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Activity Castaños, Bilbao

Funicular de Artxanda

An activity in Castaños, Bilbao, budget-friendly ($) and worth about an hour. Best time to go: Sunset.

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Funicular de Artxanda in Castaños, Bilbao
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Why go

Short funicular ride up to a viewpoint over the city and river.

It is one of 10 curated places we feature in Bilbao, alongside 4 sights, 3 places to eat and 1 place for a drink. The closest of our other picks is Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 1.3 km away as the crow flies.

Type
Activity · Sight
Neighborhood
Castaños
Price
$
Time needed
1 hr
Best time
Sunset

Nearby

The 6 closest curated picks in Bilbao, measured as straight-line distance.

  1. 1
    Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

    Gehry's titanium museum, with Koons's flower-covered Puppy outside and Serra's steel mazes inside.

    Sight · 1.3 km straight-line
  2. 2
    Café Iruña

    1903 café with Moorish-style tiles, good for coffee or a vermouth.

    Drinks · 1.4 km straight-line
  3. 3
    Plaza Nueva

    Arcaded square in the old town lined with pintxos bars.

    Sight · 1.7 km straight-line
  4. 4
    Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao

    Fine arts museum with Spanish masters and Basque painters, next to Doña Casilda park.

    Sight · 1.7 km straight-line
  5. 5
    La Viña del Ensanche

    Old-school deli and wine bar specializing in ibérico ham and refined pintxos.

    Food · 1.7 km straight-line
  6. 6
    Café Bar Bilbao

    Plaza Nueva bar with tiled walls and a counter of pintxos.

    Food · 1.7 km straight-line

On these curated routes

Funicular de Artxanda is a stop on our Basque Coast Food Trail route. Open it to see the full day-by-day plan.

More to do in Bilbao

Funicular de Artxanda is our only activity pick in Bilbao; here is what else we recommend there. See the full Bilbao guide.

When to go

Average daily highs in Bilbao run from 12°C in February to 24°C in August; November is usually the wettest month. For Funicular de Artxanda itself, we suggest: Sunset.

Modelled monthly averages for Bilbao from NASA POWER, not a forecast. Full Bilbao weather by month.

Getting there

Map links open a live search for Funicular de Artxanda, so hours and directions come straight from the map app.

Address
Carretera Artxanda-Santo Domingo Errepidea, 27, 48015 Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain
Coordinates
43.27401, -2.92021
Destination
Bilbao, Spain

Funicular de Artxanda: quick answers

How much time do you need at Funicular de Artxanda?

Plan on about an hour at Funicular de Artxanda. That is our curated estimate for a typical visit; groups that linger will want more.

When is the best time to visit Funicular de Artxanda?

Our pick: Sunset.

Where is Funicular de Artxanda?

Funicular de Artxanda is at Carretera Artxanda-Santo Domingo Errepidea, 27, 48015 Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain, in Castaños. The Google Maps and Apple Maps links on this page open it for directions.

Which TripsCircle routes include Funicular de Artxanda?

Funicular de Artxanda appears on Basque Coast Food Trail, a curated route you can open on TripsCircle and plan with your group.

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Save it to a shared TripsCircle itinerary, settle the timing with a quick poll, and split the costs with everyone going to Bilbao.

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