Plan your visit:

Where we are

Getting there

• By plane
  • Bilbao International Airport (LOIU).
    15 km from the city centre, with bus service to and from the airport. Bilbao-LOIU Airport Web site.
• By train:
  • RENFE, Bilbao-Abando station. RENFE Web site.
  • ET/FV, Atxuri station. ET/FV Web site.
  • FEVE, Santander station. FEVE Web site.
• By bus:
  • Routes 1, 10, 13 and 18 stop at Plaza del Museo de Bellas Artes.
  • Routes 13, 27, 38 and 48 stop at Alameda de Rekalde.
  • Routes 11 and 71 stop at Plaza de La Salve (take elevator to La Salve bridge).
  See bus routes
• By tram:
  • Guggenheim stop.
  Euskotran Web site
• By metro:
  • Moyúa station.
  MetroBilbao Web site

Museum Entrance

• Main entrance through the front esplanade.
• Group entrance at the back of the Museum on the river side.

Vehicle access to the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

The Museum does not have a car parking facility for visitors. However, there is metered street parking available, as well as underground parking in the nearby Plaza Pio Baroja or Plaza Euskadi car parks.

From Santander (A8) / Donostia-San Sebastián or Vitoria-Gasteiz (A68 and A8): from the city bypass motorway, take the Bilbao Sagrado Corazón exit. At the end of the avenue that enters the city (Avenida Sabino Arana) you'll come to a roundabout and large statue of the Sacred Heart, where you'll see the first signs for the Museum (in pink). The signs tell you to take Avenida Abandoibarra, which follows the river and leads directly to the Museum.

• To access the Pio Baroja car park: take Avenida Abandoibarra until you see the "P" sign indicating the car park.
• To access the Plaza Euskadi car park: take Avenida Abandoibarra to Lehendakari Leizaola and turn right. This will lead you to Plaza Euskadi square. Go around the square along calle Ramón Rubial to enter the car park.

Motorhome parking

The City of Bilbao a special parking area for motorhomes in summer located at number 31 calle Monte Kobeta.

• From the A-8 motorway take the Balmaseda exit toward Altamira – Alto de Kastrexana. Take calle Camino Kobetas and then calle Monte Kobetas until you see the parking signs.
  Bilbobus bus line number 58 "Mintegitxueta-Atxuri" will take you to the city centre.