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Food Casco Viejo, Bilbao

Mercado de la Ribera

A place to eat in Casco Viejo, Bilbao, budget-friendly ($) and worth about an hour. Best time to go: Late morning.

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Mercado de la Ribera in Casco Viejo, Bilbao
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Why go

Riverside Art Deco market with produce stalls and a pintxos food court.

It is one of 10 curated places we feature in Bilbao, alongside 4 sights, 2 places to eat and 1 activity. 4 more of our picks sit within 1 km in a straight line, so it pairs easily with Café Bar Bilbao and Plaza Nueva.

Type
Food
Neighborhood
Casco Viejo
Price
$
Time needed
1 hr
Best time
Late morning

Nearby

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

  1. 1
    Café Bar Bilbao

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

    Food · 0.4 km straight-line
  2. 2
    Plaza Nueva

    Arcaded square in the old town lined with pintxos bars.

    Sight · 0.4 km straight-line
  3. 3
    Café Iruña

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

    Drinks · 0.8 km straight-line
  4. 4
    La Viña del Ensanche

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

    Food · 1.0 km straight-line
  5. 5
    Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao

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

    Sight · 1.6 km straight-line
  6. 6
    Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

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

    Sight · 1.7 km straight-line

On these curated routes

Mercado de la Ribera 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

Mercado de la Ribera is our only food 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 Mercado de la Ribera itself, we suggest: Late morning.

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 Mercado de la Ribera, so hours and directions come straight from the map app.

Address
20 Bis, Erribera Kalea, Ibaiondo, 48005 Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain
Coordinates
43.25559, -2.92425
Destination
Bilbao, Spain

Mercado de la Ribera: quick answers

How much time do you need at Mercado de la Ribera?

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

When is the best time to visit Mercado de la Ribera?

Our pick: Late morning. Insider tip: Go late morning for the stalls, then eat upstairs.

Where is Mercado de la Ribera?

Mercado de la Ribera is at 20 Bis, Erribera Kalea, Ibaiondo, 48005 Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain, in Casco Viejo. The Google Maps and Apple Maps links on this page open it for directions.

Which TripsCircle routes include Mercado de la Ribera?

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

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