Free Walking Tours In Bilbao: Quick Questions

Every walk on this site is free, pay what you want, and that is the whole price. Independent guides run the walks and you decide at the end what, if anything, to pay.

Open the walk's own page on GuruWalk or freetour.com and reserve there. This directory only points to the platform. Reserving is free and you pay nothing up front; at the end of the walk you give the guide what you think it was worth. The meeting point and duration are on each walk page too.

Every walk is free, pay what you want. What you hand the guide afterwards is entirely your choice.

The platforms use different scales. GuruWalk rates walks out of 5: the Free Tour Historic Bilbao is rated 4.78 out of 5 across 13,154 GuruWalk reviews. freetour.com rates out of 10: the Bilbao Free Walking Tour is rated 9.2 out of 10 across 188 reviews shown on its freetour.com listing. Every figure printed on this site names its scale and platform.

Yes. Most of the 18 walks run in Spanish, and some also list French or Portuguese. Nuria's Secrets Walk runs in English and French from Moyua Square, and Ronaldo's walk lists Spanish and Portuguese. The Unfiltered Stories walk, rated 10 out of 10 across 59 reviews shown on its freetour.com listing, runs in Spanish from Mercado de la Ribera.

Each walk has a set meeting point. Many gather at Plaza Arriaga by the Arriaga Theatre: in front of it, at the back facade or on the steps. Others meet at the Concordia Station esplanade, at San Nicolas Church, at Moyua Square by the Iruna bar entrance, at Plaza Miguel de Unamuno by the fountain, at Bilbao-Abando Station and at Mercado de la Ribera. Exact spots are on each walk page.

Walking up to the Artxanda viewpoint costs nothing, and the views over the city from the top are free as well. The Funicular de Artxanda is different: it is a paid service, 3.50 euros one way and 6 euros return. So you can reach the viewpoint free on foot, or pay the funicular fare to ride up.

On Wednesdays, yes: the Euskal Museoa is free every Wednesday for all visitors. On other days admission is charged. The museum sits in the Casco Viejo, a neighbourhood that is free to walk.

Only outside. The building exterior, Puppy, Maman and the riverside around the museum cost nothing to see. The galleries are paid for adults, at 15 euros. Entry inside is free only for visitors under 18, Museum Members and the companion of a visitor with a disability who needs one.

Bilbao has several conditional frees. The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao's exterior, with Puppy, Maman and the riverside around it, is free to see, while the galleries cost 15 euros for adults. The Euskal Museoa is free every Wednesday for all visitors, and the Itsasmuseum is free from 17:00 on Sundays. The Basilica de Begona is free to enter as a place of worship.

Every walk listed here is a real, running listing on GuruWalk or freetour.com, run by independent local guides and operators. This site operates nothing and sells nothing. Ratings come straight from each platform: the flagship Old Town walk is rated 4.78 out of 5 across 13,154 GuruWalk reviews, while some listings have too few reviews for a score yet. All 18 are free, pay what you want.

This site is a directory and runs no tours itself. Every walk belongs to an independent guide on GuruWalk or freetour.com. Links here to GuruWalk and freetour.com carry this site's referral code, and the site may earn a commission when a reader books through one. The walk costs the walker the same either way.