Bilbao: Guggenheim puts Basque capital on world stage
Bilbao was an ugly industrial city better known for being the center of Basque violence before the Guggenheim Museum was built in 1997. Now Bilbao is one of the top destinations in Spain. We went for a meeting of my Mediterranean Chapter of the Travelers’ Century Club and found a terrific, manageable city with tons of culture, thanks to that unbreakable Basque pride.