Tourist attractions San Sebastian

San Sebastián owes its nickname, "pearl of the Cantábrica", to its scallop-shaped bay , La Concha. Partially closed by the islet of Santa Clara, it stretches from Monte Urgull to Monte Igueldo. Two vast sand beaches follow the curve of the..

The summit is occupied by an amusement park and hotel-restaurant. Here you will discover a splendid panorama over the sea, the Isle of Santa Clara, San Sebastián in its circlle of mountains. In the evening, the illuminated town is a fine spectacle.

This hill is occupied by a municipal park and crowned by the Fort of Santa Cruz de la Mota . At the top, a fine panorama over the Concha and the monuments of the old town below.

Starting from the town hall and continuing to Miramar Park, this promenade has a world-renowned view over the bay of San Sebastian, “La Concha” (so called on account of its shell-like shape).

Beyond Playa de la Concha (and after the park), the sand continues to the foot of Mt Igueldo. In terms of sunshine and sand, this noble beach abutting the Ondarreta district is by no means inferior to its neighbour (indeed only a rocky outcrop sepa..

Laid out on a hill at the heart of the residential quarter, this lovely park is undoubedly San Sebastian’s finest. The creation of Franco-Spanish gardener Pierre Ducasse (1836-1892), it surrounds the neo-Classical palace (1878) of the dukes of Bailén..

The Jaizkibel Road runs alongside the Basque coast from Hondarribia as far as Donostia. Stop at the numerous viewpoints along the way and admire the beauty of this rugged coastline, particularly from the Hostal de Jaizkibel. You can also stop at on..

The road from Zarautz to Zumaia rises to a picturesque corniche section overlooking the sea. Getaria rock, also known as "El ratón" (the mouse) or San Antón island, soon comes into sight.

At the mouth of the River Urumea, beyond Kursaal and running the length of the Gros district, this is a surfers’ beach. Less busy than those in the bay ( Playa de la Concha and Playa de Ondarreta ), it has a more convivial, “intimate” ambience, and..

After several twists and turns along which there are some views over the town and its surroundings, you reach the summit: here, straight ahead through a fine park, is the restaurant on Mount Ulía.

Note the opulent late 18C portal. The simplicity of the interior architecture makes the number of baroque altars even more striking.

Surrounded by buildings with high arcades, this was used as the arena for the first races in San Sebastián. The numbers on the balconies prove that they were once used as boxes.

This old monastery was founded in the 16C and has been turned into a museum. It contains a collection of Basque funerary steles of sculpted stone, an ethnographical section (reconstruction of a Basque interior) and some rooms of paintings (Ribera, Gr..

This wide promenade around Mount Urgull has some lovely views of the Cantabrian Sea and the bay. It leads to the colourful port where fishing boats and sailboats sit side by side.

Housed in a simple 18C building originally housing the produce exchange. You can see the traditional materials and tools for shipbuilding, models and navigational instruments. The museum shows the visitor how important the sea is in the history of th..

The Sea Palace houses a museum of oceanography and one of the largest aquariums in Europe. Here, you can see the Oceanorium , a basin crossed by a large 360 m tunnel that plunges you into the mysteries of the ocean.

This museum is the realisation of the dream of Eduardo Chillida (San Sebastián 1924-2002), one of the masters of contemporary sculpture: an open-air exhibition space showing his sculptures, for visitors to contemplate as they stroll around the park..

This picturesque narrow street is lined with old houses with wrought iron balconies and sculpted wood cornices.

Struck in the city walls that date back to the 15C, this fine gate is topped with the town's coat of arms and two angels venerating Our Lady of Guadalupe.

In this large Gothic church, which was rebuilt in the 17C with a baroque tower, six days before the solemn ceremony at St-Jean-de-Luz, Spanish Minister Don Luis de Haro married the Infanta Marie-Thérèse in the name of Louis XIV. She went on to become..