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Webs & Mobile App

Check out the reference websites, which have all kinds of useful info:

You can also download an Android or iPhone app with tourism info about Basque country

Recommendations

Bilbao has some very interesting museums, like the famous Guggenheim Museum or the Museo de Bellas Artes.

If you want to hang out by the sea, there are a few beaches nearby. They can be reached easily with a 30 minute ride on a bus or the Metro and a 15 minute walk.

Do not forget to check Amazing events for July near Bilbao. Some of them are in Bilbao or just a short ride away by Metro.

Additionally, here's a selection of other nearby towns and villages:

Portugalete-Getxo: In these two towns, you can visit the famous Hanging Bridge, a Unesco World Heritage site. You can reach them by taking the Metro.
Gernika: Beautiful village at the coast that was bombed in the civil war and where the medieval parliament of Biscay was located. You can get there with Euskotren from Atxuri (see timetable). Nearby, there are wonderful beaches, and the remarkable painted forest of Oma. This is all in the Biosphere Reserve of Urdaibai.

If you have a free day you should consider visiting one of the other three capital cities of the Basque Country: Donostia-San Sebastian (99 Km), Vitoria-Gasteiz (66 Km) or Pamplona-Iruña (157 Km). There are buses to each of them from Termibus (see routes and timetables).

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-Bilbao has some very interesting museums, like the famous [http://www.guggenheim.org/bilbao Guggenheim Museum] or the [http://www.museobilbao.com/in/ Museo de Bellas Artes].
+== Webs & Mobile App ==
+Check out the '''reference websites''', which have all kinds of useful info:
+* [http://www.mybilbaobizkaia.com/portada/index.asp?Idioma=3 Bizkaia local Government]
+* [http://www.visitbilbao.info/main.php?idioma=en Bilbao tourist information]
+* [http://www2.bilbao.net/bilbaoturismo/index_ingles.htm Council of Bilbao > Tourism]
-If you would rather hang out by the sea, there are a few beaches close by which can easily be reached by bus or the Metro.
+You can also download an [http://www.euskadiessencial.info/Aplicacion/Ingles/Descarga_in.html '''Android''' or '''iPhone''' app with tourism info about Basque country]
-Check out the website of the [http://www.visitbilbao.info/main.php Bilbao tourist information] which has all kinds of useful links.
+== Recommendations ==
+Bilbao has some very interesting '''museums''', like the famous [http://www.guggenheim.org/bilbao Guggenheim Museum] or the [http://www.museobilbao.com/in/ Museo de Bellas Artes].
-You can also download an [http://www.euskadiessencial.info/Aplicacion/Ingles/Descarga_in.html| Android or iPhone app with tourism info about Basque country]
+If you want to hang out by the sea, there are a few '''beaches''' nearby. They can be reached easily with a 30 minute ride on a bus or the Metro and a 15 minute walk.
-In case you have a free day you should consider visiting one of the three capital cities near Bilbao: Donostia-San Sebastian(Km), Vitoria-Gasteiz (66Km) or Pamplona-Iruña(157Km). There are buses setting out to all of them from Termibus [http://www.alsa.es/rutas/bilbao-san-sebastian-donostia.htm][http://www.autobuseslaunion.com/es/consulta-horarios.asp].
+Do not forget to check [http://community.kde.org/Akademy/2013/Amazing-plans-for-july-near-Bilbao Amazing events for July near Bilbao]. Some of them are in Bilbao or just a short ride away by Metro.
-Apart from that here you are a selection of other closer towns and what they offer:
+Additionally, here's a selection of other '''nearby towns and villages''':
+* Portugalete-Getxo: In these two towns, you can visit the famous [http://www.puente-colgante.com/index.php/en/ Hanging Bridge], a Unesco World Heritage site. You can reach them by taking the Metro.
+* Gernika: Beautiful village at the coast that was bombed in the civil war and where the medieval parliament of Biscay was located. You can get there with Euskotren from Atxuri (see [http://www.euskotren.es/es/horarios timetable]). Nearby, there are wonderful beaches, and the remarkable painted forest of Oma. This is all in the Biosphere Reserve of Urdaibai.
-Portugalete-Getxo: Shared by this two towns which you can arrive by metro, you will discover the famous Hanging Bridge[http://www.puente-colgante.com/index.php/en/], wold heritage by Unesco.
+If you have a free day you should consider visiting one of the other '''three capital cities''' of the Basque Country: Donostia-San Sebastian (99 Km), Vitoria-Gasteiz (66 Km) or Pamplona-Iruña (157 Km). There are buses to each of them from Termibus  (see [http://www.alsa.es/rutas/bilbao-san-sebastian-donostia.htm routes ] and [http://www.autobuseslaunion.com/es/consulta-horarios.asp timetables]).
-Gernika: Beautifull village in the coast bombed in the civil war and where the medieval parliament of Biscay is located. You can go there with Euskotren from Atxuri[http://www.euskotren.es/es/horarios]. Nearby the visitor has wonderful beaches, and the remarkable painted forest of Oma. This all in the Biosphere Reserve of Urdaibai.