This is a facinating place at only 8euro which includes a recorded guide. Don't try to do it all in half a day. The museum opens at 10am and there are permanent and temporary exhibitions which include paintings, films (some almost feature length) exhibits,installations, the building itself both inside and outside and sculptures. There are also 2 very good restaurants... more

The museum building is the event here. The Richard Serra install is fantastic but much of the rest is so-so. Come to see the architecture and the Sera and you won't be disappointed. more

I have visited Bilbao last year in November and I think that this is the worst city I've ever seen. Poor of monuments, food terrible (cod, cod, and only cod everywhere!) Guggenheim Museum disappointed me, a waste of time. Avoid to visit it more

Bright very shiny building especially on a sunny day - take your sunglasses. We saw some interesting Russian art which we really enjoyed. It was part of a special exhibition. Standard exhibits were disappointing - big canvasses of mono colour which don't seem particularly skilful to me. Finding the toilets also seemed to require special knowledge. more

first off, for those who are upset about paying 12.50 euro to get in, it's a museum, it's not a movie theater. Think of your payment as support of an important cultural institution if the helps. I think it's not so much about quantity as quality. The entire museum is an "art" experience. Take it all in. Walking around, observe... more

LOVE the building. Gehry is a master! The art they filled his building with is garbage though ABSOLUTE GARBAGE...and I love art. I'm sorry, art is debatable but seriously!!!! A piece of cardboard with staples in it IS NOT ART! It doesn't even have an interesting name...just big cardboard with staples! A plain fully blue canvas is NOT ART! If... more

The cafe sits off the Arcellor Mittal room. All indications are the restaurant proper is a destination in its own right. The museum cafe is very very unspecial and offers boring sandwiches/snacks and drinks at high prices. We have no opinion on the restaurant (highly rated elsewhere). If you are hungry during a visit but don't want to eat at... more

The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao is worth the trip. Although I´m not into surrealism I enjoyed the museum. My only suggestion is to check the events before you go. My hubby and I were in Santander and we decided to drive ourselves which was only 1hr and 15 mins drive. The museum is striking and it took us about 4hrs... more

Both in and out this amazing piece of architecture can hold you in constant admiration for both the deisgner and those who made such a challenging project happen. The exhibits themselves are good albeit in specific areas of surrelism, pop art etc, but to be fair the building itself is worth visiting even if it was empty. more