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El Globo

A Casco Viejo pintxo bar famous for its txangurro gratin and tortilla de bacalao — old-school Bilbao at the counter.

El Globo is where the Bilbao lunchtime crowd queues at the bar for the hot pintxos. Order the txangurro (spider crab) gratin and a glass of txakoli.

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