Bilbao:
Formerly an industrial city known as the Manchester of
Spain, Bilbao re-invention started spectacularly with
the building of Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum. Further
bold statements of confidence are the new Metro by Norman
Foster and Santiago Calatravo's airport. The local cuisine
is superb, and the surrounding landscape verdant and delightful.
San Sebastián, an elegant holiday resort with jazz
and film festivals, lies to the east.
