This is a family hotel on the hill overlooking Bilbao. The staff were friendly and helpful, the room was clean and spacious, and the choice at breakfast was excellent.

Stayed in May 2024

The hotel is perfect for its proximity to Bilbao and all that the city offers for the tourist. The free and safe parking is invaluable to us and the ferry is a 20 minute drive away

Stayed in April 2024

Everything was great

Great hotel, lovely staff

Stayed in May 2024

Strong air freshener/perfume smell in the apartment. Too strong and to chemical for my taste.

This is a lovely hotel with a great staff and easy parking. Beautiful location overlooking the city. You can drive 2k to the funincular, park and take that down into the city. It's interesting, fun and much more efficient than driving and parking if you want to go to the Guggenheim. The rooms were beautifully appointed and impeccably clean. All the staff we interacted with were friendly and helpful. We rented the 2 bedroom apartment and one extra room. The apartment had everything we could have wanted in terms of equipment. Hotel Artexe is a joy!

Stayed in May 2024

Great reasonably priced place to stay with a car. Small room but all we needed for the night. Great to catch funicular into town to look around. Good breakfast.

Stayed in April 2024

A Roman blind is needed in the bathroom window. Also a couple of noisy dogs barking outside near the apartment at night.

The apartment was well equipped, very good quality mattresses and pillows. The staff were very efficient and friendly. The breakfast lady was very smiley .

Stayed in May 2024

No lock on the shower room and steps into the apartment were easily missed; the host thankfully warned us of this.

Great location overlooking the city and close to the airport to access post checkout. A short drive to the furnicular which gave us a convenient travel option to access the city. The views from here were superb and we were grateful for the hotel host recommending this to us. The apartment was spacious, adequately furnished with comfortable beds and a large shower room.Breakfast was great value with an excellent choice of savouries, pastries and fruit.The staff were very helpful and cheerful and helped make our stay pleasurable.

Stayed in May 2024

Using the toaster blew all the electricity (although staff downstairs were able to put it back on quickly when we went down to tell them, and offered to make toast for us), lights in bedroom strangely wired so you couldn't turn on a bedside lamp without all the other lights in the room, a drive rather than a walk to the top of the funicular to get down into Bilbao (though funicular great once there)

Comfortable, quirky apartment (though watch your head on the low beams at the sides!), well-equipped and with plenty of space, comfortable bed, pleasant staff, easy to get to by car and good accessible parking, and with great views over the city

Stayed in May 2024

We will upgrade to a bigger city view room next time

Great location for getting to the city. Staff incredibly friendly and helpful

Stayed in May 2024

Excellent breakfast. Free parking. 5 minutes by car to top of funicular so convenient for getting into the city. Quiet location with views of the city. Friendly staff especially the lady in the breakfast room.

Stayed in May 2024

It was busy at reception so was very slow couldn’t sit down while waiting as not enough seating, 20 mins !Dog barking most of the night somewhere but I realize that is difficult to correct.

It’s location was good as we do not want to be in Bilbao. So the funicular was perfect, plus we found an excellent cafe/ restaurant right by the funicular.

Stayed in May 2024

Can't think of anything

Breakfast was excellent. Service was excellent. We had two different rooms, both very good but one had a superb view over Bilbao. Location is great for a one night stay if you are getting on or off thr ferry. I'm sure it is equally good for a longer stay We walked down to Bilbao, down many steps, and really enjoyed it, but baulked at the climb back later and got a taxi.

Stayed in April 2024

Ignacio was very helpful and friendly at the reception desk. The area was beautiful, near hiking/walking in the green hills with wonderful views and nearby a funicular to take get close to the Museum.

Stayed in May 2024

It was a bit of a trek into town and returning uphill would be a challenge if you’re not a keen walker. But there was a bus and taxis weren’t expensive.

Lovely views over the City. Felt comfortable and safe. Parking was easy. All round, a great place to stay.

Stayed in May 2024

The staff were exceptionally helpful and accomodating

Stayed in May 2024

Fantastic view of Bilbao, absolutely loved our room. Ignacio was always friendly and very helpful at the concierge desk. We enjoyed the walking paths nearby and the near proximity to the funicular. A short drive by car to the casco viejo.

Stayed in May 2024

The sound proofing could be better , we could hear everything that was said in the next room although they spoke really loudly pillows were rather small small ,also the mould in the shower needs some attention

Staff were excellent, breakfast was good the cleanliness was first rate

Stayed in May 2024

the double room we have initially booked had regular double bed, perhaps 140cm or 160cm and we prefer large double. the room was also smaller than the one we got after. was still ok, just something to keep in mind if you prefer wider bed

we requested a room with 2 twins after checkin,, as we preferred larger double bed and they were happy to accomodate it. the offered room was large and with good facilities, nice view over the city as well. staff was very nice

Stayed in April 2024

The apartment is all new and comfortable, the terrace give a nice view on Bilbao

Stayed in May 2024

The only drawback for me - the room was adequate but fairly small

The hotel is small, very clean, very friendly and the views over the city are stunning. The breakfast was also outstanding, with the best coffee and huge selection of goodies.

Stayed in May 2024

The room had no over curtains so the car park lights shone straight into the room and were on all night.

Friendly staff and helpful in a good location

Stayed in April 2024

The fridge in the room was a little noisy; and I had to shut the window to keep out the noise of a couple of dogs barking.

Friendly, welcoming staff. Excellently located for ferry port. Centre of Bilbao within walking distance. The hotel is also on a bus route - the bus stop is on its doorstep.

Stayed in April 2024

Our two days were a faultless experience - could not have been any better.

Splendid, generous breakfast. Amazing view over Balboa and the entire adjacent valley. Felt like we were out in the country (which we were). Hosts gave excellent advice for access and touring Bilbao. Highly recommend Hotel Artexte to all travellers

Stayed in April 2024

Nothing.

A fine hotel. My room was stylish, comfortable and spotlessly clean. The kettle was a nice touch. The buffet breakfast had a great selection of good food. The hotel is at the top of a steep hill above the city. Great views and a country feel. Relying on public transport to get there, as I did, should not normally be a problem as Bilbobus A7 stops outside the hotel. Unfortunately at the time of my stay (April 2024) Bilbobuses were on indefinite weekday strike, which meant a taxi from central Bilbao or a walk from the nearest metro station - Deutsu. If walking, a free 24 hour cable car gets you from Deutsu to the hillside community of Arangoiti and the Berrizbidea path leads from there up to the hotel.

Stayed in April 2024