Private San Sebastian Tour: Explore Basque City and Coast from Bilbao

Experience the beauty of San Sebastian on a private tour from Bilbao. Explore the city’s gourmet pintxo bars, stunning beach, and quaint old quarter. Discover the rugged coastline and ancient Flysch cliff formations. Don’t miss the chance to taste the finest grilled fish in Getaria!

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • San Sebastian - Donostia - -We begin this Basque experience with a guided tour of San Sebastian. We will first walk to Zurriola beach before heading to the old quarter of the city. Zurriola is a great place to watch the surfers and enjoy the beautiful Atlantic Ocean!
    -We offer a detailed historical overview of the city explaining the unique…
What's Included
  • Round-trip private transfer
  • Transport by private luxury vehicle
  • Hotel and port pickup and drop-off
  • All taxes, fees, and handling charges included
  • Personal driver/guide for your tour
  • Fully insured and licensed by the Basque government
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

This EXCLUSIVE tour of San Sebastian city and its coastline offers you the chance to explore the incredible Basque city of San Sebastian. San Sebastian is considered one of the most attractive and sophisticated cities in Europe. The city boasts some of the region’s top gourmet pintxo (tapas) bars, a charming old town, and a truly impressive beach…

Location
San Sebastian - Donostia
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Kitty
Oct 22, 2024
Needed More Days in Basque Country! - We really enjoyed the Pintxo tour on our first night in Bilboa, but our next 2 days were amazing! Irene shared the beautiful Basque culture with us with visits to San Sebastian, Getaria, Gernika, and my favorite, Arratzu. Not only did she take me to my grandfather's birthplace, she also found the cemetery for me and spoke with the locals where we had an amazing family style lunch! I found my "family " with Best of Basque!
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Kristen
Oct 12, 2024
A fantastic tour of the San Sebastián area! - Our guide was knowledgeable and friendly and took us all around old town San Sebastián. The beaches are beautiful and the town was lovely. We also visited Getaria for the monk fish and Txakolí wine….fantastic! Finished off the tour with Zumaia, where we saw some beautiful rock formations from game of Thrones season 7. Very comfortable luxury car and excellent guide!
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Paula_h
Oct 10, 2024
Beautiful architecture and great food! - Tour was excellent. Zack, our guide, was knowledgeable and the trip, an all day event, was well organized. Our lunch was superb and not hurried like a lot of tours. We had a wonderful time.
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Tinal799
Oct 8, 2024
The Best of The Best - This was our second tour with The Best of Basque. The first was the night before; a pintxos tour that introduced my husband and I to Basque culture and cuisine. Delicious and fun. Highly recommend. The next day we did a private customized tour that included going into lower France; French Basque country. In France we visited Biarritz, St. Jean de Luz and ended with San Sebastián back in Spain. The whole tour was relaxing and interesting. From door to door pickup/drop off and comfortable ride to each cities history, culture, architecture and of course the food. I am quite resourceful at finding where to go and where to eat when we holiday but did find this a bit overwhelming in Basque Country..... Zach took us to the cultural "go to" places making sure we saw and ate the best of Basque; places I had not discovered searching online. It was an unhurried enjoyable way to see and experience the area. My husband and I recommend The Best of Basque. We will be contracting other tours they offer upon our return. ( thebestofbasque.com ) They will take care of all your exploring desires!
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Omg12019
Oct 5, 2024
Spectacular experience! - The trip was amazing. We stopped at beautiful locations for short hikes and tours. The scenery was beautiful and our guides knowledge of the area was spectacular. Highly recommend!!
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Venture29340832461
Sep 29, 2024
Everything was perfect - Everything was perfect, well informed, with very good humor, Great professionalism, Explanations and very enjoyable talks. Highly recommended
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Jkb08
Sep 29, 2024
Real Basque experiences with the best guides - My sisters and I visited Spain to see the birthplaces of our grandparents in Asturias. We decided to go on to Bilbao and San Sebastian after that and, once in Bilbao, we had the BOB take care of everything for us. What a great time with these energetic and creative people - all of whom are fluent in English (even Zach from Michigan). We did more than one tour with them. The first night was pintxos at a few places that everyone raved about. Olaia was great. Then we went on a winery tour - of 2 very different wineries, one with an unbelievable original cave underground where they served us a private, home prepared lunch among the vines. Zach was our guide and was exceptional. I personally could not have managed those caves and had the enjoyment I did there, but for his help. The next day, we took the Coast tour and Irene, native Basque, took us to the "best" restaurant on the sea - and it was. We stopped in Guernica and saw a large wall replica of the Picasso painting. We saw the 17th century tree and the new tree, under which the president of the Basque Country is sworn in. The local culture is beautiful and very pronounced. Food and language very different from the rest of the country. They arranged a private tour of the Guggenheim for the 4 of us as well. Mangel was our guide and she had vast knowledge of the structure, design, art exhibits and local culture. I am so happy we decided to include Basque country in our trip and that we had the BOB trio: Irene, Zach and Olaia (and Mangel) to make that such a highlight. If you intend to see Basque country, you really cannot have better guides or a better time.
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J1251ulsharonj
Sep 10, 2024
Highly recommended!! - I don’t usually do reviews but my daughter and I had such a great time on our three tours with Best of Basque, I felt I had to write something. We did the Coastal tour, Rioja wine tasting tour, and an evening Pincho tour all with the lovely Irène. I didn’t get to meet Zach but had been communicating with him prior to the holiday to set up something that met all my needs. I learned so much about the Basque culture, history, landscape and cuisine , I would highly recommend Best of Basque.
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Lawrence_v
Jun 6, 2024
Basque countryside in the sunshine - Lunch overlooking the sea ,shared with a guide who was passionate about Basque and about its food , was terrific. Jani is well versed and interesting. She made the day very enjoyable. We enjoyed the beautiful scenery and our guides’ knowledge of the area.
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Allison_a
Jun 2, 2024
Wonderful day! - Had the most amazing day with our tour guide Irene. She was very knowledgeable about the sites and engaging. Had a lovely fish lunch. Would highly recommend this tour.
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up to 15 guests
2 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).