This place has a great staff and great beer! With a few Pintxos although not fresh they ar tasty. A…read moremust visit if you love music.

Amazing experience watching an Athletic match last night…read more I'm in town for a conference and being a big football fan, found a few others who wanted to go for the home game Friday evening. We took the tram to San Mames stadium and got there an hour early for pintxos and beer at a bodega outside. Getting in was a breeze. Our seats were high up towards the rabid fan end of the pitch, which meant we had a great view and were immersed in the home crowd, which is as passionate as they come in Spain. Athletic Bilbao has a tradition of only allowing Basque players on the team, and is one of only three La Liga teams that's never been relegated (with powerhouses Real Madrid and Barcelona being the other two). The game was fantastic. Athletic beat Celta Vigo 4-3 on a last minute penalty kick, and both teams played well. We got to see a corner penalty goal scored right below where we sat, and a penalty kick by the opponents was blocked, both of which sent the stadium into uproar! After the game, we mingled with home fans at a bar nearby, having more beer and partying late into the night. Thank you, Athletic Bilbao and Estadio de San Mamés, for a memorable experience.

It's impossible to describe the feeling you experiment when entering there, you just must live it…read more The old stadium was so warm and packed with one of the world's best supporters. They're respectful and very supportive towards Athletic Club. Not only do they say it, everyone knows they're at the top of the world's statistics. Every year they have the best percentage of attendance of La Liga, and the atmosphere hours before the match is magnificent in the adjacent streets. With a astonishing new stadium just finished surely the show will be much better Aupa Athletic!!