MARKETS IN SAN SEBASTIÁN
In San Sebastián there is a wide variety of markets that are specially recommended to those tourists interested in breathing the essence of the city and getting involved in local life. If you would like to discover them all, have a look at this article and get on our tourist bus hop-on hop-off San Sebastián City […]
DEMOLISHING WALLS FOR MODERNISATION
The expansion of San Sebastián in the late XIX century after the demolition of the wall caused a great renovation of the city, which after this became a referent at a European level. It was planned in a careful way, with a fancy and nineteenth-century urban planning, and with an eclectic style. Nowadays this area is preserved […]
'PINCHOS', CULINARY ART IN MINIATURE
San Sebastian is the most charming city of the north of Spain and one of the most special traditions of local people is going for pinchos. This goes further than the simple fact of eating: people move from bar to bar while enjoying the company. With the original piece of bread covered with food behind them, the haute […]
GASTRONOMY IN SAN SEBASTIAN
Mouth-watering cod with potatoes dressed with the delicious ‘al pil-pil’ sauce, a sauce made of oil, garlic and small hot peppers. You probably know about this recipe, one of the most typical dishes of the Basque gastronomy and one of the tastiest recipes in the world. Affirming this gastronomy is one of the tastiest in […]
SURF IN DONOSTIA
The sea of California, tanned bodies and the music of The Beach Boys. That is how, as young kids, we saw surf in the big screen. Nowadays, this sport is widespread all over the world and even though Basque Country was not in the lead of this aquatic exercise, without a doubt, it has the […]
GOD MOMUS IN DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIÁN
God Momus, the god of mockery, satire and irony who was exiled from the Olympus for his bad behaviour, arrives to the Carnival of Donostia with his entourage between the 23th and 27th of February. Momus is one of the main characters of San Sebastian Carnival. It is considered the owner of Carnival and for […]