba in Bilbao! He was a local and also deeply knowledgeable. It showed in the way he introduced the city to us, locating it in history and geography and crafting the walk accordingly. Once he gauged our degree of interest and level of knowledge, he picked up on our questions and added further interesting information. After a leisurely drink mid-walk, we ended our tour thoroughly satisfied that we’d got as good an overview of the city, and the history and culture of the Basque region, as we possibly could as visitors. Thank you very much, Joseba! Worth every penny!