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Plan for a Day: Explore Gipuzkoa

Gipuzkoa (for the more distracted, the province San Sebastian is the capital of) is the smallest province in Spain, but is full of sites with history, culture and tradition. And as it’s so tiny, you can go to any place from Donosti investing very few time. So that, to encourage you to leave San Sebastian […]

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Tolosa

Although the Basque shore normally attracts all the attention, with Donosti in the middle and little villages like Hondarribia or Getaria in the surroundings, we need to talk about the interior of the region. This is a land of mounts, forests, big rivers and tons of tradition. The city of Tolosa is the best starting […]

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Getaria

25 km towards the West from Donosti you can find my favourite village in the basque shore, Getaria. It is a fishermen village filled with history, great food and beauty, thanks to its location in a place that brings together the sea, the mountain and the fields. The perfect place to enjoy a great morning […]

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Hondarribia

Few cities in Gipuzkoa have the same pride as Hondarribia, founded in 1204, and if you ask me… only two or three can compete with it in beauty, glamour and charm. And, being so close to Donosti, it is very easy to go there using the public transport system, going there in the morning to […]

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Camino de Santiago mount Ulia

One of the best things about living in such a small region (txikia in Basque) like Gipuzkoa, is that villages tend to be nearby. And Donosti benefits from this because of its proximity with Pasajes San Juan (Donibane), a town with a beautiful port installed on the Pasajes estuary, which is protected by the Ulia and […]