Top Things to do in San Sebastian - Donostia
Top Restaurants in San Sebastian - Donostia
The 10 Best Budget-friendly Things to do in San Sebastian - Donostia, Basque Country
While many visitors come for the beaches, arts celebrations and fiestas, San Sebastian-Donostia is serious about its food and drink. The Old Quarter’s narrow, winding streets are full of bars and restaurants, and in the modern city, sidewalk cafes are all around. The city specializes in seafood. Just make sure you know not to expect dinner at 6 or 7 p.m.—that’s much too early in Spain. Instead, tide yourself over with tapas, and enjoy eating and drinking late into the night.
Restaurants in San Sebastian - Donostia
1. Aiete parkea
2. Peine del Viento
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 2,539 reviews
A modern iron sculpture by Eduardo Chillida embedded in the rocks at the water's edge.
Reviewed By Donovanmiller - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
A romantic place where the waves of the sea, iron, stone, wind and sculpture originality come together. A nice walk by the sea.
3. Monte Urgull
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 2,414 reviews
Reviewed By SwanseaFoody - Swansea, United Kingdom
Highly recommend this if visiting the San Sebastian area. It's a nice walk to the top with superb views across both sides of San Sebastian. Overall walk takes maybe an hour from top to bottom at a leisurely pace. Take some water if the weather is warm as it can be tough is some parts
4. La Concha Beach
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 9,077 reviews
Reviewed By turistico - Yonkers, United States
La Concha Beach in San Sebastian, Spain is the best urban beach in Europe. Elegant, urban, cosmopolitan, white sand, crystal clear waters and lush hillsides makes La Concha the best urban beach in Europe and one of the most beautiful in the world. By the way San Sebastian is considered the most beautiful city in the world alongside Seville.
5. Parte Vieja
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 4,490 reviews
Reviewed By johnhp702 - Derby, United Kingdom
Wander the old town and lose yourself amongst the narrow streets, with so many restaurants/bars to stop at for refreshment and so many sites to see and explore.
6. San Telmo Museoa
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 745 reviews
Reviewed By JohnBishop3 - Auckland Central, New Zealand
We had a lovely time walking around the museum and really enjoyed the Temporary Exhibition of Sandro Miller, Malkovich, Homage to Photographic Masters which is on in November. Every Tuesday the museum has free entry.
7. Zurriola Beach
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 845 reviews
Reviewed By ricardofranza - Madrid, Spain
Despite the rain we had a blast in this beach which is perfect for surfing as a matter of fact there are some academies around unchanged of teaching kids and teenagers how to surf
8. Eureka! Zientzia Museoa
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 238 reviews
Eureka! Zientzia Museoa is an interactive museum in which the information is attractively presented with a fresh style of communication through a hands-on approach and experiments. The centre has a permanent exhibition where visitors can go on a tour of different fields of science through the 160 or more interactive sections divided into 8 theme rooms. Its state-of-the-art PLANETARIUM 3D capable of seating 140 is a very useful tool for teaching astronomy and for offering immersive cinema entertainment. The Museum also has an astronomy observatory located on top of a 3-metre high tower, a Foucault pendulum inside a 14-metre high glass tower, in addition to a great variety of organised events and shows featuring the Electricity Spectacle, unique in Spain. There is also a fun area which can surprise the visitor with its Roller Coaster simulators. The museum has made the following services: free parking area, restaurant, shop, children’s playground, ticket offices and picnic area.
Reviewed By londontraveller30 - Surbiton, United Kingdom
This is a really great science museum, full of interactive exhibits such as an exhibition of plasticised body parts and even a live animal display (which was only available for an hour, so the animals presumably had more space to roam around during the rest of the day)! It managed to make topics that usually bore our children, such as electricity or levers, very engaging and fun. It's easily reached from the centre of town by bus, and you could easily stay for 3-4 hours. There's a restaurant next door that does really good Spanish food including tapas, without being over-priced as some museum restaurants can be. All the descriptions are in English and French as well as Spanish and Basque. We went there expecting it to be a small-town museum but it compares very well to science museums in other European capital cities!
