
This newly constructed hotel is like a grand chalet with brickwork on the façade and Arab style roof tiles. A well-groomed garden surrounds the house. The building sits in the municipal of Morga in Busturialdea-Urdaibai, a region declared Human Patrimony and Biosphere Reserve. Interior spaces are well illuminated by the large windows and decorated in a modern style with rustic accents. The resul...


Located in a greatly visited area, next to the Euskalduna palace and not far from the Guggenheim museum, the hotel is a masterpiece by Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta. It exhibits interior design based on large open spaces and an atrium that is unique in the Iberian Peninsula. The minimalist style of the bar, with a backlit wall full of bottles, shares the space with the restaurant, Aizian. Th...


He didn’t have it easy. It was difficult to inspire awe with this new hotel, when just months before opening the phenomena Gran Domine arrived to the very same street. If Mariscal suspended his own project and those of others, the fashion designer Toni Miró had to rely on discretion barrowed from Zen inspiration. Minimalist, functional, impeccable and contemporary, this is a hotel boutique of the ...



Accustomed to heroic endeavors, Emilio Hernando, a mountain climber, has undertaken with his wife, Kata, and the rest of the family, an expedition in rescuing from oblivion an old blacksmith workshop in Etxebarría. With the same impulse that drove him to reach, not once but twice, the legendary summit of Everest, Emilio Hernando has been able to revive the forgotten trade and pay tribute to the sw...


Surrounded by green fields that unfold across the breadth of the Urdaibai Reserve, this neo-gothic tower interrupts the landscape with the force and beauty of its limestone stone and marble from Ereño. A symbol of the regard the Empress Eugenia de Montijo had for her town, Castillo Gautegiz de Arteaga, which dates as far back as the 13th century, was reconstructed in 1865 by the architects Couverc...

The Ercilla Group has selected the elegance of Getxo, specifically the Zugazarte Avenue, to set up their up-dated version of a French chateau. The hotel´s neo-Basque style has scrupulously respected the original construction, thanks to the traditional techniques employed in the rehabilitation that concluded after two and a half years of work in 2003. The interior design responds to the most contem...

The recent sensation in Bilbao is the Gran Hotel Domine. This establishment is the creation of Javier Mariscal, who likes to refer to himself as a global designer. Located in front of the Guggenheim Museum, it is the first five-star hotel in Spain developed by the hotelier chain Silken, forming part of their new hostelry firmament. The reflecting glass façade of the hotel venerates the titanium ab...



Occupying a modern and cosmopolitan building of notable height, this hotel is frequented by famous people, executives and travelers with means. It constitutes the political, commercial and social pulse of Bilbao. Passing the awning leading to the main entrance, guests perceive the flawless and vertiginous atmosphere that moves businessmen today. The pristine and fully equipped bedrooms, are decora...


“Dare to sleep under a bridge”, reads the hotel’s publicity. Sited next to and named after the drawbridge in Vizcaya, this hotel enjoys good views of the mouth of the Bilbao River and the sea.The establishment occupies what used to be the Gran Hotel Portugalete, and conserves only its elegant 19th century colonial-style façade.The modern and simple bedrooms decorated with neutral tones are com...


Standing at the foot of the highway and resting over a gardened area, the wooden front door and the stone archway reveal the robust airs of this country house. The newly constructed edifice has incorporated traditional beams, floors, stone walls and well restored rustic furniture. What is surprising is to find Feng-Shui philosophies manifested in the common areas and bedrooms, each of which is nam...


It’s easy to forget that this rehabilitated country house was once a restaurant. Today it houses just four bedrooms, each of which is very spacious and luminous. Wood and wrought iron compete for attention in the furniture that has a rather classic look from the days when shades of brown and maroon displayed elegance, only here they are set in airy and light spaces. The snug building size justifie...

This construction designed by the renowned architect, Julián Larrea. Sited very close to the Bilbao Ria and somewhat removed from the urban hubbub, it’s just five minutes from the Guggenheim Museum. The brick and ashlar façade exhibits oval windows along the first floor and an owning over the entrance in the fashion of classic hotels. Anxious to rejuvenate the interiors of the Hotel López de Haro ...
