Places to visit 
In the area surrounding the Basílica de Santa María, at the beginning of the street Calle Santa María we come across...
6 - THE SALAZAR TOWER
The building's strategic location ensured that the passage of people and goods by sea as well as by road could be controlled.
It was built around 1380. The first floor was originally used as a prison with the second floor serving as a dwelling.
It was reduced to a ruin in 1934 following a fire and the library was destroyed. Its latest remodelling included the creation of a museum and restaurant.
7 - RAMPART GATEWAY
Attached to the Salazar Tower are the last surviving remains of the medieval ramparts that encircled the town. A pointed arch leads into the walled enclosure from the old port.
9 - BUSTAMANTE HOUSE
Walking down the street Calle Santa María, at the end and at right-angles to it we come across the Bustamante house.
The pharmacist Elías Bustamante commissioned its construction to the architect Leonardo Rucabado. The building was completed in 1910 and its external appearance reveals the major influence of Catalan Modernism.
The use of a style that is not frequent in the area is enhanced by the curious range of colours applied to its Neo-Gothic design details. In this tall, five-storey building, worthy of note are its lower storeys, in cut-stone masonry, its bodies of miradors, the corner one in wood and the other less deep but with showy ornamentation.
8 - CALLE SALCEDO
Shipbuilding was the industry that most contributed to giving the town its renown and its wealth.
The shipyards were located at the end of what is now known as the alley, Cantón de Salcedo, which is how the street Calle de Atarazanas (Dockyard) gets its name. It is a place where vessels were built and repaired. Once completed, the vessels were launched by means of timbers and sleds, passing through the archway of Martín Vallecilla.
10 - THE TOWN HALL
The present building, a Neoclassical-style construction by Atanasio Anduiza, was built in 1883.
It has a rectangular layout and low portico arcade.
The simplicity of its lines, a feature of the Neoclassic, imbues it with both elegance and severity. Regarding its ornament, special mention should be made of the Corinthian columns arranged on its frontage. The refurbishment undertaken in 1985 allowed for an extension into the plot at the back and for the redistribution of the layout inside.
11 - MONUMENT TO VÍCTOR CHÁVARRI
This civil engineer in arts and crafts was born in the street formerly known as Calle del Medio, but now bearing his name. He was one of the key characters in Vizcaya's process of industrialisation and economic development.
His importance lies in the fact that he founded the factory La Vizcaya, the forerunner of the blast furnaces Altos Hornos de Vizcaya. He died in 1900, at the age of 45.
Opposite the Town Hall stands a monument in his honour, erected by popular subscription in 1903. It won its author, the sculptor Miquel Blay, the First Gold Prize at the Paris International Exhibition in 1905. The sculpture consists of the bust of Víctor Chávarri and, on the grey granite plinth, the figures of two labourers: the driller Txomin Garro, hailing from Gallarta, and the ironworker from Sestao, Silvano Rodríguez.