San Sebastian Tourism Blog
We want to use our tourism blog to give a voice to everyone who has experienced San Sebastian, 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
Saint Thomas's Day
The famous celebrations for Saint Thomas's Day take place every December 21st.
- 2021 Dec 10
Christmas in San Sebastián: where to eat on this special dates?
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.
- 2021 Nov 27
Are you coming to run the Marathon?
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.
- 2021 Nov 22
15 Special activities…for a special autumn!
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?
- 2021 Sep 08
Our love affair with Donostia - San Sebastián is an open secret
- 2021 Aug 25
- Sisters and the City
A bus route... on which you can discover all of the places in San Sebastian!
- 2021 Aug 04
- Sierrah Antipasado Singsing
A marvellous getaway to Biarritz by direct bus
We’ve been waiting for this moment for years, so we were thrilled when we found out that a direct bus from San Sebastian to Biarritz was going to start running this summer.
- 2021 Jul 21
- Sisters and the City
Are you coming at 56 Jazzaldia?
The Jazz Festival takes more than a half a century bringing the best jazz to our city. It has become both for national and for international people an event you can not miss. If you are one of those fans that have come to celebrate this event to San Sebastian...Here are a few ideas to make your visit a perfect one!
- 2021 Jul 15
Tips for the best dip
Have you ever seen a beach appear and disappear in front of your eyes in the same day? ...
- 2021 Jul 14
“The Longest Voyage. The First Voyage Around the World” exhibition lands in San Sebastián
- 2021 Jun 24
- DonosTeaser
Did you know that the water in Donostia is high quality? Learn about our fountains!
In Donostia, we work for a sustainable-city model... so we want to encourage you to drink water from the tap and from our fountains! If you think about it, drinking tap water is the most affordable, practical and ecological alternative. But what's more, Donostia's tap water isn't only potable. It's also high-quality, one of the best three...
- 2021 Jun 10
A walk around Woody Allen's San Sebastian
Revisit the scenes in Rifkin's Festival on an interactive walking tour that hits some of the city’s most iconic spots
- 2021 May 05
The estrobo, that crucial yet little-known piece of our seafaring tradition
In San Sebastián we not only look to the sea when we want to admire the incomparable La Concha bay. Long before the sea became a source of fun and beauty, way back in the 16th century, the sturdy Basque fishermen, those strapping Northern lads, would set out into the wild Atlantic to hunt for whales in a rowboat that has evolved into what we know today as the trainera.
- 2021 Mar 05
Contest: How much do you know about San Sebastian?
Take the quiz and win a night with sea views and breakfast at Hotel Londres + tickets to multiple museums!
- 2021 Feb 03