Pasaia Maritime Festival: You’ll be looking out to sea from 9 to 12 May
Culture
The sea will be awash with sails, traditional boats and culture, from Thursday 9 May to Sunday 12.
- 2024 Apr 23
Blog: Donostia, by locals
We want to use our tourism blog to give a voice to everyone who has experienced Donostia, so that you can all share experiences from a personal perspective, showing us authentic, undiscovered and alternative places. Above all, we want you to immerse yourself in the city and enjoy San Sebastian to the maximum!
San Sebastian Tourism Blog
Basque words in other languages
Basque
Has Basque influenced any major foreign languages? Keep reading...
- 2024 Apr 15
15 activities for spring in Donostia!
Donosti Feeling
With the arrival of spring, the mountains, parks and gardens of Donostia are colored with all kinds of flowers, further highlighting the beauty and charm of the city, and its markets are filled with the vegetables of the season: tear peas , asparagus, beans…. A magical time to enjoy endless plans in San Sebastián, do you fancy?
- 2024 Mar 21
Are you coming at Easter?
Donosti Feeling
Here are a few ideas to make your visit to San Sebastián a perfect one.
- 2024 Mar 20
For theatre and dance enthusiasts (dFERIA)
Culture
From 11 to 14 March dFERIA, the festival of performing arts! Are you going to miss it? Read more...
- 2024 Mar 08
Plans for St Valentine’s Day in San Sebastian
Donosti Feeling
Long live love! We are fully aware that Donostia / San Sebastián is a city that you can fall in love with all year round. Even the least romantic people fall at its feet. However, we think that coming to visit us this year on the 14 of February, the day when love reigns supreme, can be even more captivating.
- 2024 Jan 23
Caldereros
Culture
The calderero krewes, who commemorate the arrival of travelling people to the city and announce the Carnival
- 2024 Jan 18
Inudeak eta Artzainak
Culture
The Sunday after the Caldereros celebration (the first Sunday in February or the one following Candlemas) sees the Inudeak eta Artzainak parade, a wink to the courting that went on between nursemaids and shepherds when the latter came down into the city. This is yet another event in the local run-up to Carnival.
- 2024 Jan 17
The San Sebastian Carnival
Culture
San Sebastian is filling with humour and colour! Carnivals are coming! From 8 to 13 February 2024.
- 2024 Jan 17
Eduardo Chillida: Life and Works
Culture
Eduardo Chillida would have been 100 years old on 10 January 2024. This is why an international commemoration is being organised in 2024 by the Eduardo Chillida - Pilar Belzunce Foundation - "Eduardo Chillida 100 years, meeting place".
- 2024 Jan 08
Discover the world of cider!
Food and drink
Did you know that until the 20th century the most common drink in Donostia was cider, and that there were once 100 cider bars in the Old Town alone? You will find the best tips for enjoying a sagardotegi!
- 2024 Jan 03
What can we do if it rains?
Donosti Feeling
Different things to do in San Sebastián when it's raining
- 2024 Jan 02
Christmas in San Sebastián: where to eat on this special dates?
Food and drink
On Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Year's Eve and New Year.... many of you want to have a special lunch or dinner in a restaurant.
- 2023 Dec 24
Let the Christmas spirit seduce you in Donostia / San Sebastián
Donosti Feeling
Now the lights are shining all over the city, we can dive straight into the spirit of this season, in full enjoyment of the plans Donostia / San Sebastián continues to offer us.
- 2023 Dec 02
Euskera and tourism in Donostia/San Sebastián
Basque
Those who visit us can help protect our culture and our language, by learning and using a few words, with a proactive attitude in this respect etc. This means that tourism and Euskera can go hand in hand in our city.
- 2023 Dec 01
Saint Thomas's Day
Basque
The famous celebrations for Saint Thomas's Day take place every December 21st.
- 2023 Nov 14
Are you coming to run the Marathon?
Sport city
Every year thousands of runners from around the world come to Donostia to take part in these race and to enjoy a couple of days in our beautiful city! Here are a few ideas to make your visit to San Sebastián a perfect one.
- 2023 Nov 14
Bring a scary end to October in Donostia
Culture
From 27 October to 3 November at the Teatro Principal, come and celebrate this 34th edition of Horror and Fantasy Film Week!
- 2023 Oct 20
- Donostik-tak
Argiartean, the festival of light
Culture
On 6 and 7 October, from 20 h until midnight, an unforgettable artistic experience awaits you at the remarkable "Memory Park" in Riberas de Loiola
- 2023 Oct 03
15 Special activities for autumn!
Donosti Feeling
With the autumn upon us, the markets in San Sebastian are full of different varieties of mushrooms, its woodlands, parks and gardens take on the ochre-shaded colour of their leaves, further highlighting the city’s beauty and charm. A perfect time of year to enjoy countless activities in San Sebastian. Sound good to you?
- 2023 Sep 14