Our commercial Bilbao might be seen as the nerve centre of a great metropolis, i.e. Greater Bilbao, which is built around the lower and middle stretches of the River Nervión: from its estuary, with Santurtzi and Algorta as reference points, to Galdakao, and even to Llodio in Alava. Overall, a million inhabitants have their cultural, administrative, and commercial nucleus in a few square kilometres occupying boths shores of the Nervión: the Old Quarter and the Ensanche (the area in which widening began).

Two parts of the city, on opposite sides of the river, making up a dense area full of contrasts: the Old Quarter with its rich retail tradition, with deep roots in the past but clearly and manifestly given to renewal; the Ensanche has from the outset been an area of modernity, always kept up to date, and today it thrusts forward irresistibly into the new century.

It is in this heart of the city--synthesis of past, present, and future--that Bilbao may be perceived as a world-class city, capital of the Atlantic Rim, adorned by the constructions of Gehry, Foster, Pelli, Isozaki, Calatrava, Sterling, Legorreta, Soriano, and many more. Here we find the heart of Bilbao shopping, to which thousands of local inhabitants, Basques, Spaniards, and citizens of the entire world come to do their shopping.

Sometimes for everyday items, sometimes for exceptional. But always in an environment of quality, variety, and outstanding service.