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That’s why we not only enjoy telling you how much we love San Sebastian on our tours, but we also want to put it in writing. That’s why we have created this blog, where we tell you what we don’t have time to tell you on the tours. If you love San Sebastian as much as we do, or if you are planning a visit to our city, this is your space.
The “local taste” can’t be understood without the “local products”. The pintxos, the rations or the dishes that our Michelin Star restaurants relay on the food and the seasonings of the local producers. In San Sebastian we love to go to the markets to fill our baskets, for our day to day life or to […]
Some of us are Basque, some others are very Basque and then we have Joxe Mari Olasagasti. Olasagasti was born in Igeldo in 1959 and we could say he is a sportsman. But his thing are the Basque traditional sports: cut trunks, lift stones, reap fields, drag stones… In fact he has won many ax […]
Donosti is right next to the sea (wow, I am a genius), and the sea and the city have been entangled even before the construction of the city itself. It has turned us into what we are, it has given us our character,… and most importantly, it has fed us. But have you ever looked […]
If while walking around San Sebastian’s Central District you want to dedicate a moment to look for the next book you are going to read, you can always come around this little bookstore that remind of the ones of back in the day. Here, you can feel in the air from the moment you step […]
Even if jatorra means in basque nice or kind, in our daily life, people from the Basque Country we use it to refer to someone authentic. That kind of person that always has a smile on their face, a kind word and is willing to give you a hand without asking anything in exchange. Always […]
Our tours, both on foot or by bike, usually start at our office doors. It is a big square with beautiful benches, which evoque the “trecandís” so common in catalan’s modernism, and there are a lot of businesses, from those that have been opened forever (like the historical Casa Ponsol or the famous bar El […]
One question we usually hear during the Free Tour is if it snows a lot in Donosti, if we have hard winters. It is logical considering that in summer the cloudy days are not rare when not rainy. The answer is no. The winters here are mild and snow is really rare in San Sebastián, […]
The bicycles are an essential part of Go Local. With them we daily visit the different districts of Donosti rain or shine in our Bike Tour. And of course, to do these experiences we need trusting bikes. That’s why we go with Orbea bikes. Orbea has a curious story. It started making weapons in the […]
Donostia-San Sebastian has been known by several names. Irutxulo, Gaztelupe… and La Bella Easo (like a muffin brand). Although during our tours we normally explain the origins of the first two ones, which are linked to peculiarities of our city, the third one is a little bit more complicated. In Ancient times, Oiasso was a […]
Christmas are coming, important date for many. In many places around the world kids will receive the Christmas Eve from distinguished personalities, like Ded Moroz in Russia or Papa Noel on the other side of the Pyrenees. Here in the Basque Country the one visiting children is the Olentzero. This character is a charcoal burner […]
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 […]
There are few things more typical than bathing in La Concha bay, no matter the time of year. It is one of the most usual things to see in the national news people bathing in the beach… on January the 1st. And although it is important to remember that we are in the Cantabric sea, […]