The Night of San Juan
Basque
Say hi to the summer and burn away everything that’s bad!
- 2025 Jun 17
- Donostik-tak
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
Belle Époque at the Racecourse!
Sport city
Belle Époque Day is being held at San Sebastian Racecourse from 17:00 pm on Sunday, 6th July. So, grab your straw hat, sunshade, pearl necklace and long dress from your wardrobe and come along to this very special race, which has been held for 108 years!
- 2025 May 21
Discover the Donostia Circuit (Donostiako Itzulia -Vuelta a Donostia): A Circular Route for Trekking or All-Terrain Biking
Sport city
The Donostia Circuit is a circular 50 km itinerary divided into four stages, for both trekking enthusiasts and mountain bikers (all-terrain bikes and gravel bikes).
- 2025 May 12
Tour of historic shops in San Sebastián
Donosti Feeling
Strolling around San Sebastián means travelling back in time. Its streets are brimming with historic retail outlets, shops that have successfully evolved with no loss of their essence. We want you to have fun on a tour of some of the city's most emblematic outlets, a trip crammed with history and charm.
- 2025 May 11
Discover the true San Sebastian through its neighbourhoods
Donosti Feeling
Four locals from San Sebastian tell us about their neighbourhoods and why you simply have to visit them.
- 2025 May 10
Cristóbal Balenciaga: The fashion architect
Culture
His impeccable technique and mastery of shapes and volumes revolutionised haute couture, earning the admiration and recognition both of his contemporaries and also of subsequent generations.
- 2025 May 09
Panchineta®: San Sebastián’s Iconic Basque Dessert
Food and drink
Panchineta®: the authentic dessert of San Sebastian
In the basement of Pastelería Otaegui, in the 1930s, pastry chefs created the Panchineta®, a masterpiece that has since become a classic dessert for the local donostiarras, on the table at baptisms, Sunday lunches, and most noticeably, on the eve of San Sebastián Day. Read on to find out more about this delicious Basque dessert, from the history of Pastelería Otaegui to when, where and how to eat it.
Keep reading to discover more about this delicious and historic Basque dessert.
- 2025 May 08
- Marti Buckley
Santa Clara Island
Donosti Feeling
A small yet charming urban island. Discover all its secrets!
- 2025 May 06
Discover the real San Sebastian and its neighbourhoods on an electric bike!
Sport city
- 2025 May 05
- Sisters and the City
A family bike outing, packed with art!
Culture
We propose a fun route with lots of art taking you to some of San Sebastian’s prettiest spots; you’ll discover sculptures well worth a look not only for their beauty, but also for their settings. And to make this the perfect activity… the art route is designed for biking and takes you along some of our city’s cycle paths! Are you ready?
- 2025 May 04
- Itziar
Tips for the best dip
Donosti Feeling
Have you ever seen a beach appear and disappear in front of your eyes in the same day? ...
- 2025 May 02
A fairy-tale city rising from among parks and palaces
Donosti Feeling
Just like in those children’s stories about lands where kings and queens live alongside peasants, Donostia arose and grew until it became the city we know today, rich and varied in the broadest sense of the words.
- 2025 May 01
- Haizea Alustiza
Did you know that the water in Donostia is high quality? Learn about our fountains!
Donosti Feeling
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...
- 2025 Apr 30
Free open-air festivals coming to Donostia ... the choice is yours!
Culture
During the summer Donostia becomes a location for free open-air festivals. Do you prefer to take off your shoes and dance on the sand on the beach, or would you rather listen to music in the shade of a tree? The choice is yours!
- 2025 Apr 28
The TOP pintxos from every neighbourhood
Food and drink
The best options to sample in a city that is seen and lived, but above all experienced through food.
- 2025 Apr 27
- Donostik-tak
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?
- 2025 Feb 11
Are you coming at 60 Jazzaldia?
Culture
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!
From July 19th to 27th
- 2025 Feb 01
