Visit Barakaldo

Official city visitor guide

Visit Barakaldo is Barakaldo’s official tourism portal, promoted by Barakaldo Town Council (Barakaldoko Udala). It serves as a showcase for the city and a visitor-information office, with content in Spanish, Basque, and English.

What the portal covers

• Places to visit, including Finca Munoa, the Botanical Garden, Bilbao Exhibition Centre (BEC), and Zamalanda.
• Walking, cycling, and running routes.
• Events, courses, workshops, and guided tours.
• Historical memory: routes, memorial sites, Stolpersteine, and the Barakaldo Memory Trail.
• Industrial tourism: industrial routes, the Future with a Past project, and Orkonera-Lutxana.
• Practical information: location and access, a street map, useful phone numbers, maps and visitor brochures, lodging, restaurants, and shops.

Getting to the city

The portal explains how to reach Barakaldo, located 8 km from Bilbao, 75 km from Vitoria, and 115 km from San Sebastián. Metro Line 2 connects Bilbao and Barakaldo in about 16 minutes; Renfe commuter trains make the trip in about 12 minutes. By road, the city connects to the A-1 and A-8 highways, the Ugaldebieta expressway, the Rontegi Bridge, the N-634 Irún–A Coruña road, and regional road CC-639 toward Santurtzi.

Tourism office

The tourism office is at Bilbao Exhibition Centre (BEC), Ronda de Azkue 1, 48902 Ansio, Barakaldo. Phone: 94 499 58 21. Email: turismo@barakaldo.eus.

Barakaldo Town Council

Herriko Plaza 1, 48901. Main switchboard: 944 789 100. Citizen Services: 944 789 200.

Confirm hours and contact details directly with the tourism office before visiting.