Explorer Bilbao

Zubizuri, Basque for 'white bridge', is a footbridge over the Nervión designed by Santiago Calatrava and opened in May 1997. Its deck hangs on steel cables from a single inclined white arch, linking the Campo Volantín bank with Uribitarte, a short walk upriver from the Guggenheim Museum.

Plaza Nueva is an enclosed neoclassical square in Bilbao's Casco Viejo, designed in 1821 and completed in 1851. Arcaded buildings line all four sides, with bars and restaurants under the arches; the main building, once the seat of the Biscay government, now houses Euskaltzaindia, the Basque language academy. A market fills the square on Sundays.

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.