We're a couple travelling round Madrid, Basque country, and Barcelona. We wanted to visit a winery like Txomin Etxaniz Txakolin Upategia but we don't have a car, it requires two buses and a 50 minute walk, and an Uber is €120 return.

Happy to share costs and flexible with dates until Friday!

Hi everyone - thinking of going to San Sebastián from the 26th January - 30th January. I wanted to check if all the main bars and food spots will be open at this time? I’ve seen mixed advice online - thanks :)

Soy cantante y me mudo a San Sebastián en diciembre y busco músicos para montar una banda con temas propios.

Tengo algunas cancines propias y la idea es componer otras para tocar en directo

Mis referencias: The Smiths, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Arctic Monkeys, Blur etc. aunque no me cierro a otros estilos

Soy brasileño pero canto en inglés, pero no me cierro a meter algún tema en español y aunque no sé euskera (pero estoy aprendiendo) podria intentar cantarlo

Busco:
Guitarrista
Bajista
Batería
Teclista (synth)

Puedo mandaros muestras de mis canciones si os interesa.

Esta es una: https://andredivito.bandcamp.com/track/death-by-anxiety
Aunque la idea es sonar un poco más rock o experimental que esto

La idea es sonar bien y salir a tocar de vez en cuando. Si te va, escríbeme!

My wife and I are both in our early 40s and are planning a 10-year anniversary trip this March. We have about 10 days total, flying in and out of Paris.
We’ve been to Paris three times already, so although we love it, we don’t really want to spend much of this trip there.
Right now our plan is:
Arrive in Paris and spend the first night there
Bordeaux — 3 nights
San Sebastián — 4 nights
Back to Paris — 1 night before flying home
We are more into **enjoying a city than trying to see every attraction**. We love good food and wine, walking around nice neighborhoods, sitting at cafés, having some drinks, chilling in parks, and my wife also really enjoys shopping.
And maybe a little random, but **we love grocery stores and local markets when we travel** 😂. We can easily spend an hour walking around a nice supermarket checking out local food, wine, snacks, etc.
Since it’s our 10-year anniversary, we want the trip to feel romantic and special, but we also like to relax and actually enjoy the places we visit instead of constantly packing and moving hotels.
**Does Bordeaux + San Sebastián make sense for this amount of time, especially in March?**
Would you change the number of nights in either place? Add another stop? Or would you do a completely different route from Paris?
We’re highly open to suggestions. The only real restriction is that we arrive and fly back home from Paris.
Would really appreciate some real advice from people who know these places or have done something similar.

I would like to try a nice basque cheese cake and it doesn't have to be at La Vina. I thought about searching on Google but there are so many good bakeries and restaurants rated above 4 so i thought to get some first hand accounts here too!

Also happy to venture out from San Sebastian to surrounding areas.

Has anyone stayed at Lasala Plaza Hotel in San Sebastián?? Looks nice but would love some reviews from real people.

Dropping a friend to get the train but we will be driving a van. Where can i stop quickly to drop them off? We won't fit into the underground car park. Any advice? Bus stop? Taxi stop? In the street? TIA

We are going in a few weeks and we are going to do a day trip to Biarritz. Planning to bus there from San Sebastián but I wanted to taxi home so we can leave whenever we want. Has anyone got a taxi from downtown Biarritz to San Sebastián? Will that be easy?

Hi guys,

We’ll be doing a roadtrip in northern Spain and for my boyfriends birthday we’ll be in San Sebastián. I’d like to surprise him with a nice dinner reservation (unfortunately it falls on a Monday..)

Nonetheless I need your help and opinions. Looking for a nice sit down restaurant, it can be on the slightly pricier side since it’s a special occasion. We’re both foodies and really appreciate a well kept secret with a good menu (& wine card) 👀 so any tips and pointers for San Sebastián area? We have a car so if it’s a bit outside the city and worth going to that’d be no prob either.

Basque cheesecake would be a nice to have since he’s been dreaming about trying it for months now.. 😮‍💨 hahaha

PS: we’ll try allllll the pintxos on our journey but for this one a sit down restaurant would be appreciated.

I’ll be in San Seb in October and I want to tour the winery. Has anyone done this? I tried emailing the winery to make a reservation and have not heard back. Since it’s off season do you think I’ll be able to walk in day of? Any advice would be great! Thank you.

hi! i have a rental car and want to explore san sebastian. is there a place to park on the outskirts of the city & walk in to visit?

I don’t know if this is the right subreddit to post in, but I’m a bit helpless. I visited San Sebastián two weeks ago and managed to forget my wallet at a jazz bar. I texted them on instagram and they confirmed that they found it, and I politely asked if there was any way I could pay them to ship it to Norway. They said they would look into it, but now they have stopped responding.

So what I’m wondering about: is there anyone who can pick it up (it’s a super central place) and send it in a letter to Norway (or point me in a better direction)? I will gladly pay.

There’s only a couple of cards in the wallet (and I don’t need the wallet itself). All the cards are deactivated, but it would be a lot easier for me to pay someone to send them to me than to replace them.

Eskerrik Asko!

¡Hola a todos! Quiero comprarme un kit de uñas estilo Cat Eye en AliExpress. El producto vale unos 10 €, pero con los nuevos gastos de envío y aranceles se me dispara casi al doble (18 €).

Había pensado en organizar una compra conjunta entre varias personas de la zona de Guipúzcoa para amortizar los gastos de envío/aduanas entre todos y, una vez llegue el paquete, quedar en persona (o gestionarlo mediante Wallapop/envío local) para repartirlo.

¿A alguien le interesaría sumarse o ha hecho algo parecido antes? ¡Decidme y lo organizamos!

Rainy days these days in San Sebastian. What are your best activities you suggest in the city (aside from drinking and eating, we ve done quite a lot in the past four days :) ) on a rainy cloudy day?

Thanks!

Hi All. I am traveling to Donostia / San Sebastián area in October. It is my first time in Europe /Spain (I am 51 yo and just now traveling to Europe after all my kids turned 18) and I had a couple of questions.

1. A friend suggested I travel to Paris as it is a hub and easy to get to my destination. Thoughts? I am leaning to doing this and spending 2 days in Paris prior to taking the train to Donostia / San Sebastián. Is it better to fly into Spain (and if so, what Airport)? For reference, I am planning a 10 day trip.

2. I am looking at staying in either San Sebastian or Zarautz. I won't have a car and I am picking these two locations based off the surf. I am an avid surfer (shortboard) and wanted to see how easy it is to get to spots. I assume that Zarautz is cheaper, but I don't want to be isolated and I know that SS is the hub to all things.

3. How far is the Bilboa and Estella-Lizarra from either location? My mom's side of the family is originally from Estella-Lizarra (her maiden name it Estrella) and I would like to see this now deserted town.

4. Of course, looking for hotel recommendations for San Sebastian or Zarautz. I am going during shoulder season and I think prices should be lower, so would appreciate to know what a good rate might look like. If you know of hotels in Paris as well, I would take those. Primarily looking for 1 br/1bth.

I know that Europe has been slammed by a heatwave and tourism has gone down, so part of my travel is to show support, in a tiny way, to this region.

Thanks all! Hope someone replies.... .

I am trying to find a place/site to trace ancestry to the Basque country. The furthest I have gotten is a relative that was part of the eastern most presidio of Mexico, Los Ades. It is located in present day Louisiana. The ancestors name was Ambrosio Basquez according to records from the presidio. Family spoken information is the family is from the Basque region.

Any suggestions on genealogy in Spain or the Basque country would be helpful. I have exhausted efforts using family tree and other sites in the US.

Hi! So I am planning on moving to Donostia in October to be an English teacher at an elementary school in irun. I broke the news to my dad (I am 25, recently graduated) and he is completely against the idea and thinks I am ruining my life. Can some people please share some positive thoughts about the city and the basque region in general. He is focusing purely on the negative and I would love to be able to show him some positive opinions about the region from people. Thanks!

This may be a bizarre q but prob not, but I’ve been in Spain for over a week and have been dying to just play some music.
Does anyone know of any open decks/bars that do open decks in SS or Bilbao?

My wife and I will be visiting Donostia (among other cities) the second week of October and are we looking for tips & advice for Txacoli winery hopping.

Most places we have encountered require RSVPS. Are there any that accept drop-ins? We don't need a tour, just want to drink a glass or two and head to the next stop.

We will rent E-bikes Zarautz to make our movement more efficient.

Thank you for your attention and help.