Bilbao of Spain has lot of good tourist spots. It can be reached by air, train or boat. It has good roads and several modes of transportation including tram, train and taxi. Tourists have the option to stay in any of the categories of hotels as per one's taste. A cheap hotel provides just the basic facilities while high end hotel would offer several luxurious amenities. Some of the important tourist locations of Bilbao are mentioned here.
Bilbao has several museums and Guggenheim Museum is the museum of modern art which is clad in titanium with unique shape of building. It houses permanent collection of modern arts as well as periodical exhibitions for the pleasure of art lovers. Floral sculpture of a pup is a beauty of artistic work placed in front of Guggenheim Museum. It is a 43 feet tall pup with 70 thousand fresh flowers with special internal irrigation system providing feast to the eyes.
Cathedral of St. James (Santiago) is an old cathedral built in 14th century in Gothic style. Severino de Achcarro designed its tower and frontage in 1800s. Bilbao has lot of churches which were built centuries before. Iglesia de San Antn, Baslica de Begoa, Iglesia de San Nicols and Iglesia de San Vicente Martir are some of the other churches.
Teatro Arriaga is a theatre with good architecture built in the year 1890.The interiors of the theater is excellent and it was named after Juan Crostomo de Arriaga a famous composer. Tourist information center is situated in the Teatro Arriaga theatre.
Estacin de Santander is railway station with a wonderful stained glass atrium with traditional Basque. The station was built in 1900 at the banks of Nervin.