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

Donostia / San Sebastián during the Belle Époque, two centuries of tourism

Culture

Do you know what Donostia/San Sebastián was like in the Belle Époque? Continue reading...

Donostia has some incredible sunsets!

Donosti Feeling

We’ll show you some of the best so that you can make the most of them

Are you coming at May Bank Holiday?

Donosti Feeling

Caldereros

Culture

The calderero krewes, who commemorate the arrival of travelling people to the city and announce the Carnival

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.

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.

“Ideal climate: Summer posters” exhibition

Culture

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.

Euskal Jaiak - Basque Festivals

Basque

The beginning of September - from August 28 to September 8 - will see the celebration of the Euskal Jaiak or Fiestas Vascas (“Basque Festivals”) in Donostia. These local festivities bring together the best of culture, sports, culinary arts, folklore and Basque traditions.

Musika Parkean is back!

Culture

Postponed. New dates August 31 and september 1. Please, step on the grass!

Donostiako Estropadak - Bandera de la Concha

Basque

1 and 8 September: two unmissable days of racing in La Concha!

Donostia, capital of electronic music from 21 to 26 August

Culture

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.

Are you coming at 59 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 23rd to 28th

Glad is the Day open air festival

Culture

Glad is the Day is back and packed with more energy than ever before.

 

August 4 in the park of Cristina Enea.

Aste Nagusia: Great Week

Culture

From 10 to 17 August. Don't miss one of the most festive weeks in San Sebastian!

Mapping 1813-2013

August 31st

Culture

The day San Sebastian was burnt to the ground

Fireworks

Culture

Enjoy like a donostiarra: fireworks and ice cream

Belle Époque at the Racecourse!

Sport city

Belle Époque Day is being held at San Sebastian Racecourse from 17:00 pm on Sunday, 7th 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!

The Night of San Juan

Basque

Say hi to the summer and burn away everything that’s bad!

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.

After the txotx it is time for the...Sagardo Egunak (cider days)

Basque

2nd of September - Donostia

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