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'Basque Cider House' guided tour + meal from San Sebastian
4.9
31 Ratings
Donostia
Experience the Basque Cider House tour and meal from San Sebastian. Discover the secrets of this ancient drink and indulge in a traditional cider house menu.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Sagardoa Route - Ruta de la Sidra Vasca - We will visit a local cider house and have a traditional lunch and cider tasting.
What's Included
- Private transportation
- Snacks
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- All fees and/or taxes included
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Lunch provided
Additional Information
We will be there to collect you from San Sebastian, providing you an opportunity to uncover, guided by our expert, the mysteries of this age-old beverage so deeply rooted in the Basque Country and its culinary and cultural traditions. You’ll get to explore the apple groves, the farmhouse presses/stores, cider-making regions, storage areas and of course, indulge in some authentic, homemade cider the way we, the Basques do it: straight from the bottle, following the ‘Txotx’ ritual.
‘Txoootx!’ is an invitation to savour cider straight from the casks while feasting on a typical cider house menu. Experience the ritual of Txotx as you sample cider from several barrels in the basements of our cider houses, simultaneously relishing a traditional cider house spread. Ample time will be provided for you to fully appreciate the sumptuous cider house menu.
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
Location
Bengoetxea Kalea, 2
Bengoetxea Kalea
City centre, next to Gipuzkoa square and in front of bar Koh Tao.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(31 Ratings)
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Kazchis
Oct 5, 2024
Great experience - We learnt about the history of cider making and the production. Our guide Myella was great and very easygoing.
We are not big cider drinkers back home but this was different and very yummy. Over a traditional lunch we had time to chat with others from the bus. It was lovely.
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Sheila_m
Sep 26, 2024
Great day out9 - The meal was memorable, food, location and company. I will now drink more cider, basque of course. Will recommend it
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Z4487ugericg
Sep 13, 2024
12 for San Sebastian wow 👌 - Fantastic, pristine beaches and the old town packed with Tapas wine 🍷 and beers. All this watched over by their version of Christ the redeemer from the mountain top, good walk up by the way. We loved it and would definitely go again.
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Claudemb2016
Sep 10, 2024
Unforgettable experience 😏 - Very very nice and interesting to see the campaign next to Hernani, optimal Guide+ cider and excellent food, thank you Maja
MarcoClaude
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Deirdre_l
Aug 25, 2024
A new tasting experience - Our tour guide Maialen was prompt, friendly and knowledgeable. A true lover of the local cider industry, she explained not only the process of making the cider but also the importance of cider making in the Basque family culture. The luncheon was delicious and plentiful, including all the cider you wished to drink. This small group tour was a great value and highly recommended!
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Kristine_d
Jul 3, 2024
Great tour! - We had a great visit to the cider house and lunch with Maia! We all enjoyed the tour and the lunch was delicious. Thanks!
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Charlest0n_travelers
Jun 23, 2024
A wonderful outing from Donostia/San Sebastián - Our driver and guide Maddalen, a local who speaks excellent English, was knowledgeable about all things to do with the Basque cider process and lots of fun. Petritegi is one of the area’s largest cider houses and serves a delicious traditional lunch. It was a blast to refill our glasses by returning to the cellar as often as we wished where we stood a couple of feet from one of the barrels to catch the cider as it shot out of a pencil-sized hole.
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Ryan_m
May 31, 2024
Great food and drink! - I hope you are ready to eat a lot of food and enjoy some cider because this is excellent. You will pour your own cider and eat a lot of food. The guides know a lot and are very helpful on the grounds and getting you to and from the cidery.
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Geodoctress
May 21, 2024
This Cider House Rules! Vale! - Maia was a great guide! We learned so much about apples, cider-making, and Basque culture from her, including attitudes toward the land as well as the role that cider has played in the society and economy of the Basque region. We really enjoyed getting to know the others on our trip, too! 7 of us in total plus Maia. And then: the food! The award-winning all-you-can eat tortilla de bacalao, fried bacalao with sautéed peppers, and one of the very best T-bone steaks ever (and I am from Nebraska and take steak seriously!). Oh, and the non-stop sidre!!!! It is amazing that we weren’t drunk afterwards but the 3-hour pace was perfect. It really was an enjoyable afternoon. BTW, this tour operator also does a sheep farm experience. If we’d been around another day we would have done that,
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Yoel
Apr 19, 2024
Incredible - I am a single mother and this really was a very interesting adventure, the truth is that I really liked it, I went with my son Larry (who is autistic) he didn't like it very much because he couldn't try the cider, we already know how capricious these children are hehe , I attach a photo
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