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
Has Basque influenced any major foreign languages? Keep reading...
- 2024 Apr 15
Donostia Dog – Friendly
the love we have for our four-legged friends is plain to see on the city's streets, beaches and mountains. So, if you are thinking about coming to visit us with a canine friend, rest assured that you’ll be given a warm welcome by the dog lovers in San Sebastian.
- 2024 Apr 15
Donostia / San Sebastián during the Belle Époque, two centuries of tourism
Do you know what Donostia/San Sebastián was like in the Belle Époque? Continue reading...
- 2024 Apr 10
Donostia has some incredible sunsets!
We’ll show you some of the best so that you can make the most of them
- 2024 Mar 31
- Donostik-tak
Caldereros
The calderero krewes, who commemorate the arrival of travelling people to the city and announce the Carnival
- 2024 Jan 03
Inudeak eta Artzainak
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 03
Plans for St Valentine’s Day in San Sebastian
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.
- 2023 Dec 31
For theatre and dance enthusiasts (dFERIA)
From 16 to 20 March dFERIA, the festival of performing arts! Are you going to miss it? Read more...
- 2023 Dec 31
Saint Thomas's Day
The famous celebrations for Saint Thomas's Day take place every December 21st.
- 2023 Oct 14
“Ideal climate: Summer posters” exhibition
Let yourself be surprised by this exhibition that brings together promotional posters of our city from the end of the 19th century to the 1960s. Some 80 years that have been shaping the image of San Sebastian abroad.exhibition will be open at the San Telmo Museum from 1 July to 15 October.
- 2023 Aug 27
Donostia, capital of electronic music from 21 to 26 August
If you like electronic music and you're going to be in Donosti from 21 to 26 August, you'd be well advised to read this.
- 2023 Aug 17
- Jokin Telleria
Are you coming to 60 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!
From July 19th to 27th
- 2023 Jul 17
Glad is the Day open air festival
Glad is the Day is back and packed with more energy than ever before.
August 3 in the park of Cristina Enea.
- 2023 Jul 16
Aste Nagusia: Great Week
From 9 to 16 August (2025). Don't miss one of the most festive weeks in San Sebastian!
- 2023 Jul 08
After the txotx it is time for the...Sagardo Egunak (cider days)
2nd of September - Donostia
- 2023 May 10
- Donostik-tak
