Buen Pastor Cathedral Tours and Activities
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The neo-Gothic cathedral of Buen Pastor (the Good Shepherd) was completed in 1897 at a time when San Sebastian was flourishing as an aristocratic seaside resort; it was promoted to cathedral in 1953. Buen Pastor is the largest religious construction in the city, made of sandstone harvested from Monte Igueldo and with a tapering spire that serves as a local landmark.
The vast church was designed by Basque architect Manuel de Echave along elegant, slender Gothic lines; its needle-like spire is the tallest in the Basque country at 246 feet (75 meters). Basque sculptor Eduardo Chillida created the ‘Cross of Peace’ that adorns the main façade.
Based on the Latin cross, the cathedral has three naves and the interior is awash with light flooding in through the stained-glass windows by Juan Bautista Lázaro; vast chandeliers hang down from the vaulted roof and rose windows illuminate both ends of the transept. The organ was installed in 1954 and has more than 9,000 pipes, making it one of the largest in Europe.
Daily 8:30am-12:30pm & 5pm-8pm
Urdaneta, 12, San Sebastian, Spain, 20006
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San Sebastian City Bicycle Tour
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Visit the highlights of San Sebastian in a short amount of time on this guided bike tour. Cruise around the easy-to-bike city with a guide, stopping at more than 10 hotspots, including three beaches. This tour departs from a centrally located location at two convenient times, making it an easy to incorporate it into your day.
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$51.90
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Private San Sebastian City Walking Tour
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Enjoy a private city tour around San Sebastian’s historic center. Visit over 15 landmarks such as San Vicente Church and Plaza de la Constitución and learn about the history of each landmark from your informative guide. Finish the tour with a pintxo and a drink in one of the traditional bars of the old town.
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San Sebastian Private Day Tour from Bilbao with Hotel or Cruise Port Pick-up
San Sebastian is home to some of the best beaches of Spain’s Basque Country, but visiting on a group tour often means limited time for sightseeing and sunbathing. This private full-day tour from Bilbao offers plenty of time to explore the city or hit the beach, with private transport, a private guide, and an itinerary tailored to your preferences. Hotel pickup and drop-off is included.
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San Sebastian City Tour
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Immerse yourself in the culture, cuisine, and history of San Sebastian during this private tour. Work together with your guide to determine an itinerary focused on the sights and attractions that interest you. Stroll through the city at your own pace with plenty of time to ask questions.
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$120.69
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Social Impact Small-Group Food Tour in San Sebastian
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This is a foodie immersion in real, ordinary San Sebastian to get a real sense of community, understand how locals live and eat as you learn about local history and culture.
With every person that joins the tour, I help a person in need by donating a meal to the city's soup kitchen, you eat one you feed one!
It's a 3h walking, where there's mostly eating and less than 10 mins-walk between each stop. We’ll go to 5 specially selected stops within two different neighbourhoods.
You'll indulge and learn all about the unique culinary tradition of going out for pintxos! Pintxos pronounced 'pin-choss', these are different from tapas and imbedded in Basque culture. I'm going to show you how to navigate the local food scene and eat the best that this city has to offer.
This experience is the kind of tour for people who hate the word 'tour' and genuinely travel for food and really want to get immersed in the culture and have fun.
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Private 4-hour City Tour of San Sebastian with Hotel or Cruise Port pick-up
San Sebastian is one of the coolest cities along Spain’s Basque Coast, but visiting on a group tour often means limited time for sightseeing. This private 4-hour tour is tailor-made for you, with private transport, a private guide, and an itinerary tailored to your preferences. Hotel pickup and drop-off is included.
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Private 4-hour Walking Tour of San Sebastian with official tour guide
Discover San Sebastian, the 2016 European Capital of Culture, on a private 4-hour walking tour tailor-made for you. Stroll along Concha Beach; visit landmarks such as San Sebastian Cathedral and María Cristina Bridge; and enjoy views along Spain’s Basque Coast.
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$206.38
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Pintxos Like A Local: Centro Neighborhood Pintxo Tour
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Sure, the Old Town is a must—but it’s not the only show in town. If you’re looking for great food at bars you’re going to remember for years to come, allow us to introduce you to the Centro neighborhood. This lesser-known neighborhood is the one we choose when making plans with friends. Tonight you’re one of us, and we’ll show you a true local experience, from traditional bars to the ones on the cutting edge of New Basque Cuisine.
- Taste the first-ever pintxo in the very bar where it was invented!
- Take a break from the Old Town crowds—an easy way to practice responsible tourism.
- See what it's like to go out for pintxos as if you really lived here (a hint: it's fun!)
- Try a pintxo like oxtail with foie gras and garlic cream made by an award-winning chef.
- Slow down the local way with great food and drink after a day of exploring.
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Private Guided Pintxos Tour of San Sebastian with Food Tasting
Enjoy this completely personalized private tour of San Sebastian and enjoy the wonderful Pintxos culture with a local. Take this opportunity to get to know San Sebastian in this experience with your own private official tour guide and discover one of the best gastronomies of Spain. Get to personalize your own experience.
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Basque History and Cultural Shared Tour by Bike
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What do you get when you mash up history, art, and culture, add a sprinkling of beaches and palaces, and mix it all up with some Basque charm on two wheels? The best San Sebastián bike tour ever, that’s what! Give your brain a workout along with your legs and learn all about San Seb while riding the city’s fabulous bike trails and Head to beaches loved by locals and check out the raging surf scene.
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San Sebastian: Gastronomy and Culture - Pearl of the Cantabric - Premium
San Sebastián is known as the “Pearl of the Cantabrian”, is one of the cities that best combine gastronomy, culture and beauty. Donostia welcomes visitants as a part of the city.
Enjoy a walk through the Old Part of the city and the romantic area, with a tasting of some pintxos and typical local drinks, as a “donostiarra”. You will also discover the best view in the world from Mount Igueldo´s theme park.
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Private City Tour of San Sebastian with introduction to Pintxos Culture
Enjoy this completely personalized private tour of San Sebastian and enjoy their most important monuments and sights. Take this opportunity to get to know San Sebastian in this experience with your own private official tour guide, comfortable in your private vehicle. Get to personalize your own experience.
The tour will include an introduction to the pintxos culture of San Sebastian, including 2 pintxos and 1 drink per person in the last part of the tour.
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$458.62
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San Sebastian: Gastronomy and Culture - The pearl of the Cantabric
San Sebastián is known as the “Pearl of the Cantabrian”, is one of the cities that best combine gastronomy, culture and beauty. Donostia welcomes visitants as a part of the city.
Enjoy a walk through the Old Part of the city and the Romantic area, with a tasting of some pintxos and typical local drinks, as a “donostiarra” .
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$156.90
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Private Guided Sightseeing Bike Tour of San Sebastian
The chance to enjoy an experience like this in a totally private way, taking advantage of the knowledge and closeness of our guide, will allow to to see and understand everything in a much deeper way than big group experiences.
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$66.38
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Private Full Day Tour of San Sebastian from Biarritz with Hotel pick-up
We will pick you up from your hotel or place of choice in Biarritz. The pick up will be a private pick up only for you. This will the best and most comfortable way to start your private tour of San Sebastian.
Once we arrive to San Sebastián, your private official tour guide will meet you in a centrally located meeting point to start your private 4 hour tour of San Sebastián.
Here is a brief itinerary of San Sebastian’s most important sites that you can enjoy during this private tour:
City hall of San Sebastian
View of museo San Telmo
Monte Igueldo
Catedral del Buen Pastor
Playa de la concha and the bay
Palacio Miramar
Monte Urgull
For lunch if you wish, enjoy some typical Pintxos
Old town of San Sebastian called La Parte Vieja
View of Isla de Santa Clara
Basilique de Santa Maria del Coro
Playa de la Zurriola
At the end of the tour, you will have some free time for lunche before returning back to your hotel in Biarritz.
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$792.93
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San Sebastian - Private walking tour
San Sebastian offers sea and mountain, tradition and cutting edge, and at the City Tour we have selected the city's best spots.The city’s unique location, rich history – particularly as the royal summer resort of Europe’s elite during the Belle Epoque, its international reputation as a food mecca and unique combination of seaside and metropolitan appeal, and, last but not least the superb quality of life in the city help to make it one of the happiest in the world. And one we love to share with guests and visitors by taking them on fabulous walking tours.
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$103.00
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$103.00
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Private San Sebastian Bike Tour
Get the best views of San Sebastián from the seat of a bike. Ride along some of the 30 kilometres of bike paths throughout the city and explore one of San Sebastián’s oldest and most authentic neighbourhoods. We also head to beaches loved by locals and check out the raging surf scene.
Become an expert on the history and culture of San Sebastián and the Basque Country
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$193.10
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