Basque Food Tour: Discover Pintxos and Local Drinks

Experience the authentic flavors of Bilbao on a food and history tour with local guides. Discover the local food, pintxos, and drinks while learning about Basque culture and the history of Bilbao. Personalized for your needs.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Bilbao Tour Guide - We walk around Bilbao, it’s never the same route, we will see many spots around.
What's Included
  • Bottled water included
  • Local English-speaking guide
  • Selection of red and white wine pairings
  • Local drinks, cider, and cocktail options
  • Sufficient pintxos to constitute a full meal
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Our guides are all passionate about Basque cuisine and can’t wait to share it with you. They’ll lead you around the city from pub to pub, introducing you to the local cuisine, pintxos, and even some local libations.
You’ll learn about the history of the Basque language and its people, the differences between Spain and the Basque Country, and Bilbao’s…

Location
Bizkaiko Foru Aldundiaren jauregia
Gran Vía de Don Diego López de Haro
NOT BILBAO CITY HALL - In front of the palace stairs on "Gran via don diego lopez de haro 25", right there in front of the stairs.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Citytour2011
Mar 16, 2025
Eat, Drink & learn something! - Excellent tour. Both informative and lots of fun. Ashley shared a wealth of knowledge about Bilbao and the Basque area. Even a cheat card with how to pronounce common words and phrases. All the Pintxos were excellent as were the drinks. We tried 3 kinds of Basque wine, a cider and a cocktail. The Pintxos were seafood, steak, porkbelly, to name a few. Highly recommend this
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Dafydd_w
Mar 14, 2025
Bilbao pintoxs - Great choice of restaurants with food and drinks. Jack was friendly and informative. Different types of food and drinks, the group was great and had a brilliant time.
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Zachr592
Mar 3, 2025
Great Time!! - María was great! Very knowledgeable and a lot of fun. Wonderful food and drinks and a very fun group. Could t recommend more.
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Audreylg558qq
Mar 3, 2025
A good choice - Maria was our guide and we enjoyed our tour a great deal. She grew up in the city and knows it well. The tapas, wine and drinks were delicious and ample. We were both really full by the end of the evening. Our group was great fun so the conversation was very nice. We were glad we chose this tour and would recommend it.
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37benedictap
Feb 19, 2025
Flavours of pinxtos - Maria has taken our group fantastic to various pintxos bars. Pintxos were delicious and also new flavors for me. She really made us a team that was going to taste and experience. Almost all corners of the world followed.
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Tpbel
Feb 18, 2025
Recommended food tour - This was a great tour to get our bearings, hear some history, meet other travellers and have plenty of food and drink. Jack was a brilliant guide and the tour was very well-organised with spots reserved for us in each of the places we visited. Great value for money. Thanks, Delight Bilbao!
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Jim_m
Feb 3, 2025
Do it if you can! - Jack was an amazing host and guide. He moved us seamlessly from place to place and narrated history, culture, and food as we went. It was delightful!
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Etmeree
Dec 20, 2024
Authentic - Authentic and very well planned food tour. Highly recommend, we learned a lot about the Basque country and foods. Very knowledgeable and passionate guide.
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Julie_r
Feb 12, 2025
Fun pintxo tour, maybe overpriced ? - It was a lovely sociable introduction to the pintxo of Basque, the local wines and other drinks and a nice tour of 6 bars. The history part was a little rushed. We had a really lovely group which made the tour fun. It lasted 2.5 hours, but was billed as 3. It was fun but felt rushed and overpriced.
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Totalgourmand
Jan 22, 2025
Walk along River Nervión Bilbao to Plaza Nueva - From Guggenheim museum there is a footpath along River Nervión on the western bank. There is an installation before the Zubizuri bridge called Zirgariak/Las Sirgueras. It was created by Dora Salazar is a tribute to the figure of the women who towed boats along the Bilbao Estuary with the only help of a towline. It takes you past Zubizuri Bridge (Basque for “white bridge”) which was commissioned by the city from Santiago Calatrava, an architect from Valencia. It had a glass deck that made it possible to see the structure below that supported the walkway, was further enhanced at night thanks to artificial lighting. Further along the river and crossing the Udaletxeko Zubia bridge stands the magnificent Gothic old town hall on Campo de Volantín Pasealekua. A short walk from here down Itxaropen Kalea leads to Foru Kalea and one of the entrances to Plaza Nueva. It was an ancient market but has been transformed in to an arts and music venue with many restaurants and eateries.
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