Old Town Bilbao And Basque Tapas

10:33 PM | Posted by leonel




After seeing the Guggenheim, we just casually strolled towards the Old Town of Bilbao. It was a Sunday, and there were a lot of families around. We knew that Bilbao is known for its tapas, and we saw all the bars in town serving different kinds. We just followed the crowd - they were moving from one bar to he next, and each one seems to have a specialty. You would scarf down all this food with liquor, so by our third destination, we were already tipsy - a good thing. for sure.



The area is probably the most colorful part of Bilbao, including many shops and taverns, several historical churches (San Antón, Santos Juanes, the Cathedral, San Nicolás), the largest food retail market of Europe, the public Arriaga Theatre, the seat of the Academy of the Basque Language (Euskaltzaindia), a ball court, and a public library. It is connected to the rest of the city and conurbation by the subway, tramway and buses. Three public elevators also connect Casco Viejo to the neighbourhoods of Begoña and Solokoetxe, which otherwise demand a rather intense uphill walk.

There is a tradition of middle-age men doing a tavern crawl drinking short glasses (chiquitos) of wine and singing choral songs.







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