From the Old Town to the Wind Comb
5.2 km · 2 h on foot · the whole bay end to end, flat all the way · 6 stops
- Plaza de la Constitución
- City Hall and Alderdi Eder
- La Concha railing
- Miramar Park
- Ondarreta beach
- The Wind Comb
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This interactive map of San Sebastián (Spain) brings together 145 hand-picked places: 40 attractions, 57 restaurants, 22 cafés and 26 shops. It also includes 5 walking routes with their stops in order. For every place you get what it is, a practical tip and how to get there by public transport. It is free, works on your phone and needs no sign-up.
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5.2 km · 2 h on foot · the whole bay end to end, flat all the way · 6 stops
700 m · 6 counters · one pintxo and one small beer at each, standing · 6 stops
1.4 km · 6 stops · the neighbourhood where locals actually eat · 6 stops
Half a day · funicular, a climb and two summits over the bay · 6 stops
A full day · Astigarraga, Lasarte and Errenteria: you need a car or taxi · 6 stops
Kontxa hondartza · Centro
Spain's most photographed bay, fine sand all the way to Pico del Loro.
Tip: Official beach season closed on 30 September: no lifeguards or awnings now, but the railing is still the best sunset shot.
🚇 Dbus 16 to the Miraconcha 28 stop, then a 5-min walk
Featured in: San Sebastián Turismoa · Ayuntamiento de Donostia
Show on mapOndarreta hondartza · Antiguo
La Concha's calm sister, at the foot of Igueldo and far less crowded.
Tip: The water is shallower and calmer here, which is why local families pick Ondarreta over La Concha.
🚇 Dbus 16, tb7 to the Satrustegi I stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapZurriola hondartza · Gros
The surfers' beach, open to the rough Atlantic with the Kursaal as backdrop.
Tip: Autumn brings the year's best swells; brown water after rain is the Urumea river, not pollution.
🚇 Dbus 8, 17, 40 to the Zurriola stop, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: San Sebastián Turismoa · surf-forecast
Show on mapHaizearen Orrazia · Ondarreta
Chillida's three steel claws driven into the rock at the end of the world.
Tip: The blowholes don't need low tide, they need swell: with a big ground swell and a rising tide they spit water several storeys high.
🚇 Dbus tb7 to the Itsasargi stop, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: San Sebastián Turismoa · Museo Chillida
Show on mapUrgull mendia · Parte Vieja
The hill guarding the Old Town, with ramparts, gun batteries and 360° views.
Tip: It's free and open at any hour via the Paseo Nuevo ramp; the path from the Aquarium is the gentlest.
🚇 Dbus 39 to the Cementerio de los Ingleses stop, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: San Sebastián Turismoa · San Telmo Museoa
Show on mapMotako gaztelua · Urgull
The fortress that crowned Donostia from the 12th century, now lookout and museum.
Tip: The Casa de la Historia inside is run by San Telmo and keeps its own hours: the Zuloaga museum ticket does not cover it.
🚇 Dbus 39 to the Cementerio de los Ingleses stop, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: San Telmo Museoa · Ayuntamiento de Donostia
Show on mapJesusen Bihotza · Urgull
The 12-metre Sacred Heart visible from half the city.
Tip: Raised over the castle in 1950; lit up at night it's the landmark that keeps you oriented on the Paseo Nuevo.
🚇 Dbus 39 to the Cementerio de los Ingleses stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapSanta Klara uhartea · Bahía
The island that splits the bay in two, reached by launch from the harbour.
Tip: The ferry stops running once the season ends: in autumn you only reach it swimming or by kayak, and the lighthouse stays shut.
🚇 Dbus tb7 to the Itsasargi stop, then a 7-min walk
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Show on mapIgeldo mendia · Igeldo
Donostia's classic balcony: the whole bay in a single frame.
Tip: Walking up is free, but entering the terrace costs 3 € per person unless you arrive with a funicular ticket.
🚇 Igueldo funicular up to Igeldo, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: Parque de Atracciones Monte Igueldo
Show on mapIgeldo Mendia Atrakzio Parkea · Igeldo
A 1912 funfair with a wooden switchback and a mystery river ride.
Tip: The rides shut on rainy days and are paid one by one (2-3 € each): there is no all-access wristband.
🚇 Igueldo funicular up to Igeldo, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: Parque de Atracciones Monte Igueldo
Show on mapIgeldoko funikularra · Ondarreta
The 1912 funicular that climbs Igueldo in three creaking wooden minutes.
Tip: Return ticket is 5.50 € and includes terrace entry; if you drive up you cannot buy a descent-only ticket.
🚇 Dbus 5, 25 to the Ondarreta stop, then a 3-min walk
Featured in: Parque de Atracciones Monte Igueldo
Show on mapIgeldoko itsasargia · Igeldo
Igeldo's white lighthouse, on the cliff edge over the Bay of Biscay.
Tip: You can't go inside, but the path around it is the best spot in Donostia to watch a storm roll in.
🚇 Igueldo funicular up to Igeldo, then a 3-min walk
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Show on mapKursaal jauregia · Gros
Moneo's two glass cubes beached between the Zurriola and the Urumea.
Tip: Guided tours of the auditorium are separate from any show ticket and must be booked online.
🚇 Dbus 13, 14, 29 to the Zurriola (Kursaal) stop, then a 3-min walk
Featured in: Kursaal · Donostia Kultura
Show on mapSan Telmo Museoa · Parte Vieja
A 16th-century Dominican convent turned museum of Basque society.
Tip: Free for everyone every Tuesday, and under-25s get in free any day of the year.
🚇 Dbus 39 to the San Telmo stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapDonostiako Aquariuma · Puerto
An underwater tunnel, a whale skeleton and the story of Basque whalers.
Tip: The 1878 whale skeleton upstairs comes before the tanks: most people skip it rushing to the sharks.
🚇 Dbus 39 to the Batería de Santiago stop, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: Aquarium San Sebastián
Show on mapTabakalera · Egia
The old tobacco factory, now a hub for film, art and creation.
Tip: The library and the top-floor rooftop are free and open even when there's no paying exhibition.
🚇 Topo (Euskotren E2) to Amara-Donostia, then a 8-min walk
Featured in: Tabakalera · Donostia Kultura
Show on mapArtzain Onaren katedrala · Centro
Neo-Gothic, built of Igeldo stone, with the tallest spire in Gipuzkoa.
Tip: The 75-metre spire marks the axis of the 19th-century grid: lost in the Centro, find it and you know where you are.
🚇 Topo (Euskotren E2) to Amara-Donostia, then a 6-min walk
Featured in: Diócesis de San Sebastián · San Sebastián Turismoa
Show on mapSanta Maria basilika · Parte Vieja
A spectacular Churrigueresque façade at the end of Calle Mayor.
Tip: Look along the axis: the basilica, Calle Mayor and the Buen Pastor cathedral line up on purpose.
🚇 Dbus 39 to the San Telmo stop, then a 4-min walk
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Show on mapDonostiako Udaletxea · Alderdi Eder
The 1887 Grand Casino, now the City Hall, facing Alderdi Eder.
Tip: It shut as a casino in 1924 when Primo de Rivera banned gambling: that's why the council chamber looks like a roulette room.
🚇 Dbus 8, 42 to the Boulevard 19 stop, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: Ayuntamiento de Donostia
Show on mapKonstituzio plaza · Parte Vieja
The arcaded square with bullfight seat numbers still painted on the balconies.
Tip: Those balcony numbers were the boxes sold when the square doubled as a bullring: count them from the middle.
🚇 Dbus 39 to the Aldamar - Bretxa stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapAlderdi Eder parkea · Centro
The tamarisk gardens between the City Hall and the bay.
Tip: The wooden carousel dates from the early 1900s and still runs at weekends.
🚇 Dbus 8, 42 to the Boulevard 19 stop, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: Ayuntamiento de Donostia
Show on mapMiramar jauregia · Miraconcha
María Cristina's summer palace, English in spirit, above La Concha.
Tip: The palace itself isn't open except for specific events, but the garden is public and free all year.
🚇 Dbus 16, 27, 35 to the Pío Baroja 5 stop, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: Ayuntamiento de Donostia · San Sebastián Turismoa
Show on mapMiramar parkea · Miraconcha
A sloping lawn between the palace and the sea, with the best sunsets.
Tip: From the south corner the Wind Comb, the island and Urgull line up: the shot you can't get from the promenade.
🚇 Dbus 16, 27, 35 to the Pío Baroja 5 stop, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: Ayuntamiento de Donostia
Show on mapIngelesen hilerria · Urgull
The small cemetery of British soldiers fallen in the Carlist Wars.
Tip: It's on Urgull's north slope and almost nobody finds it: follow the path dropping toward the Paseo Nuevo.
🚇 Dbus 39 to the Cementerio de los Ingleses stop, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: San Sebastián Turismoa
Show on mapKristina Enea parkea · Egia
The Duke of Mandas's romantic garden, with peacocks and century-old trees.
Tip: The peacocks roam free and the park house runs free environmental exhibitions with wifi.
🚇 Topo (Euskotren E2) to Amara-Donostia, then a 7-min walk
Featured in: Cristina Enea Fundazioa
Show on mapPaseo Berria · Urgull
The promenade that wraps around Urgull, with waves slamming the wall.
Tip: With a big swell it's closed for safety: if the barriers are up, don't climb them, the sea sweeps the whole walk.
🚇 Dbus 39 to the Sociedad Fotográfica stop, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: Ayuntamiento de Donostia
Show on mapVictoria Eugenia antzokia · Centro
A 1912 belle époque theatre, the Film Festival's main venue.
Tip: Outside the Film Festival it has its own season: right now it hosts the Horror Week and the Iturritik dance festival.
🚇 Dbus 13 to the Boulevard 3 stop, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: Donostia Kultura
Show on mapAntzoki Zaharra · Parte Vieja
The Teatro Principal, the city's oldest venue, tucked into the Old Town.
Tip: From 30 October to 6 November it's the main Horror and Fantasy Film Week venue: midnight screenings sell out fast.
🚇 Dbus 8, 42 to the Boulevard 19 stop, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: Donostia Kultura
Show on mapReale Arena · Anoeta
Real Sociedad's stadium, rebuilt without a track, the crowd right on the pitch.
Tip: It's officially been the Reale Arena since 2019, but nobody in Donostia calls it that: tell the taxi 'Anoeta'.
🚇 Topo (Euskotren E2) to Anoeta, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: Real Sociedad · Ayuntamiento de Donostia
Show on mapReal 100 Museoa · Anoeta
The txuri-urdin club museum, with the 1981 and 1982 league titles on show.
Tip: The museum and the stadium tour are separate tickets: you have to ask for the combo on purpose.
🚇 Topo (Euskotren E2) to Anoeta, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: Real Sociedad
Show on mapEureka! Zientzia Museoa · Miramon
A science museum with planetarium, simulators and live animals, built for kids.
Tip: The planetarium runs at fixed times and fills up on rainy days: book your session on arrival, not later.
🚇 Dbus 17, 28 to the Miramon stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapKoldo Mitxelena Kulturunea · Centro
The provincial library and exhibition hall, in a palace in the Centro.
Tip: The ground-floor exhibitions are free and the glazed courtyard is the Centro's best shelter in the rain.
🚇 Topo (Euskotren E2) to Amara-Donostia, then a 5-min walk
Featured in: Gipuzkoako Foru Aldundia · Donostia Kultura
Show on mapEraikuntza Hutsa · Paseo Nuevo
Oteiza's hollow cube staring at the Atlantic from the Paseo Nuevo.
Tip: Chillida and Oteiza feuded for decades and the city set them at opposite ends of the bay: walk from one to the other.
🚇 Dbus 39 to the Pasealeku Berria stop, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: San Sebastián Turismoa
Show on mapUliako Mintegietako parkea · Ulía
The green hill to the east, with nurseries, trails and views to the French coast.
Tip: It's the hill almost nobody climbs: on clear days you see as far as Biarritz, and in October it's full of mushrooms.
🚇 Dbus 13, 14, 31 to the Ulia stop, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: Ayuntamiento de Donostia
Show on mapPasai Donibane · Pasaia
A fishing village of one single street hanging over the mouth of Pasaia.
Tip: The little ferry from Pasai San Pedro costs barely a euro and the crossing is shorter than the queue.
🚇 Dbus 13, 38 to the Buenavista stop, then a 10-min walk
Featured in: San Sebastián Turismoa · Oarsoaldea
Show on mapLa Platako itsasargia · Pasaia
The clifftop lighthouse guiding ships into the port of Pasaia.
Tip: You get there on the coastal Camino de Santiago path from Pasai Donibane: an hour uphill, no shade, no water.
🚇 Lurraldebus OR04 to the Bordaenea 2 stop, then a 13-min walk
Featured in: Oarsoaldea Turismoa
Show on mapSagardoetxea · Astigarraga
The Basque cider museum, with orchard, press house and a tasting.
Tip: It's the best way to understand txotx out of season: here you taste cider in October, in the cider houses you don't.
🚇 Lurraldebus BU13 to the Donostia Pelotari Biribilgunea stop, then a 4-min walk
Featured in: Sagardoaren Lurraldea · Astigarraga
Show on mapAiete parkea · Aiete
The park of the palace where Franco summered, now a huge public garden.
Tip: The palace houses the Peace and Human Rights House, free to visit; the park has the city's best autumn foliage.
🚇 Dbus 19, 31, 35 to the Aieteko Jauregia II stop, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: Ayuntamiento de Donostia
Show on mapZurriola Surf Eskola · Gros
A surf school on the Zurriola, with gear and lessons all year round.
Tip: In October the water sits around 18°C, warmer than June: lessons don't stop, only the wetsuit changes.
🚇 Dbus tb6 to the Paseo Colón 17 stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapGipuzkoa plaza · Centro
A romantic square with a pond, ducks and a flower clock from 1905.
Tip: The Chinese pavilion and flower clock date from the court's summer era: it's the quietest park in the Centro.
🚇 Dbus 14, 37 to the Plaza Gipuzkoa stop, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: Ayuntamiento de Donostia
Show on mapArzak Jatetxea · Alto de Miracruz
Three stars since 1989 in the house Juan Mari and Elena Arzak turned into a cathedral.
Tip: It sits up on Alto de Miracruz, out of the centre: book months ahead and allow a 15-minute taxi from the Old Town.
🚇 Dbus 13, 14, 27 to the Mirakruz gaina stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapAkelaŕe · Igeldo
Pedro Subijana cooking with the whole bay as a window, hung over the Atlantic.
Tip: The hotel housing it holds 2 MICHELIN Keys: if the table is gone, the hotel bar gives you the same view for the price of a coffee.
🚇 Dbus 16 to the Meteorologikoa PO.44 stop, then a 3-min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN España & Andorra 2026 · MICHELIN Keys 2026
Show on mapMartín Berasategui · Lasarte-Oria
The mother house of Spain's most-starred chef, in a Lasarte farmhouse.
Tip: It is not in San Sebastián: it's in Lasarte-Oria, 20 minutes on the Topo to Lasarte-Oria plus a ten-minute walk.
🚇 Topo (Euskotren E2) to Lasarte-Oria, then a 8-min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN España & Andorra 2026
Show on mapAmelia · Hotel Villa Favorita, Centro
Paulo Airaudo's precise Mediterranean cooking inside Hotel Villa Favorita.
Tip: The hotel holds 1 MICHELIN Key and is adults-only; the restaurant entrance is at Zubieta 26.
🚇 Topo (Euskotren E2) to Amara-Donostia, then a 8-min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN España & Andorra 2026 · MICHELIN Keys 2026
Show on mapMugaritz · Errenteria
Andoni Luis Aduriz's laboratory, where every dish starts as a question.
Tip: It doesn't open year-round: the 2026 season runs 1 May to 25 October, so it shuts this very week until spring.
🚇 Topo (Euskotren E2) to Galtzaraborda, then a short taxi ride into Errenteria
Featured in: MICHELIN España & Andorra 2026 · Mugaritz
Show on mapKokotxa · Parte Vieja
Seasonal produce and precision down an Old Town alley.
Tip: It's the only star you can walk to from Plaza de la Constitución: two small rooms, book anyway.
🚇 Dbus 8, 42 to the Boulevard 19 stop, then a 4-min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN España & Andorra 2026
Show on mapItzuli · Antiguo
The city's newest star, out in Antiguo and off the tourist circuit.
Tip: It joined the guide at the November 2025 gala and you can still get a table within days: go before word spreads.
🚇 Dbus 16 to the Amezti stop, then a 3-min walk
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Show on mapNestor · Parte Vieja
One counter, two sittings, one potato omelette a day and the street's best txuleta.
Tip: There are two omelettes a day (1pm and 8pm) and you sign a list half an hour before: arrive on time and it's gone.
🚇 Dbus 39 to the Aldamar - Bretxa stop, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: San Sebastián Turismoa · prensa local 2026
Show on mapTxepetxa · Parte Vieja
The anchovy house: twelve different versions on bread, and nothing else.
Tip: The spider crab one is the star, but the sea-urchin roe version only appears when urchin is in: from October on.
🚇 Dbus 39 to the Aldamar - Bretxa stop, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: San Sebastián Turismoa · prensa local 2026
Show on mapLa Cuchara de San Telmo · Parte Vieja
Spoon pintxos and miniature cooking at a counter that's always overflowing.
Tip: Everything is ordered from the kitchen and comes out hot: ignore the counter, read the chalkboard.
🚇 Dbus 39 to the San Telmo stop, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: San Sebastián Turismoa · prensa local 2026
Show on mapBorda Berri · Parte Vieja
Idiazabal risotto, beef cheek and pork kebab: Donostia's most copied counter.
Tip: There's no printed menu: it's all on the board above and it changes on its own. If in doubt, order the beef cheek.
🚇 Dbus 39 to the Aldamar - Bretxa stop, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: San Sebastián Turismoa · prensa local 2026
Show on mapGanbara · Parte Vieja
Griddled wild mushrooms with egg yolk at the bar, classic Basque cooking downstairs.
Tip: October is its month: fresh wild mushrooms only appear when the woods give them, the rest of the year it's something else.
🚇 Dbus 8, 42 to the Boulevard 19 stop, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: San Sebastián Turismoa · Noticias de Gipuzkoa 2026
Show on mapGandarias Jatetxea · Parte Vieja
A very long counter of cold pintxos and a txuleta dining room out back.
Tip: The beef sirloin on bread is the classic, but the back kitchen does the txuleta: two businesses behind one door.
🚇 Dbus 39 to the San Telmo stop, then a 3-min walk
Featured in: San Sebastián Turismoa
Show on mapZeruko · Parte Vieja
The city's most photographed pintxo: smoked cod served inside a smoke box.
Tip: The smoke-box one is made to order and takes time; if you just want a quick bite, twenty others on the counter have no queue.
🚇 Dbus 39 to the Aldamar - Bretxa stop, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: San Sebastián Turismoa · prensa local 2026
Show on mapAtari Gastroteka · Parte Vieja
A wide-counter gastroteka facing Santa María, with terrace under the basilica.
Tip: The square terrace is the only one in the Old Town with afternoon sun: by five it's full.
🚇 Dbus 8, 42 to the Boulevard 19 stop, then a 3-min walk
Featured in: San Sebastián Turismoa
Show on mapBar Sport · Parte Vieja
An old-school counter specialising in cheesecake and cod al pil-pil.
Tip: It's the Old Town's other cheesecake, the one locals order when the famous one has a queue.
🚇 Dbus 39 to the Aldamar - Bretxa stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapCasa Urola · Parte Vieja
Produce-driven cooking, counter downstairs and tablecloth upstairs, on Fermín Calbetón.
Tip: Downstairs and upstairs are different menus at different prices: for whole fish, book upstairs.
🚇 Dbus 9, 29, 31 to the Boulevard 15 stop, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN España & Andorra 2026 (Selección) · San Sebastián Turismoa
Show on mapTxuleta · Parte Vieja
A vieja-cow txuleta grill with the embers on show, on 31 de Agosto street.
Tip: Txuleta is ordered by the kilo and shared between two or three: one each is the tourist mistake.
🚇 Dbus 39 to the San Telmo stop, then a 3-min walk
Featured in: San Sebastián Turismoa
Show on mapLa Viña · Parte Vieja
The bar where the Basque burnt cheesecake was born, baseless and scorched on top.
Tip: Santiago Rivera, who created it in 1990, retired in June 2026: his children carry on and the recipe was never secret. No bookings: queue or counter.
🚇 Dbus 39 to the Aldamar - Bretxa stop, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: prensa local 2026 · San Sebastián Turismoa
Show on mapPaco Bueno · Parte Vieja
Battered prawns and little else: a 1950s counter that never changed.
Tip: They have one famous pintxo and they fry it to order: ask for anything else and you're in the wrong bar.
🚇 Dbus 8, 42 to the Boulevard 19 stop, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: San Sebastián Turismoa
Show on mapTxalupa · Parte Vieja
Mushroom-and-prawn txalupa at a small Old Town counter.
Tip: The txalupa is a gratinated pintxo almost nobody makes any more: eat it hot, standing, in two bites.
🚇 Dbus 39 to the Aldamar - Bretxa stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapGoiz Argi · Parte Vieja
A prawn-and-pork skewer at a tiny counter that never stops.
Tip: There's room for twelve: come at 12:30, not 1:30, or you'll eat in the street.
🚇 Dbus 39 to the Aldamar - Bretxa stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapBeti-Jai · Parte Vieja
Hot kitchen pintxos and a properly good salt-cod omelette.
Tip: Ask for the runny salt-cod omelette: made to order, five minutes, and nothing like the one in the display.
🚇 Dbus 9, 29, 31 to the Boulevard 15 stop, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: San Sebastián Turismoa
Show on mapBodegon Alejandro · Parte Vieja
The city's oldest restaurant, textbook Basque cooking since 1870.
Tip: It's in the basement of the Parma hotel and barely visible from the street: enter on Fermín Calbetón, not the Boulevard.
🚇 Dbus 39 to the Aldamar - Bretxa stop, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN España & Andorra 2026 (Selección) · San Sebastián Turismoa
Show on mapAstelena · Parte Vieja
Market cooking in a tiny dining room under the square's arcades.
Tip: Eight tables and a menu that moves with the market: call the same day, there's often a late cancellation.
🚇 Dbus 39 to the Aldamar - Bretxa stop, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: MICHELIN España & Andorra 2026 (Selección)
Show on mapJuanito Kojua · Parte Vieja
A harbour classic: hake in green sauce, kokotxas and views over the quay.
Tip: Kokotxas al pil-pil are the house dish and autumn is their season: ask whether they're fresh or frozen.
🚇 Dbus 8, 42 to the Boulevard 19 stop, then a 3-min walk
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Show on mapAita Mari · Puerto
Honest fish cooking down at the harbour, named after a rescue boat.
Tip: The harbour goes dark early in autumn: book the first sitting and walk back along the Paseo Nuevo in daylight.
🚇 Dbus 8, 42 to the Boulevard 19 stop, then a 3-min walk
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Show on mapBartolo Etxea · Parte Vieja
A huge display of cold pintxos and a griddle in plain sight on Fermín Calbetón.
Tip: It has a menu with photos and prices, rare in the Old Town: the place to start if you've never ordered pintxos.
🚇 Dbus 8, 42 to the Boulevard 19 stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapZazpi · Parte Vieja
Young chef's cooking on a quiet corner, away from the counter noise.
Tip: It's on the Old Town's north edge, at the foot of Urgull: one block further and you can't hear the square.
🚇 Dbus 39 to the San Telmo stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapCasa Vergara · Parte Vieja
A historic counter beside Santa María, one of the first to serve hot pintxos.
Tip: It opened in 1942 under the same family: its gilda is the benchmark the others are judged by.
🚇 Dbus 8, 42 to the Boulevard 19 stop, then a 4-min walk
Featured in: San Sebastián Turismoa
Show on mapKaskazuri · Paseo Nuevo
A glazed dining room over the Paseo Nuevo, the Atlantic level with the tablecloth.
Tip: In a storm it's the best place in Donostia to watch waves break without getting wet: ask for a window table.
🚇 Dbus 39 to the San Telmo stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapBodega Donostiarra · Gros
A Gros tavern with hanging ham, potato omelette and vermouth on tap.
Tip: Proof that the Old Town has no monopoly on pintxos: you eat just as well here with half the queue.
🚇 Dbus 8, 17, 24 to the Colón 13 stop, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: San Sebastián Turismoa · prensa local 2026
Show on mapBergara · Gros
The Gros counter that invented the sweet pintxo and the gratinated txangurro.
Tip: It won so many pintxo contests it has a cabinet of diplomas: order the txangurro, the one that won them.
🚇 Dbus 8, 14, 29 to the Gran Vía 21 stop, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: San Sebastián Turismoa
Show on mapTopa Sukalderia · Gros
Basque cooking crossed with Latin America, from Andoni Luis Aduriz's team.
Tip: It's Mugaritz's city project and opens year-round: the alternative when Mugaritz is closed for the season.
🚇 Dbus 8, 17, 24 to the Colón 13 stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapGerald's Bar · Gros
An Australian-run bar in Gros, short chalkboard and natural wines.
Tip: It keeps odd hours for Donostia and serves through the afternoon: the plan when Basque kitchens shut between sittings.
🚇 Dbus 8, 17, 40 to the Iparragirre 8 stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapHidalgo 56 · Gros
A Gros wine tavern with over three hundred labels and fine tinned seafood.
Tip: They pour txakoli from all three Basque appellations by the glass: the place to taste the difference without a bottle.
🚇 Dbus tb6 to the Paseo Colón 17 stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapGOjan · Gros
Japanese cooking with Basque produce, on a quiet Gros corner.
Tip: They buy the fish at La Bretxa, not from an import market: the menu shifts with what the morning brought.
🚇 Dbus 8, 17, 40 to the Iparragirre 8 stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapArtean · Gros
An open counter on Paseo de Colón, kitchen on show and market produce.
Tip: One of the few in Gros where you watch the pintxo being cooked: sit at the end of the counter, next to the griddle.
🚇 Dbus tb6 to the Paseo Colón 17 stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapCasa 887 · Gros
A modern Gros eating house, with slow stews and live embers.
Tip: The daily stews run out: the weekday lunch menu is the best value in the neighbourhood.
🚇 Dbus 8, 14, 29 to the Gran Vía 21 stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapBasqueland Izakaia · Gros
An izakaya from Basque brewer Basqueland, with Japanese counter cooking.
Tip: They pour limited editions from the Hernani brewery that reach no other bar in town.
🚇 Dbus tb6 to the Paseo Colón 17 stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapMuka · Gros
Ember cooking and ferments facing the Zurriola, with their own bread.
Tip: The bakery next door is theirs and opens in the morning: the same sourdough they serve at the table.
🚇 Dbus 39 to the Paseo Salamanca stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapXarma · Gros
Contemporary Basque cooking by Aizpea Oihaneder and Xabier Díez, in Gros.
Tip: They work with named Gipuzkoa producers: ask for the sourcing sheet, they have it written down.
🚇 Dbus 13, 14, 29 to the Zurriola (Kursaal) stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapAntonio Bar · Centro
A Bergara street counter where locals breakfast and dine equally well.
Tip: It opens at seven in the morning: the only place on this list where you can breakfast on a just-made omelette.
🚇 Dbus 9, 29, 42 to the Askatasuna stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapNarru · Centro
Iñigo Peña's produce-led Basque cooking, now on San Martín street.
Tip: It moved: the old site was on Zubieta by La Concha and many guides still send you there. The right address is San Martín 22.
🚇 Topo (Euskotren E2) to Amara-Donostia, then a 7-min walk
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Show on mapRekondo · Igeldo
A grill house with one of the world's largest wine cellars, on the Igeldo slope.
Tip: The cellar holds over a hundred thousand bottles and you can tour it if you ask when booking: they don't offer it.
🚇 Dbus 16 to the Igeldo 57 stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapMirador de Ulia · Ulía
A restaurant perched on Ulía with the bay and Mount Jaizkibel behind.
Tip: No bus drops you at the door: it's a twenty-minute climb from Ategorrieta, or a taxi. Worth it in daylight.
🚇 Dbus 37 to the Manteo stop, then a 5-min walk
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Show on mapHemen · Antiguo
Neighbourhood Basque cooking in Antiguo, far from the downtown queues.
Tip: Antiguo is where working locals eat: at two in the afternoon you hear Basque here, not English.
🚇 Dbus 5 to the R.M. Azkue stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapMilla Lore 124 · Antiguo
Current Basque cooking on Tolosa avenue, opened in recent years.
Tip: It's on the road to Igeldo and barely appears in print guides: the new place the city's chefs recommend.
🚇 Dbus 24, 35 to the Unibertsitateak - Tolosa 77 stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapTxirrita · Centro
An urban cider house in the Centro, with a txotx menu and real barrels.
Tip: Outside the txotx season (mid-January to late May) this is where you can still do the barrel ritual without leaving Donostia.
🚇 Topo (Euskotren E2) to Amara-Donostia, then a 6-min walk
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Show on mapZabaleta · Gros
An old-school Gros counter, kitchen pintxos and neighbourhood regulars.
Tip: Zabaleta street is the locals' pintxo route: start here and work toward San Francisco.
🚇 Dbus 8, 14, 29 to the Gran Vía 21 stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapPetritegi Sagardotegia · Astigarraga
A big Astigarraga cider house with its own orchard and a guided press-house tour.
Tip: One of the few open all year: in October there's no barrel txotx, but there is an orchard tour and the cider-house menu.
🚇 Dbus 26 to the Ubarburu 54 stop, then a 9-min walk
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Show on mapZapiain Sagardotegia · Astigarraga
A historic Astigarraga cider house, with shop and apple museum.
Tip: No txotx today: it only opens in season, mid-January to late May. Outside that the shop sells cider but there's no barrel dinner.
🚇 Lurraldebus BU13 to the Donostia Ibilbidea, Hezegunea stop, then a 8-min walk
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Show on mapBereziartua Sagardotegia · Astigarraga
A family cider house in Astigarraga, award-winning for its natural cider.
Tip: It's one that closes out of season: come in autumn and you'll find its cider in Astigarraga shops, not in its dining room.
🚇 Lurraldebus BU13 to the Donostia Ibilbidea, Hezegunea stop, then a 20-min walk
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Show on mapAlorrenea Sagardotegia · Astigarraga
An Astigarraga cider house with an à la carte menu beyond the txotx set.
Tip: It opens year-round and has a menu: in October you get the txuleta and salt-cod omelette without the barrel ritual.
🚇 Lurraldebus BU13 to the Donostia Ibilbidea, Hezegunea stop, then a 7-min walk
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Show on mapAstarbe Sagardotegia · Astigarraga
An eight-generation cider house on the Astigarraga slope, overlooking the valley.
Tip: Its restaurant opens June to August with a different menu; in October there's no dining service, only cider sales.
🚇 Lurraldebus BU13 to the Donostia Ibilbidea, Hezegunea stop, then a 4-min walk
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Show on mapGurutzeta Sagardotegia · Astigarraga
A cider house in the Ergobia district, the closest of all to Donostia.
Tip: It's the cider house you can reach and leave on a local bus: the only one in the valley with a stop three minutes away.
🚇 Lurraldebus BU13 to the Martindegi, 21 stop, then a 4-min walk
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Show on mapIpintza Sagardotegia · Astigarraga
An Astigarraga cider house that keeps txotx going outside the official season.
Tip: It's the valley's exception: open all year and still pouring from the barrel when the others have closed. Call ahead anyway.
🚇 Lurraldebus BU13 to the Tranbia Erribera Kulturgunea stop, then a 4-min walk
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Show on mapOtaegui Gozotegia · Parte Vieja
An 1886 pastry shop on Narrika, home of Donostia's pantxineta.
Tip: The pantxineta was invented here in 1915: puff pastry, custard and almond, eaten warm the same day, never the next.
🚇 Dbus 26 to the Boulevard 13 stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapOiartzun Gozotegia · Parte Vieja
A classic Ijentea gozotegi, of tea pastries and Basque buns.
Tip: Order the gâteau basque with custard, not cherry: in Gipuzkoa custard is the classic, cherry is from Labourd.
🚇 Dbus 8, 42 to the Boulevard 19 stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapOiartzun Izozkiak · Parte Vieja
An artisan ice-cream shop next to the museum, with seasonal flavours.
Tip: In autumn they run seasonal flavours you won't see in summer: ask for the Idiazabal cheese with quince.
🚇 Dbus 8, 42 to the Boulevard 19 stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapAramendia Gozotegia · Parte Vieja
A family bakery on Legazpi, Basque pastries baked every morning.
Tip: They have branches across town, but this is the one that bakes: the pastries here come out an hour earlier.
🚇 Dbus 14, 37 to the Plaza Gipuzkoa stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapGarrarte · Parte Vieja
Handmade sweets and chocolates on Puerto street.
Tip: They work chocolate with txakoli and with cider: two flavours you won't find outside the Basque Country.
🚇 Dbus 8, 42 to the Boulevard 19 stop, then a 3-min walk
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Show on mapBassk Cheesecakers · Parte Vieja
A workshop devoted only to cheesecake, with signature versions.
Tip: It's the modern answer to La Viña and there's no queue: slices and whole cakes, including an Idiazabal one.
🚇 Dbus 13 to the Boulevard 3 stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapChocolateria El Puerto · Puerto
Thick drinking chocolate with churros, facing the fishing harbour.
Tip: In rain and a north wind it's the harbour's shelter: it opens early, before almost anything in the Old Town.
🚇 Dbus 8, 42 to the Boulevard 19 stop, then a 3-min walk
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Show on mapArnoldo Izozkitegia · Puerto
A harbour ice-cream shop with classic flavours going back decades.
Tip: In winter they cut flavours but don't close: the Garibai branch stays open when the harbour one shutters.
🚇 Dbus 39 to the Batería de Santiago stop, then a 3-min walk
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Show on mapOtaegui · Centro
The Centro branch of the historic pastry shop, in the heart of the grid.
Tip: This one has tables and the Narrika shop doesn't: come here to sit down with your pantxineta.
🚇 Topo (Euskotren E2) to Amara-Donostia, then a 7-min walk
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Show on mapChocolates de Mendaro · Centro
The shop of Gipuzkoa's oldest chocolate maker, founded in 1850.
Tip: They still stone-grind the cocoa in Mendaro: ask for the stone-ground bar, which isn't exported.
🚇 Dbus 14, 37 to the Askatasuna stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapCafe de la Concha · La Concha
A café with a terrace over La Concha's sand, right by the railing.
Tip: It sits inside the railing at beach level: you get in via the ramp, not from the promenade above.
🚇 Dbus 5, 16, 18 to the Zubieta plaza stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapLa Perla · La Concha
La Concha's 1912 spa, with a café and a seawater pool.
Tip: The café is public and needs no spa ticket: the window faces the bay and on stormy days it's a show.
🚇 Dbus 5, 16, 18 to the Zubieta plaza stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapIturralde · Centro
A café on Avenida de la Libertad, one of the Ensanche classics.
Tip: One of the few Centro cafés serving a full breakfast at seven: handy if you set out early around the bay.
🚇 Dbus 14, 37 to the Askatasuna stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapCafe Con Leche · Centro
A San Martín café with toast, newspapers and lifelong regulars.
Tip: Half a block from the San Martín market: the breakfast of people buying fish first thing.
🚇 Topo (Euskotren E2) to Amara-Donostia, then a 8-min walk
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Show on mapSakona Coffee Roasters · Gros
A specialty roaster in Gros, pioneer of Donostia's third wave.
Tip: They roast in Donostia and sell the beans: if you like it, take the 250 g bag, cheaper than buying cups.
🚇 Dbus 8, 17, 24 to the Colón 13 stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapOld Town Coffee · Centro
A specialty café by the cathedral, with its own baking.
Tip: Despite the name it isn't in the Old Town but in the Centro, by the Buen Pastor: plenty of people look in the wrong place.
🚇 Topo (Euskotren E2) to Amara-Donostia, then a 4-min walk
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Show on mapKafe Botanika · Centro
A vegetarian café with an inner garden on Gernikako Arbola promenade.
Tip: The back garden is a hidden courtyard: you come in through a narrow door and it's invisible from the street.
🚇 Topo (Euskotren E2) to Amara-Donostia, then a 7-min walk
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Show on mapCarai · Centro
A sourdough bakery and specialty coffee bar on Garibai street.
Tip: Bread comes out mid-morning and sells out: for a loaf, come before noon.
🚇 Dbus 8, 42 to the Boulevard 19 stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapAmelie · Parte Vieja
A bright café on Legazpi, own roast and French pastries.
Tip: One of the few in the Old Town open at eight: the other counters don't pour decent coffee until ten.
🚇 Dbus 14, 37 to the Plaza Gipuzkoa stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapCaravanserai · Centro
A café on Buen Pastor square, with books and long tables to linger at.
Tip: Wifi and sockets, rare in Donostia: where people work on a rainy day in town.
🚇 Topo (Euskotren E2) to Amara-Donostia, then a 6-min walk
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Show on mapAlabama Cafe · Gros
A café on San Francisco street, in the most local part of Gros.
Tip: Gros breakfasts late and weekends mean a wait: at nine you walk in, at eleven you queue.
🚇 Dbus 13, 24, 31 to the Mariaren Bihotza stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapGogoan · Centro
A small specialty café on Arrasate, with a rotating roast.
Tip: They swap roasters every few weeks and note it on the board: ask where today's bean is from.
🚇 Topo (Euskotren E2) to Amara-Donostia, then a 7-min walk
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Show on mapBretxa Merkatua · Parte Vieja
The Old Town's historic market, with the produce hall below street level.
Tip: The farmers' stalls are on the lower level: upstairs is a shopping arcade, downstairs is the real market.
🚇 Dbus 39 to the Aldamar - Bretxa stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapSan Martin Merkatua · Centro
The Centro market, the one locals use for the daily shop.
Tip: This is where the chefs buy: the October mushroom stalls are downstairs, next to the butchers.
🚇 Topo (Euskotren E2) to Amara-Donostia, then a 8-min walk
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Show on mapAlde Zaharreko Azoka · Parte Vieja
An open-air farmers' market beside the Boulevard.
Tip: The stalls come from Gipuzkoa farmhouses and in October bring mushrooms, walnuts and cider apples: genuinely seasonal.
🚇 Dbus 13 to the Boulevard 3 stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapAitor Lasa · Parte Vieja
A cult cheese shop on Aldamar, with Idiazabal aged in its own cave.
Tip: Idiazabal is a Protected Designation of Origin, made only with raw latxa or carranzana sheep milk: if the label doesn't say so, it isn't.
🚇 Dbus 39 to the Aldamar - Bretxa stop, then a 2-min walk
Featured in: DOP Idiazabal · San Sebastián Turismoa
Show on mapElkano 1 Gaztagunea · Parte Vieja
A small cheese shop on Elkano, with Basque and Pyrenean cheeses.
Tip: They'll vacuum-seal your wedge for the flight at no charge: ask at the till, they don't offer.
🚇 Dbus 26 to the Boulevard 13 stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapEssencia · Parte Vieja
An Old Town wine shop with txakoli, Rioja Alavesa and daily tastings.
Tip: Getariako Txakolina txakoli is a PDO and is poured from height: if they serve it like ordinary wine, ask for the long pour.
🚇 Dbus 39 to the Aldamar - Bretxa stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapVinos Ezeiza · Centro
A Centro wine merchant with an honest selection of northern wines.
Tip: They stock all three txakoli appellations: Getaria, Bizkaia and Álava. Ask them to explain the difference, they know.
🚇 Topo (Euskotren E2) to Amara-Donostia, then a 6-min walk
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Show on mapMimo · Centro
A gourmet shop and cooking school, with tinned seafood and Basque produce.
Tip: Cooking classes and pintxo tours book online and sell out: you can sort it from the street on your phone in a minute.
🚇 Dbus 16 to the Okendo 16 stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapEtxezarreta Harategia · Parte Vieja
An Old Town butcher with dry-aged txuleta from old dairy cows.
Tip: Basque txuleta comes from old cows, not young beef: the yellower the fat, the older the animal.
🚇 Dbus 39 to the Aldamar - Bretxa stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapAbaceria · Gros
A Gros grocer with tinned goods, cheeses and farmhouse produce.
Tip: Seasonal Cantabrian bonito tins are the edible souvenir that's light and won't break.
🚇 Dbus tb6 to the Paseo Colón 17 stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapBalanzategui · Gros
A Gros grocery of the counter-and-scales kind.
Tip: One of the few neighbourhood shops left in Gros: buy salt-cured Getaria anchovies, not the ones in oil.
🚇 Dbus 8, 17, 40 to the Iparragirre 8 stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapPetritegi Denda · Astigarraga
The cider house shop, with natural cider, vinegar and seasonal apples.
Tip: In October it's the only place in the valley to buy last year's cider: the new one doesn't come out until January.
🚇 Dbus 26 to the Ubarburu 54 stop, then a 9-min walk
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Show on mapLoreak Mendian · Centro
The Donostia clothing label par excellence, born in the city in 1995.
Tip: It came out of the Gros surf and graffiti scene: the lauburu tees are the souvenir that doesn't look like one.
🚇 Dbus 18, 19 to the Plaza Gipuzkoa II stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapCasa Ponsol · Parte Vieja
An 1838 hat shop, the oldest store in San Sebastián.
Tip: Real txapelas have a little stalk and are measured in centimetres, not sizes: let them measure your head.
🚇 Dbus 26 to the Boulevard 13 stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapSombreria Leclercq · Parte Vieja
A classic Old Town hat shop, with berets and tweed caps.
Tip: The two Old Town hat shops are a hundred metres apart: compare before buying, prices differ.
🚇 Dbus 39 to the Aldamar - Bretxa stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapPukas · Gros
Pukas, the Basque surfboard brand born on the Zurriola in 1976.
Tip: They give the Zurriola's real surf report at the counter: more reliable than any app for whether to paddle out.
🚇 Dbus 8, 17, 40 to the Zurriola stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapSurf Denda · Gros
A surf shop facing the Zurriola, with winter wetsuits.
Tip: They rent wetsuits by the day: October needs a 4/3 mm, the summer one won't last two hours.
🚇 Dbus 8, 17, 40 to the Zurriola stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapTreboli · Centro
A Centro fashion store with a selection of northern designers.
Tip: Donostia's shopping axis is San Martín-Garibai-Loiola, four blocks: you don't need to go further.
🚇 Dbus 18, 19 to the Plaza Gipuzkoa II stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapDomizil · Centro
A gift and design shop in the Centro's pedestrian zone.
Tip: One of the few Centro shops open at lunchtime: most Donostia retail shuts from 1:30 to 4:30pm.
🚇 Dbus 8, 42 to the Boulevard 19 stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapHawaii · Centro
A historic multi-brand store in the Centro, open since the seventies.
Tip: It's one of those that still hems trousers the same day: ask, it isn't advertised.
🚇 Topo (Euskotren E2) to Amara-Donostia, then a 6-min walk
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Show on mapPas Si Simple · Gros
An independent fashion store in Gros, with small European labels.
Tip: Gros has the independent retail the Centro lost: Zabaleta and San Francisco streets are the circuit.
🚇 Dbus 9, 41 to the Plaza Euskadi stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapKokekoko · Centro
A Centro shoe shop with European footwear and artisan brands.
Tip: Donostia's autumn demands rubber soles: it rains eleven days out of thirty in October.
🚇 Dbus 18, 19 to the Plaza Gipuzkoa II stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapElkar · Parte Vieja
A Basque and Spanish bookshop, with the city's best Basque section.
Tip: They stock the best Gipuzkoa hiking maps and trail guides you won't find online.
🚇 Dbus 5, 25 to the Boulevard 17 stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapEbla · Egia
An Egia bookshop strong on essays, comics and Basque literature.
Tip: Two minutes from Tabakalera, with book launches most weeks: check the poster on the door.
🚇 Dbus 9, 27, 41 to the Virgen del Carmen 43 stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapLB Liburudenda · Gros
A small neighbourhood bookshop in Gros, with handwritten recommendations.
Tip: The handwritten shelf cards are the bookseller's, not the publisher's: trust them.
🚇 Dbus 8, 14, 29 to the Gran Vía 21 stop, then a 2-min walk
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Show on mapEgaroa · Gros
A bookshop and stationer on Zabaleta street, in the heart of local Gros.
Tip: They sell the Basque-language Gipuzkoa mountain guides that never reach Centro bookshops.
🚇 Dbus 8, 14, 29 to the Gran Vía 21 stop, then a 2-min walk
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