Abando
Abando, formerly known as San Vicente de Abando, is one of the eight districts of Bilbao, Basque Country (Spain).
Abando, formerly known as San Vicente de Abando, is one of the eight districts of Bilbao, Basque Country (Spain). It covers most of the city's centre, located on the left bank of the estuary of Bilbao. It is the only district of Bilbao with all of its land completely urbanised. Abando was originally an elizate and also a municipality until 1876, when part of it was annexed to Bilbao, the rest of the elizate's municipal land was integrated into Bilbao in 1890. In 2016 the population was 50,903. Abando is the wealthiest district in Bilbao, with personal and family incomes being well above the citywide average.
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Worth seeing in and around Abando
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum of modern and contemporary art in Bilbao, Biscay, Spain. It is one of several museums affiliated to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and features permanent and visiting exhibits of works by Spanish and international artists.
1 km · Museum of modern and contemporary art in Bilbao, Spain · Wikipedia - 02San Mamés Stadium
The San Mamés Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Rafael Moreno Pitxitxi Kalea, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. Inaugurated on 16 September 2013, the stadium replaced the "old" San Mamés as the home of Athletic Bilbao.
1.8 km · football stadium in Bilbao, Spain that opened in 2013 · Wikipedia - 03University of Deusto
The University of Deusto is a Spanish private university owned by the Society of Jesus, with campuses in Bilbao and San Sebastián, and the Deusto Business School branch in Madrid. The University of Deusto is the oldest private university in Spain.
1.3 km · Spanish private university · Wikipedia - 04Bilbao Fine Arts Museum
The Bilbao Fine Arts Museum is an art museum located in the city of Bilbao, Spain. The building of the museum is located entirely inside the city's Doña Casilda Iturrizar Park.
1 km · art museum in Bilbao, Spain · Wikipedia - 05Bilbao Arena
Bilbao Arena is an indoor arena in the neighbourhood of Miribilla in Bilbao, Spain. The central hall can hold up to 10,014 people for basketball games.
1 km · arena in Bilbao, Spain · Wikipedia - 06Iberdrola Tower
The Iberdrola Tower is an office skyscraper in Bilbao, Spain. Its construction started on 19 March 2009 and was officially inaugurated by King Juan Carlos I on 21 February 2012.
1.1 km · building in Biscay, Spain · Wikipedia - 07Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall
The Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall or Euskalduna Palace or Euskalduna Hall is located in the city of Bilbao, Basque Country, beside the Estuary of Bilbao, built in part of the area that was formerly occupied by the Euskalduna shipyards. The building includes both a Concert Hall and an Opera House and a Conference Centre.
1.5 km · convention centre and concert hall in Bilbao, Spain · Wikipedia - 08Teatro Arriaga
The Teatro Arriaga, or Arriaga Antzokia in Basque, is an opera house located on the Nervión River in Bilbao, Spain. It was built in Neo-Baroque style by architect Joaquín Rucoba in 1890, the same architect that built the city hall.
300 m · theatre in Bilbao, Spain · Wikipedia - 09Basilica of Begoña
The Basilica of Begoña is a basilica in Bilbao, in Spain, dedicated to the patroness saint of Biscay, the image of Our Lady of Begoña. The current parish priest is Jesús Francisco de Garitaonandia.
1.1 km · minor basilica in Bilbao, Spain · Wikipedia - 10Chavarri Palace
The Chavarri Palace is a building in the Flemish style in the city of Bilbao, the most outstanding around the Elíptica Square. It was built in the early 20th century and its style resembles the palaces built during the Renaissance in Antwerp or Bruges.
700 m · landmark building in Bilbao, Spain · Wikipedia
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Getting to Abando
- Airports
- Bilbao (BIO), 5 km · Zaragoza (ZAZ), 235 km · Bordeaux–Mérignac (BOD), 248 km
- Stations
- Bilbao-Abando, 100 m · Bilbao-Atxuri station, 1 km · Estación de San Ignazio, 3.6 km · Sarriko, 2.9 km · Basarrate, 1.8 km
- Zaragoza → Abando246 km · quickest by road, 4h 10m · €31–43
- Ranón → Abando254 km · quickest by road, 4h 26m · €31–43
- Madrid → Abando323 km · quickest by air, 4h 10m · €90–140
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No local-transport research exists yet for Abando
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Abando. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inwikipedia:Renfe_Feve wikipedia:Renfe_Feve Brittany Ferries run a direct car ferry between Bilbao and Portsmouth, England.
- Get inIt is best to book early, since the ferry is often booked out in summer.
- Get inFerries land at Zierbena, at about 15 km from the centre of Bilbao.
- Get aroundYou can use the tram, bus or funicular to move around Bilbao.
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