How many MICHELIN Keys does The Artist Grand Hotel of Art have?

One. It is the only hotel in Bilbao with a MICHELIN Key.

Is The Artist the former Gran Hotel Domine?

Yes. The hotel opened in 2002 as the Gran Hotel Domine Bilbao and now trades as The Artist Grand Hotel of Art, in the same building opposite the Guggenheim.

Do all rooms look onto the Guggenheim?

No. Rooms on the outside of the building face the museum; those on the inside have no view, so ask when booking.

Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Bilbao?

Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Bilbao, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.

Five-star One MICHELIN Key Abandoibarra, opposite the Guggenheim, Bilbao

The Artist Grand Hotel of Art

A hundred and forty-five rooms thirty metres from the Guggenheim, with a column of stacked stone rising 26 metres through the building and a rooftop bar facing Frank Gehry's titanium.

Fly to Bilbao

Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.

MICHELIN: One Key
Rooms: 145 rooms and suites
Opened: 2002, as the Gran Hotel Domine
From the airport: About 15 minutes from Bilbao, our estimate

The hotel

Across the street from Gehry.

The hotel opened in 2002 as the Gran Hotel Domine Bilbao, five years after the Guggenheim, on Alameda Mazarredo directly opposite the museum. The designers Javier Mariscal and Fernando Salas did the interiors, in strong colour, as a reply to the museum across the road. Their centrepiece is the Fossil Cypress, a column of rolled stones that climbs some 26 metres through the full height of the atrium.

Today it trades as The Artist Grand Hotel of Art and belongs to Preferred Hotels & Resorts. The public rooms work as a small museum of twentieth-century furniture design, with pieces from several schools and periods, and a reading corner stocked with books on architecture and design. Rooms on the outside face the Guggenheim; those on the inside look into the building.

The Fossil Cypress Mariscal's column of rolled stone, about 26 metres high, runs up through the whole building.
The roof A rooftop bar looking straight at the Guggenheim across the street.
Sixty-One The lobby bar, styled on 1930s New York with Art Deco details, and live jazz once a month.

Dining

Basque and French, with jazz downstairs.

Restaurant and bars as listed by the MICHELIN Guide. Shown for information.

OLIO Basque and French The hotel's restaurant
Sixty-One Lobby Bar Cocktails Live jazz once a month
Rooftop bar Drinks Views over the Guggenheim
Nerua Guggenheim Bilbao One Michelin star Creative Inside the museum, across the street

Good to know

Before you go.

Views Ask for a room on the Guggenheim side. Rooms facing the interior have no view.
Pets Accepted, for a charge.
Wellness A small gym, massage rooms, a sauna and a Turkish bath.
Old name Some booking sites still list the hotel as the Gran Hotel Domine Bilbao.

Getting there

Flying to Bilbao.

Bilbao Airport at Loiu, nine kilometres north of the city, takes both airline flights and private jets. The drive to Alameda Mazarredo takes about fifteen minutes, our estimate.

Business & First Class Scheduled flights Iberia and Air Europa fly from Madrid and Vueling from Barcelona and London. Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich and Istanbul are each linked by their national airline, and in summer United flies in from Newark. Request a fare Private Jet Private aviation Every movement at Bilbao must be handled by a ground agent. Three serve general aviation: United Aviation Services, Universal Aviation with NIS, and Aviapartner's Aviavip. We book the handler and the car to the city. Request a jet

Approximate flying time by midsize jet to Bilbao

Madrid 45 min
Paris 1 h 20
Geneva 1 h 20
London 1 h 30
New York 7 h 50 long-range jet

Questions

What guests ask first.

How many MICHELIN Keys does The Artist Grand Hotel of Art have?: One. It is the only hotel in Bilbao with a MICHELIN Key.
Is The Artist the former Gran Hotel Domine?: Yes. The hotel opened in 2002 as the Gran Hotel Domine Bilbao and now trades as The Artist Grand Hotel of Art, in the same building opposite the Guggenheim.
Do all rooms look onto the Guggenheim?: No. Rooms on the outside of the building face the museum; those on the inside have no view, so ask when booking.
Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Bilbao?: Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Bilbao, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.

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Staying at The Artist Grand Hotel of Art?

Book the room, then the flight.

Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Bilbao, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.

Business & First Private Jet

Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.