This year, let Donostia be your Christmas gift: some stunning ideas from local retailers
- 2024 Nov 13
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!
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.
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.
From 25 October to 1 November at the Teatro Principal, come and celebrate this 35th edition of Horror and Fantasy Film Week!
From 20 to 28 September we are celebrating a very special anniversary!
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?
A unique place to experience our maritime heritage
There are almost one million Euskera speakers, and not all of them are from the Basque Country. Some people have arrived from other places, and have decided to learn it.
Do you want to learn Basque too?
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!
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.
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...
Four locals from San Sebastian tell us about their neighbourhoods and why you simply have to visit them.
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".
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?
There’s no better way to explore our beautiful city than with the palate; savoring and tasting something new around every corner along with everything that the city’s streets and neighborhoods have to offer.
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.