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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.
We signed up to the Basque Tourism Code of Ethics when the project was launched to adapt the peculiarities of the culture and environment of the Basque Country to the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations Agenda 2030, as well as to the Global Code of Ethics developed by the World Tourism Organization. When […]
The world of pintxos is huge, vast, complex and very rich. Each bar has its own specialities, and even the same pintxo can be prepared in different ways. From the Spanish tortilla to the ham croquette, from the anchovies to the shrimp brochette, all of these pieces of heaven compose a gastronomic mosaic in which […]
With the passing of months and the normalization of the situation after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and with the return to normality we used to live before it, old and new cultural events that at the time, and for responsibility, disappeared temporarily, are back again. One of these was the Pasaia Itsas Festibala, […]
One of the most unknown, tragic and important artists in San Sebastian´s history was Guillermo Joaquín Indalecio Bizcarrondo Ureña, also known as Bilintx or Moko. During the 19th century, he was the most known “bertsolari” and “olerkari” (poet) in the liberal romantics circles in the Basque Country. This local poet was born on April the […]
At Gipuzkoa square, near the Diputación, we can find the third thing given to the city in 1879 by José Otamendi, alongside the metereologic temple and the little cannon. We talk about the time zone table in Gipuzkoa square, this huge marmol slate indicates the difference in time between San Sebastian and several cities around […]
Many visitors arrive in San Sebastian through the station at Easo, tired and needing the rest that only a good breakfast can provide. Those of you that fit this description are about to get some good news. The Casita de Caramelo is really close by! This shop-cafe is a nice local filled with nice and […]
In San Sebastian there are not many monuments made in marmol, and the most special, unique and dear of all them is the metereologic temple located at Gipuzkoa Square. This was a gift from José María Otamendi, a famous and important person from San Sebastian, famous due to his knowledge, who gifted the city with […]
The San Sebastian Film and Human Rights Festival, organised by the Human Rights Department of the City Council and Donostia Kultura, seeks to build, through images and constructive debate, a critical, plural and committed vision of the great challenges facing humanity and to disseminate values thanks to the magic of cinema. The topics covered in […]
Few figures are as representative of the modern and innovative atmosphere of San Sebastian in the second half of the 19th century as José Otamendi, who was a teacher, cavalry lieutenant, Basque poet, astronomer, inventor, geographer and mathematician. His was one of the most successful mercantile and business families in the city, which we suppose […]
At the top of the main facade of the Palace of the Provincial Council of Guipuzcoa, designed in neoclassical style by the architect José de Goikoa, we can see 5 white busts representing five illustrious sailors from Guipuzcoa. They were made by Marcial de Aguirre, who was also in charge of the two barbarians of […]
In the famous Fermín Calbetón Street there are plenty of bars for pintxos and reknown restaurants, being this the street in San Sebastian with more places to eat. And among all of these traditional businesses, a place that strikes for its singularity is the Québec Krep’Herria. Founded by Pascal, a québécois who fell in love […]
In Japan, they have the haikus. In hip-hop culture, they have their flamboyant rap battles… And the Basque people, we have our bertsos. These are poetic improvised compositions that only have one verse, with consonant rhymes in the even verses that are sung in Basque! Although presented like these it may sound easy, you have […]