BILBAO (FOOTPRINT)

This new guide spotlights Bilbao, gateway to the Basque lands of northern Spain and home of the region''s newest cultural draw, the Guggenheim Museum. Part of the new wave of European city destinations, Bilbao boasts cheap flights and frequent ferries, not to mention great food and nightlife. Like the other guides in this new series from Footprint, this pocket-size handbook offers intelligent, concise, contemporary, and comprehensive travel facts in a fresh, stylish, and accessible format. It features district-by-district coverage of the city''s sights and activities, up-to-the-minute listings of the best places to stay, eat, drink, and go clubbing, and a ten-page two-color map section cross-referenced to the text. In addition to the neighboring city of San Sebastian, the book covers Vizcaya including Gernika/Guernica and Vitoria.