Basque Country Tours

Cruise the curvaceous coastline of Bilbao in a luxurious minivan on a guided tour of the city and its sights. See the intriguing industrial areas that propelled Bilbao into prosperity and visit significant landmarks like the Transporter Bridge of Bizkaia and the San Juan de Gaztelugatxe hermitage. Visit the quaint coastal villages that pepper the Basque Coast and absorb the tranquil ambiance of picturesque marinas on this enriching excursion.

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.

San Sebastian is known for its “pintxos”, the Basque Country’s answer to tapas. Feast on a wealth of Basque cuisine and learn to cook these regional signatures with a professional chef on this evening cooking class. Prepare and eat seven different dishes washed down with red wine and the signature local sparkling white, “txakoli”, and leave with newfound confidence in your cooking skills.

Visit iconic San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, aka the castle rock, during this full-day tour that includes stops in Bermeo and Gernika. Climb the narrow, winding steps connecting this castle built high on a rocky island to the mainland and overlook the sea and stunning landscape. Featured on the HBO show “Game of Thrones”, this tour lets you visit “Dragonstone” in real life.

Learn how to make Basque tapas with the benefit of personalized attention during this half-day private cooking class. Enjoy being in a private villa in the mountains with a chef guide, who will teach you how to cook with seasonal produce grown on site. Sip a glass of wine and taste local cheese and olive oil while you learn, then sit down to eat your masterpieces. Private round-trip transportation included, as well as a visit to the fishing village of Castro Urdiales.

Donostia San Sebastian Sailing wants to share with you our passion for the sea , nature and sail navigation. of any topics, we try to make things different and avoid crowds and always enjoy the city from the best and most exclusive views. Always unparaleled and imposible to find anywhere except in our boat.

San Sebastián is widely celebrated for its gastronomic pedigree—and there are few better ways to experience the city’s culinary culture than by attending a txoko. Txokos—or private dining societies—are a longstanding local tradition, and this excursion offers the rare chance for visitors to experience them. During your lunchtime excursion, you’ll go for a guided tour of the Mercado de la Bretxa before enjoying a gourmet meal at the txoko, complete with wine.

The St. James’ Way (Camino de Santiago) medieval Christian pilgrimage route runs along the Basque coast near San Sebastian. This half-day tour lets you hike on the route with the benefit of a guide to keep you on track and show you the sights. After a steep start and panoramas over San Sebastian, the path traces clifftops and valleys to San Pedro fishing village, where tapas and a drink await.

The ultimate gastronomy experience, this bespoke tasting and sightseeing tour takes you into some of Rioja’s finest food and drink establishments. Enjoy first-rate wine samples in two local wine bars, plus a visit to a traditional winery where winemaking traditions date back five generations. Full-day tours also include a gourmet tasting lunch overlooking a Rioja vineyard and a walk through the walled medieval city of Laguardia.

Tour some of the less-visited gardens, parks, and palaces of San Sebastian on this small-group walking tour. Spend about three hours following your guide to sights such as Cristina Enea, Amara, Aiete Park, Miramar, and others. End your tour with an included drink, over which you can enjoy an intimate chat with your small group.

Immerse yourself in the artistic wonder of Bilbao’s Guggenheim Museum with a private guide on this cultural tour. Accompanied by your accomplished guide, explore the enthralling exhibitions of the museum in order to discover contemporary and modern art masterpieces; see timeless masterworks like Joseph Beuy’s ‘Lightning with Stag in its Glare’ and gaze at Jeff Koons’ colossal sculpture ‘Puppy’. Gain fascinating insight into different art movements and hear tales of the intriguing lives of some of the artists during this culturally enriching exploration.

If you love nature, geology and wine you will love this tour. We will introduce you to the stunning scenery that we have in Basque country full of cliffs, beaches, mountains and very rough seas. All of this gets even better when you enjoy it with a lovely glass of local white wine! In this tour we will take you to San Juan de Gaztelugatxe where the famous Game of Thrones series was set. You will be able to take the most stunning pictures as you reach the top of the hermitage surrounded by the rough ocean waters. You have a maximum of 2 hours to make it to the top and back! After the walk we will enjoy some pintxos together and we will head to visit one of the traditional Basque txakoli wineries, the Basque local wine. You will enjoy a lovely visit to a family winery with a well-deserved wine tasting to finish the tour! Important notes: Please be aware that this tour requires extremely comfortable shoes (don´t bring heals, open sandals or flip-flops or you will regret it enormously)

This is the best way to get to know the basque culture and its traditions. If you are coming to San Sebastian this is one of the things that must be done. It is the perfect tour. It is a combination of nature, culture and gastronomy in the basque mountains.  It is all included: transportation, local guide and the traditional meal at the cider house. In this tour we explore the mountains of the San Sebastian. We will enjoy its views and a light hike is possible if you want. Afterwards, we will go to a cider house restaurant to enjoy the traditional menu and drink cider directly from the barrels. The menu is based on traditional products such as fish, grilled stake on the fire, sheep's cheese and quince with nuts. This is suitable for all kind of audiences like families or friends. Enjoy with us the basque experiences.

While this tour of the Basque coast is perfect for lovers of Game of Thrones, you don't need to have seen the show to get the most out of the sites you'll see here. After we pick you up from central San Sebastian, we'll have brunch at the flysch rock formation in Zumaia. A UNESCO global geopark, with rock formations dating back hundreds of millions of years, Zumaia is the first of our Game of Thrones filming locations. From there we'll set out to Mundaka, known to be one of the best surfing waves in Spain, where we'll stop off for a picnic lunch. After this, it's a short drive to Gaztelugatxe, our second Game of Thrones filming location. We'll head along the stairs up to the hermitage (bring your walking shoes!) and finish up with some cheese and wine and take in the spectacular views. After this we'll head back into San Sebastian where you'll be dropped off at the end of the tour.

On this full-day guided tour of San Sebastian, you’ll combine must-see historical sights with some of the region’s tastiest gastronomy spots. Enjoy a scenic walk through the Old Town, nicknamed the “Petite France,” and escape the tourist track with a food and drink crawl—or “Pintxopote”—through a selection of local favorites. Tours also include a stop at Fuenterrabia on the French border for drinks overlooking the port.

Explore the best the Basque Country has to offer, and learn to surf on one of the longest beach breaks in Spain. While San Sebastian may have the big name, Zarautz is renowned around these parts as where the surfers go to surf. With a curved beach dynamic that allows both big and small waves to break along the same section of sand, there are plenty of waves to please everyone. Afterwards, join us for lunch either at the beach or at our surf house, a three-story converted farmhouse in the middle of the local national park. If the view from the house hasn't already taken your breath away, join us on a hike through the Pagoeta to see the greener side of Guipuzkoa that most travellers never get to see. Back at the house we'll practice yoga with our fully qualified instructor, and spend the rest of the afternoon playing table tennis, relaxing in the sun, kicking it on the balcony or making full use of our in-house bar.

Maximize time in the Basque Country on this full-day tour from San Sebastian. Visit small fishing villages along the French Basque coast like Saint Jean de Luz and glamorous beach towns like Biarritz. Learn about local gastronomy as you explore the historic city of Bayonne and the town of Hendaye, on the border of France and Spain.

Explore the Basque Country beyond San Sebastian on this full-day private tour. Get picked up at your hotel and set out to see the 10th-century hermitage of San Juan de Gaztelugatxe. Stroll through the old town of Bilbao and along the riverbank to see the striking Guggenheim Museum. Lunch in a traditional restaurant is included.

Basque Country may be located in Spain, but it's has a culinary culture all its own. To uncover the cuisine of this tiny region, nothing beats sampling the local flavors with this private cooking experience. With your hands-on cooking workshop, follow along with a chef to prepare traditional dishes. And when you're done, reap the rewards of your hard work by feasting on your creations paired with a delicious wine.

Enhance your sightseeing in San Sebastián with a hop-on hop-off bus tour. Travel with ease between Playa de la Concha beach, Miramar Palace and other top attractions, and hop on and off at any of the city-wide stops. Alternatively, choose to stay on for the full loop and listen to the audio commentary to find out more about the Basque city.

I am a Basque native, in love with my country, culture and gastronomy. And after be working with travelers 7 years, in 2015 I started offering artisan, unique and authentic experiences in my own. Aiming to offer the possibility to enjoy feeling and living, the true essence of the Basque Country, out of the commercial and away from the tourist masses. And this is the best experience I offer ever about making pintxos and probably the most pure that is offered in San Sebastian. If you don’t believe me, came on to Enjoy learning how to make pintxos, while tasting them with local wines, in a very special local place a “gastronomic society”. And after completing the experience, you are not satisfied. I will return you, the amount paid for it. * The gastronomic society : Is where you can experience the region’s gastronomy from first hand. The love of food and social dining is what brings together family groups and friends to cook top quality ingredients with loving care.

Take a bike route with us and enjoy all the attractions that both tourist Bilbao and more alternative and unknown Bilbao offer you. Mix with the city and its inhabitants and get to know all our customs and traditions thanks to our team of professional guides who are perfectly knowledgeable about the city.

Discover the tradition of pintxos (Basque tapas) during this small-group food tour in San Sebastian. See the city through a local’s lens and visit six pintxos bars meeting the families behind them along the way. Taste a variety of snacks and Spanish wine as you stroll through San Sebastian in a group limited to just eight people.

Experience San Sebastian’s highlights and lesser-known delights on this small-group electric bike tour. Hop on an easy-to-ride bike and see more than you ever could on a walking tour as you travel along the city's large network of bike lanes. Discover La Concha, the Boulevard, and Monte Igueldo for bird’s-eye views, and explore often-overlooked districts such as the university and sports quarter. Ideal for first-time and short-on-time visitors, with a choice of departures.