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The Hesperia Bilbao is a six-floor hotel featuring a striking, curved façade, and is set in a central location directly opposite the Guggenheim museum, within 50 metres of the city's shops and restaurants. The hotel's 134 guestrooms have contemporary decor with wood furniture. Rooms have views either of the city or the museum, and include complimentary wireless Internet connections, satellite television, safes and modem points. Bathrooms include scales, telephone and hair dryer.
The hotel's main restaurant, the Ria, serves traditional Basque fare such as Bacalao (salt cod), lamb stew and chorizo. After dinner, guests are invited to relax in the Orilla Bar and enjoy drinks and cocktails. The hotel houses a number of conference and meeting rooms of varying sizes, all of which are equipped with modern audio-visual facilities for presentations. Wireless Internet access is available free of charge in all public areas of the hotel. Multilingual staff at the 24-hour front desk are on hand to store valuables in the safety-deposit box, exchange currency and recommend places to visit in the city. A shopping centre is located adjacent to the hotel, and the world-renowned Guggenheim museum, with innovative modern architecture from Frank Lloyd Wright, is 50 metres away. A permanent fairground area is seven kilometres from the hotel, and the nearest beaches, are to be found on the north coast of Spain, 14 kilometres from the hotel. Bilbao Airport is 9 kilometres away and can be reached by car in approximately 15 minutes.
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