The Costa Verde Express begins or ends in Bilbao, the Basque city transformed by Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum — the titanium icon that, since 1997, made Bilbao a world cultural destination. A private visit is part of the journey, with Jeff Koons' flower-covered Puppy and Louise Bourgeois' spider Maman standing guard.
Beyond the museum lie the medieval Casco Viejo, the Ribera market, and the art of the pintxo, best enjoyed bar to bar with a glass of Txakoli.
