Bilbao is located in Spain’s Basque territory, on the coast near the northern French border. Long a centre of commerce, the city is a major seaport and possesses all the amenities one expects in a big city of over 350,000. Bilbao is also home to many museums, including a Guggenheim, and possesses an old town medieval neighbourhood know as Casco Viejo. Visitors to the old town enjoy strolling amongst a maze of narrow streets filled with shops, monuments and bars.