Boat tour along the Bilbao Estuary

"Navegando Bilbao" is a round-trip boat journey along the Bilbao (Bilbao) Estuary, running between the Town Hall Bridge and the Zorrozaurre riverbank. The trip takes around 60 minutes and unfolds at a pace that no walking route can replicate — bridges, neighbourhoods and the transformed urban waterfront reveal themselves gradually from the water. A free audio guide, available on mobile, accompanies the journey with context on the city's history, architecture and landscape; bring your own earphones to make the most of it. As part of a wider journey through the Basque Country, this boat trip offers a moment of reorientation — a way of reading the city before continuing to explore it on foot. The estuary, once at the heart of Bilbao's industrial identity, becomes a thread connecting different layers of the city in a single, unhurried crossing.