This was a waste of time and money. It was a cold atmosphere. Not many people there. The person at…read morethe front desk seemed cold. Very boring.

The 3 minute ride costs €5 round trip and €3 one-way. It runs every 15 minutes and you are rewarded…read morewith a view of Bilbao. It was a quick stop for us.

Highly recommended activity, especially if you're with family…read more I went with an old friend who now lives in the area, using my Barik card to get on. The funicular was waiting for us and we got into the top car, so we could watch the opposite car coming down at us! Once at the top, we grabbed a beverage at the Café Txakoli and walked back to the hillside adjoining the funicular depot for gorgeous views of Bilbao. Will be back! Pro tip: Use the Barik card. It is inexpensive (€0.50 each way) compared to buying a ticket (€2.50 one way and €4.30 round trip).

This was my first stay in a hostel, and to be perfectly honest - I was nervous. We read that this…read moreplace had pretty good reviews on hostel.com but I had also heard that people are reviewing these based on other hostels, not really against "hotel quality" like my American self was used to. So I pretty much figured it was going to be a gamble. But to my luck...we hit the jackpot with Pension Goiko! It was very clean and had new and modern furniture in the rooms and 2 large bathrooms with shower stalls with intense pressure and hot water (which I heard is rare for hostels). They had 2 rooms (one with 4 beds, the other with 3.). It also included free wifi, cereals and muffins in the morning. My traveling buddies (who have both stayed in numerous hostels) said that this was the nicest hostel they had ever stayed in, and I truly lucked out for my first experience and that I shouldn't expect this kind of quality everywhere. My hostel bar is now set pretty high!