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Basque Farm House & Cider house
4.8
9 Ratings
Donostia
Immerse yourself in the rich history and culture of the Basque region with a tour of a 16th-century farmhouse. Learn about traditional cider production and indulge in a tasting experience like no other.
Immerse yourself in the rich history and culture of the Basque region with a tour of a 16th-century farmhouse. Learn about traditional cider production and indulge in a tasting experience like no other.
Duration:
6 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Caserio Museo Igartubeiti - This excursion offers an opportunity to explore the lifestyle of Basque farmers by touring a farmhouse from the 16th century.
- Sidreria Oiharte - Next, you’ll explore a cider house, including the apple groves, the farmhouse’s pressing/storage facilities, the cider production zones, and the cellars. You’ll also get…
- Caserio Museo Igartubeiti - This excursion offers an opportunity to explore the lifestyle of Basque farmers by touring a farmhouse from the 16th century.
- Sidreria Oiharte - Next, you’ll explore a cider house, including the apple groves, the farmhouse’s pressing/storage facilities, the cider production zones, and the cellars. You’ll also get to sample authentic homemade cider as the Basques do: straight from the bottle and following the ‘Txotx’ ritual. The exclamation ‘Txoootx!’ signals the moment to savor Natural Cider directly from the cask while partaking in a Traditional Cider House Menu.
What's Included
- Private transportation
- Bottled water
- Snacks
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- All fees and/or taxes included
- Lunch provided
- Private transportation
- Bottled water
- Snacks
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- All fees and/or taxes included
- Lunch provided
Additional Information
This excursion offers an opportunity to explore the efforts of Basque farmers by visiting a farmhouse from the 16th century. Following this, the journey continues through the scenic landscape until reaching the Cider House. Here, you will meet the family who operates it and learn about the process of making Basque cider. You will then have the chance to…
This excursion offers an opportunity to explore the efforts of Basque farmers by visiting a farmhouse from the 16th century. Following this, the journey continues through the scenic landscape until reaching the Cider House. Here, you will meet the family who operates it and learn about the process of making Basque cider. You will then have the chance to taste the cider, first from the bottle and then while enjoying a traditional cider house menu.
- The guided tour, being a shared service, may be conducted in multiple languages depending on the clients’ origins.
Location
Bengoetxea Kalea, 2
Bengoetxea Kalea
City centre, in front of bar Koh Tao
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(9 Ratings)
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Oldvoks
Oct 15, 2025
Top Shelf Cider Tour and lunch - Amazing tour, starting on drive into the beautiful hills, all while our guide provided history of the Basque, including personal stories of her family during the Spanish Civil War. The Basque farm house & barn with working cider press/operations is from the 1500. The site is like a national history site with guided tour 60-75 minutes....and very captivating and interesting.
Next went to a locale cider producers /brewery for tasting, followed by a full 6 course meal that was fresh, delicious and ample. Each item is cooked fresh and brought to your table in courses....NOT steam tabled food. You get the choice of 2 ciders to pour as much or little as you like, multiple times. This was a full meal - soup, cod/mushroom omelet, Cod (4 oz portions), fresh green salad, 16 oz steak cooked to perfection to share and cheese & walnuts
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Lisa
Sep 21, 2025
Don’t Miss This! - This tour was phenomenal. We were met by Miellen (pardon me if I didn’t get the spelling quite right) in a comfortable van. As we drove to the first location, M introduced herself and explained the plan for the day. We learned much about the agricultural culture in the Basque region, a little about the family who works at the cider house, and shared about our own experiences with Basque culture in our own country.
First we visited a 15th century cider house that is now a historic museum. The house IS the mill!
Then we went to a cider house for lunch and a cider tasting. We were shown how to pour our own cider out of the huge taps. The lunch was incredible. Tasty chilled Newfoundland style cod soup, a cod omelette, grilled cod with leeks, a salad. Then a huge T-bone steak—perfectly seasoned and rare. This was followed by s cheese plate. My husband snd I actually ate the whole thing—much to our servers amazement! The whole tour was such a treat. Not at all what we expected. Don’t miss this opportunity!
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Amparo_r
Sep 18, 2025
Outstanding informative experience of old farmhouse - An absolutely fantastic trip which we thoroughly enjoyed. Our tour guide was amazing and explained everything in so much detail. To see the farmhouse with so much history and imagine how it was so many years ago was truly amazing. A wonderful experience shared with an extremely friendly group. The meal itself was
excellent and the staff were very obliging, pouring the cider was great fun. Outstanding trip.
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Leventekov
May 27, 2025
Great fun experience - Great experience. It is a must do if you visit san sebastian. Our guide Telmo had a great knowledge of making cidre and the basque traditions. He made the experience to feel like a day out with friends. But also knowledge he shared was a great value from the way how cidre was made in the old times to the way is made now.
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Jean_h
Sep 9, 2024
Cider house rules - We had a great time - Our trip to the Cider House felt like a truly authentic Basque experience. The meal far exceeded our expectations! You won’t leave hungry!
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Cameron_j
Jul 4, 2024
History, Cider and Food… Excellent! - This was such a great experience. Our guide Maialen was amazing. She was extremely knowledgeable, very friendly and a great host in every way. Visiting the old farm house gave a great introduction to the area and then the cider house experience was amazing with great food, plenty of cider and lively atmosphere! A must do experience in the area.
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Susan
Sep 24, 2019
Venturing beyond San Sebastián - A fabulous day to see the countryside beyond San Sebastián. Loved the visit to a family run cheese farm...delightful exposure to a hard working young woman’s passion for her family’s cheese business.
The traditional cider house was a fantastic experience, great food and genuine Basque atmosphere! Our guide was passionate about his country.
Would thoroughly recommend this tour to those who would like to go beyond the city experience!
Thank you!
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Jane_m
Jul 26, 2025
Good tour to get into... - Good tour to get into rural Basque country. Learned about Cider making and visited a farm...great food.
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Werner
Jul 9, 2019
idiazabal - This is something you have to do You come to a unique cheese maker You taste a class of cheese with love and passion made he has won many awards and was in graet taste of top 50 foods in 2015 the landscape you get to see is beautiful also at the cider maker is the view and environment 1 and already rest it was a top experience
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