I stayed here just one night while in town to dine at Azurmendi. It's just a short 20 minute drive…read morefrom the Bilbao airport and even though I arrived around 10:30 am on a Saturday, they had my room ready for me and allowed me to check-in early, which was a huge win. I read some reviews that described this hotel as having a conference aesthetic and it's certainly not a boutique design, but it really is a very beautiful and clean hotel, right across from the Guggenheim with outstanding service and a great bathroom. I had been traveling for awhile and started to feel a bit ill when I arrived, so I appreciated the black out curtains, incredible water pressure from the shower, and very comfortable bed so I could get a good nap in right when I arrived. Service was outstanding. The hotel arranged for a taxi to take me to Azurmendi, since it's a bit outside the city, and was so helpful anytime I needed something. I always appreciate turn down service and especially appreciated the pillow spray they left which was really lightly floral, not overpowering at all and really helped me sleep. The towel warmer was awesome and made me feel so cozy every time I got out of the shower. All around, this is a great hotel that I'd absolutely stay in again, perfect as a home base if you're in Bilbao, with an unbeatable location if you want to fit in the Guggenheim (literally right across the street!) Incredible service team and very clean, comfortable, and quiet rooms.

Our gracious host, artist grand hotel. A pleasant nights stay before the running of the bulls. Our…read morefirst night in Spain

Quiet Clean Hotel steps away from the Museum. They do not…read morehave a bar or room service but the rooms are clean maybe a little posh, with robes and such. Around the corner from nice restaurants and bars. 30 minute walk to old town. There are better old towns in europe... if you are here for the museum, stay here

The Miró was a highlight of our trip to Bilbao. The hotel was beautiful and very well maintained…read more The rooms were clean and comfy and Hubby Steve and I slept south fly. Best part about the hotel, however is the staff. They were friendly, helpful with all our questions and knowledgeable about the area and best places to eat. Highly recommend staying here if you visit Bilbao.

A classic hotel that hasn't aged well. Stuffy, pretentious with basic and traditional amenities…read more Expensive restaurants, slow Wi-Fi, no convenience store, loud banging at 6am (called the front desk with no follow-up). Great location near the subway and central to downtown.

An elegant grande dame located on the central square across from a beautiful garden. We stayed for…read moreone night in mid April in a Superiorto kick off a visit to the Basque Country. Our room on the fifth floor (512) was delightfully large with a nice balcony overlooking the square. In April the 187€ was a steal for this quality and especially given the inclusion of breakfast (23€/pp value AND two free passes to Guggenheim museum-20€ value). Like most historical properties it would be a nice upgrade to have better access to power outlets, but other than that I thought the marble bathroom was a good size and we had more than enough room in which to spread out. The hotel itself is beautiful with rich red carpets on a sweeping grand staircase and an amazing stained glass domed courtyard just off the lobby. The Belle Époque stained glass and other touches add a refined elegance to your stay. The breakfast buffet was included in our room rate and was absolutely outstanding with so many classic basque foods plus anything else you could possibly want from fresh fruit and juice, many pastries and breads and omelette s cooked to order. An amazing feast and not to be missed. Highly recommended

I can't say enough good things about our recent stay at NH Collection Villa de Bilbao! From the…read moremoment we walked in, we felt welcomed thanks to Bianca who checked us in. We were a little early but luckily a nice, quiet room was ready for us with two quite comfortable queen beds - which both me and my daughter very much appreciated after not sleeping well in a noisy hotel in Madrid. Bianca gave us a local map with a couple recommendations for lunch so we went off for the day. When I was booking hotels for our trip, I looked at the inclusion of a locally influenced breakfast buffet as part of the package. The breakfast buffet at this hotel was one of the best we had on our trip. From charcuterie and cheeses to local bread with traditional Spanish tomato/olive oil toppings to very fresh fruit to eggs to pastries to make-your-own smoothies to "pinxtos" (Basque tapas), this place had it all! So impressive and delicious! They had a couple espresso machines and a pitcher of hot milk to cap it off perfectly! Bianca was there for the whole duration of our trip and patiently and cheerfully helped us with many questions. She took our bags for the day when we checked out and bid us farewell when came back to collect them. She kindly gave us a couple water bottles when we left - so very thoughtful. I hope to get back to beautiful Bilbao someday - and would not hesitate to stay here again if I do! It was a perfect stay!

I've stayed all over the world and used plenty of these boutique hotels. Lobby is nice. Check in…read morewas sort of slow but gentleman was nice. My room is nice. Worm down furniture. Comfy bed. The à/c doesn't work. There is a bar and restaurant downstairs. No gym and no pool. Rooms have mini bars and safes It's an average hotel. Great location for downtown Bilbao.

Very nice. Modern. Friendly staff. Late checkout available which was helpful. Beds are…read morecomfortable and rooms were updated and included all amenities. Wonderful shower

The hotel is definitely for business travelers but who cares, it's a great hotel. I stayed with my…read morefriend for vacation and not for business. The place was amazing, still. The hotel was very nice and chic. It was a minimalists dream at best. The room and hotel was very clean. The front desk staff was very friendly and informative especially for someone who only speaks English. If they did not know anything then they would find the answers for me. The only thing I wished is that it had a separate business center with computers and not just one in the lobby. The location was perfect! Close to everything. Do yourself a favor... make sure you book with breakfast .. you will be doing a disservice to yourself if you don't. The breakfast spread is ridiculous!

After staying in several hotels across Spain and France, Hotel Ercilla was one of the standout…read moreproperties of our trip. It's the kind of hotel that gets the fundamentals right while adding thoughtful touches that make you want to come back. The location couldn't have been better. Set in the elegant Indautxu district, it's just steps from Gran Vía's shopping, Plaza Moyúa, Azkuna Zentroa, and countless cafés and restaurants. We also walked to the Guggenheim Museum and Casco Viejo without any trouble. Bilbao is a wonderfully walkable city, and this hotel puts you right in the middle of it all. From the moment we arrived, we felt genuinely welcomed. The doormen were warm, professional, and quick to help with our luggage. Inside the lobby, complimentary water and sweets were a nice touch after a day of sightseeing. Another thing we really appreciated was that every member of staff we interacted with spoke excellent English, making everything effortless. Our room on the sixth floor overlooked the front of the hotel and was both elegant and comfortable. The bed was excellent, the room was spotless, and the bathroom felt surprisingly luxurious. I especially loved the premium toiletries and the heated towel rail, which is one of those little details you don't realize you'll appreciate until you have it. The lobby is more than just a place to check in. There's a stylish restaurant and bar where you can enjoy breakfast, coffee, cocktails, or simply relax. I also noticed a dedicated workstation with power outlets, making it a great choice for business travelers or anyone needing to catch up on work. What impressed me most wasn't one single feature. It was how consistently good everything was. The location, the comfort, the staff, the amenities, and the overall atmosphere all came together to create a stay that exceeded our expectations. Bilbao has many excellent hotels, but Hotel Ercilla would be my first choice on a return visit. If you're looking for a hotel that lets you experience the city almost entirely on foot while providing exceptional comfort at the end of the day, this is it. Five well-deserved stars.

My husband and I had a wonderful stay in hotel Ercilla during our trip to Bilbao. We felt taken…read morecare of in pretty much every aspect when traveling. I highly recommend this place, especially if you have status with Marriott. I feel like the older reviews on Yelp do not really reflect the current conditions of this hotel. I think maybe they had renewed the room in the past few years. The rooms we had were pretty modern, comfortable, and clean. I would not call them dated at all. They also offer free breakfast if you have status with Marriott. The spread of food they have in the breakfast buffet is very impressive, from Iberian ham, custom made omelettes, artisan bread, to desserts and churos. We filled our stomach every morning and hardly ate any lunch during our trip. The staffs are great too, especially the breakfast crew in the morning. They are friendly, tentative, and helpful. You can see they work very hard to keep the place going. They even offer to go boxes for you to take some food with you from the buffet if you haven't had enough in the dining room. This the first place I've seen doing this in any hotel. All in all, I really like this hotel and appreciate the hospitality they showed us.

So there I was deluded into thinking I'd reviewed this wonderful hotel, but I hadn't so I'll remedy…read morethis now. We travelled around France and Spain for eight weeks and this hotel was in our top three. We had four nights. Relaxing, clean and comfortable. All the staff are real friendly. Bed cozy, air con perfect and great shower and so so quiet. We didn't go for breakfast as we just wanted to have long rests in the mornings as it was our last destination before sailing home. We used their underground car park and it was a tight squeeze as we have a big car and we had acquired a Thule roof box on our journey but car parking in Bilbao is a real challenge; my advice don't go by car without sorting car parking first. The hotel lift thankfully goes to the basement. As we made our way to the hotel it was downhill all the way having come from Jaca. As we got to 1000 yards from the hotel we got the feeling we shouldn't be there. It felt like a tram/bus reserved area, but there was a police car behind us and the lights stayed off. The river was on our left and as the sat nav said we'd arrived it sure didn't look like a hotel entrance. The guy behind check-in about instantly got off his chair to get us into the carpark and I was delighted. The next time it would start was departure day. €18 a night to park. If we return to delightful Bilbao we will be based here and we sure won't have a car and once we drop our bags we'll walk five minutes to get to Swad Himalayan restaurant then all will be well.

This is a small ultra modern boutique hotel centrally located in Bilbao. I stayed in February 2018…read more Very nicely designed rooms, high speed password protected WiFi that doesn't generate security warnings (unlike many small hotels in Spain). Clever lighting that makes you say "wish I had that at home". Night lights, reading lights that only shine on one side of the bed. HDMI connection on TV so you can watch Netflix etc off your devices if you carry the right cables. (Look for the ultra thin ones on Amazon or Monoprice, go for the long ones. You'll need the right adapter for IOS (lightning to HDMI) or Mac (thunderbolt to HDMI) or whatever your PC or Android needs. This lets you listen/watch US media. No restaurant except for small cold buffet breakfast and a bar. No coffee/tea or refrigerator in rooms. Softest TP I've seen in Spain. Not those nasty little mildly abrasive rolls. A treat for pampered American booties. I see rates around 50 euros on various websites. I paid 45 (without breakfast) booking direct on their website. Four stars for location, modernity and value.

Location, location, location. What did we do before Google Maps? The reality was that we only had…read moreone full day and night in Bilbao, so location was the primary consideration for Jamie W. and me as we breezed through the Basque country as a side trip to our Barcelona-based vacation. I just knew we had to be within walking distance of the Guggenheim, our primary reason for visiting Bilbao, so it was a nice bonus to be close to Funicular de Artxanda as well for our requisite panoramic views (review: http://bit.ly/2l6b6YI). Now as part of the NH Collection, the hotel itself is modern and sleek like a West Elm catalog come to life. The rainbow-filtered windows represent its distinctive exterior touch against the more traditional buildings that surround it (photo: http://bit.ly/2C30lKy). Our double standard room was comfortable and quiet considering the hotel's bustling location next to the Nervion River, and at $115 per night, it was a relative bargain (photo: http://bit.ly/2B7SvRJ). We found the front desk helpful though a tad on the curt side when they got busy since there were quite a few high-maintenance guests in dire need of etiquette lessons. One unexpected upside was the bowl of sugar-coated gumdrop chew candies that mirrored the rainbow colors of the windows.

4 star hotel that deserves 4 stars on Yelp. Besides the fun coloring on the outside, the location…read moreis super central right across the Guggenheim on the shore of the Nervión. The beds are probably new, they are superb. Best bed I ever slept in. Room is decent, a bit small, but decent enough. Bathroom is worth the 4 stars, even though small defects are showing. There's only óne thing very troublesome and that is the temperature in the room. Outside it's winter cold. Inside the room they raise the temperature up to 25 degrees. That's sick. So I have the window wide open. The airco blows warm air so can't be used yet. But really that's the only thing. The staff is friendly. I can't understand one word they speak, because their spenglish is so bad and these Basques speak a whole different language! Even their Spanish sounds different. Make sure you have breakfast included in your price. I didn't and breakfast separately costs 21€. That's crazy of course for the scrambled eggs and some fruit that I eat. Overall: very good hotel. If you don't have breakfast included, please prepare to eat for €21 which is hugely overpriced for the bit of scrambled eggs and a few pieces of fruit that I use in the morning. They were willing to accommodate me by letting me have breakfast a la carte in the bar, but I never did that of course. Alone. The bar has a good menu btw. And sushi. From 20:30 PM on of course. Spanish style. The sishi is very good!

They can be much nicer to lost tourists in the city. One of the very few places that didn't show…read moremuch character or welcoming reception. We decided NOT to stay. Later we went to a restaurant/bar down the road of the same name, and the experience didn't get any better. Abandonados en Abando

Walking on the Camino and decided to splurge. Unlike all the other places we've stayed, the staff…read moreat the front desk was not welcoming at all and remained that way throughout our stay. They said our backpacks had not arrived- very stressful! When they realized they had mistakenly put them in the wrong room, they never apologized. When we inquired if there was a laundromat in the area, they said they didn't know of one. We asked if they could check and they gave us addresses, but had not called them first; both were closed. We found out after walking to both, returned and asked them to please check further- said they knew of nothing in the area. It was only after inquiring at the tourist information office that we found one right around the corner! That is not to say that the hotel wasn't lovely, the 3.50€ continental breakfast a deal and the waiters at breakfast and the bar were very nice, but on Sept 9 - 10, 2022, it was not what we would expect of a five star hotel; very disappointing!