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Palacio Arriluce
Getxo, Spain · Independent · Core Luxury
Bilbao's industrial families summered on the Getxo cliffs, and in 1912 the Marquis and Marchioness of Arriluce raised the first palace in Neguri: an English historicist house by José Luis Oriol Urigüen, Victorian Gothic and Queen Anne detail on a Basque headland. It opened as a 49-room hotel in 2023 with the period stained glass intact, croquet on the lawn, a cocktail bar in the old chapel, and Fernando Canales running the kitchen at Delaunay. The terrace looks straight down the Abra bay to the Cantabrian Sea.
- 49 rooms
- Opened 2023
- Neighborhood: Algorta
- Rooms from 248 sq ft (23 m²)
- Architect: Jose Luis Oriol Uriguen
About Palacio Arriluce
- Delaunay, the restaurant, is named for the painter Sonia Delaunay, and the palace carries her idea through the building: colour, light and art give every room its own identity.
- The croquet lawn is an internationally accredited court, a survival of the anglophile taste that made Neguri a Basque address worth having.
- The spa draws on Neguri's own past as a retreat where Bilbao families came out to the coast for the sea air and the water.
- Spain declared the palace a Cultural Property under special protection in 2001, two decades before the restoration that turned it into a hotel.
- Entry-level rooms start at 248 sq ft (23 m²).
History
The Palacio Arriluce Hotel occupies what was, in 1912, the first palace in the Neguri area of Getxo, near Bilbao - a symbol of the anglophile Bilbao bourgeoisie of the early 20th century. It was designed in an English historicist style (drawing on Victorian Gothic and Queen Anne detailing) by architect Jose Luis Oriol Uriguen for the Marquis and Marchioness of Arriluce.
The palace was declared a Cultural Property under special protection in 2001. After a complete refurbishment, it opened as a five-star hotel in 2023.
The setting
Neguri is the seaward end of Getxo, the coast Bilbao's shipping and steel families moved to in the early twentieth century when they wanted gardens and sea air instead of the city. The palace stands on the cliff above the Abra bay, at the mouth of the Bilbao estuary, with the Cantabrian Sea in front and the harbour below. The Vizcaya Bridge, the 1893 transporter bridge that UNESCO made a World Heritage Site in 2006 and locals still call the Puente Colgante, is a little over two kilometres away. Neguri metro is a kilometre from the door and central Bilbao, with the Guggenheim, is a short ride up the estuary.
Restaurants and bars
- Delaunay, el restaurante de Arriluce — Restaurant · Basque
- Bar Inglés — Bar · Cocktail bar
Experiences
- Wine tastings in the former wine cellar (Bodega Wine Bar) — Personalised wine tastings for groups of up to 8 in the former wine cellar, which houses a small wine museum. Prior reservation only.
Amenities
- Wi-Fi throughout hotel including outdoor areas, high-speed
- Double encryption cybersecurity (WAP2)
- Wine museum with wine tastings in the Bodega Wine Bar (by prior reservation)
- Event planning team advice and support
- All services available on request
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