[Gocamino] Accomodation: Bilbao

[Robert Spenger]

Brooke,

There are a lot of places in the Casco Viejo. I got one by just  
wandering around looking. The refugio itself is a reasonably priced  
hotel, but it is a way out of town, about a 10 minute bus ride. It is  
a sort of a youth hostel, but it looks like a lot of multilevel  
modern hotels. The Página Web for the Albergue Bilbao Aterpetxea is:

albergue.bilbao.net
E-mail: aterpe at albergue.bilbao.net
Tf.: 34 94 427 00 54
Fax: 34 94 427 54 79

If you get to the airport while the tourist agency is still open,  
that would probably be the best place to line up something. I don't  
remember the name of the place where I stayed, but I felt that it was  
a bit overpriced. I also found out that there are often special  
events going on there that tend to fill up the hotels. I almost got  
caught short on the way back - some sort of art festival in October.  
Good Luck.

Bob S.

On Aug 15, 2005, at 1:16 PM, Brooke Broadbent wrote:

Hi,
Any suggestions on where to stay for one night in Bilbao. We'll be  
landing
there this Thursday. We will be taking the bus the next day to  
Pamplona. I
notice that there is a refugio. Anyone have any experience staying  
there, or
in a reasonably priced hotel? I noticed a few places on the Web but  
they all
seem to be big hotels. I'd like to stay in a small hotel in the old  
part of
the city.
Thanks,
Brooke

Brooke Broadbent
www.brookebroadbent.com
819 671-8192