It might not take much, but this confused me when I went to find a bus to get to the city centre. This isn’t the bus number that I expected and nor did the signage make much sense which is always a promising start when I had just arrived somewhere hot, tired and in possession of slightly declining patience So, I went back inside and found a tourist information office. Now, the lady working there was very helpful and explained that Google wasn’t accurate for this, the bus number that I needed was the A3247, which is the bus I had been looking at.
I will add at this stage that the bus company hasn’t really bothered doing anything much here, there were problems with the return journey that other passengers were struggling with as well. But more of that in a few days as I don’t want to excite everyone too much by bringing forward all the Bilbao bus content at once.
And here we go again, but I’m ready this time. I was aware that getting a Barik card would have made this fare cheaper, but I had the lost the will to faff about any more, although I did get the card for the rest of my travels in Bilbao and it represented very decent value for money. For this journey, I just paid with my contactless card.
Right, all set with my map, the bus number and a star where I had to get off. My accommodation is marked in a circle at the top and the helpful lady told me that it was hot. I was actually very aware of this as I had nearly passed out in the extreme heat when I went outside looking for the bus the first time, but I didn’t say anything.
The bus journey takes around twenty minutes and it stops at a number of locations in the city centre, although these may or may not coincide with the advertised stops. This adds a little mystery to proceedings, which is exactly what everyone wants from public transport after landing in a new city. But, I mustn’t complain as I was delivered to the centre of Bilbao safely and the bus driver was making an effort to be helpful with everything.