Explorer Bilbao

Bilbao Cathedral, dedicated to Saint James, is a Gothic church built between the late 14th and early 16th centuries in the Casco Viejo. Its neo-Gothic west front and spire were completed in 1887 by Severino de Achúcarro. A stop on the northern Camino de Santiago, it became a cathedral in the mid-20th century; the visit includes the cloister.

The Basilica of Begoña is the sanctuary of Our Lady of Begoña, patroness of Biscay, on a hill above Bilbao's Casco Viejo. Work on the present Gothic church began in the early 16th century, replacing a smaller single-nave church with a timber roof; its nave and two aisles are vaulted, and a tall spired tower rises over the west front.