Indautxu
The Vibe
Prosperous, residential, and park-centred — Bilbao's most comfortable neighborhood where the Museum of Fine Arts faces the city's most beautiful park and the weekend promenade is a genuine social institution
Description
Indautxu is Bilbao's prosperous residential neighborhood, extending west of Ensanche around the focal point of Parque Doña Casilda de Iturrizar — the city's most elegant park, laid out in English landscape style in the 1900s with an ornamental lake, neoclassical statues, and weekend promenaders that perfectly represent the Bilbaíno bourgeois Sunday ritual. The neighborhood's apartment blocks house Bilbao's professional and upper-middle class; its shopping streets (Calle Iparraguirre, Licenciado Poza) contain the city's best independent shops and design studios; and its café culture is the most sophisticated in the city. The Museum of Fine Arts is located adjacent to the park, containing the collection of Basque painting alongside important works by El Greco, Goya, Velázquez, Murillo, and Gaugin. On weekdays, Indautxu operates at the unhurried pace of a neighborhood secure in its prosperity; on weekends, the park fills with families and the café terraces overflow.
Neighborhood Stats
Popular With
- families
- couples
- slow-travelers
- museum-lovers
Key Attributes
- residential
- upscale
- park
- museums
- quiet
Food Scene
Restaurante Étxanobe (Hotel Meliá Bilbao) for fine Basque cuisine. Bar Ledesma (Calle Ledesma) for traditional pintxos standing up. La Bodega del Zurbarán for wine and pintxos.