The genuine five star hotel in bilbao frank gehry drew his first sketches of the guggenheim museum in one of its rooms it has ever since been related to the museum and chosen by every distinguished visitor to the city from jane fonda to the dalai lama along with gwyneth paltrow or lenny kravitz have made this hotel their home in bilbao located in downtown bilbao the hotel is ideally situated just a five minute walk away from the guggenheim museum and next to the rest of city attractions