Tours and Tickets to Experience San Sebastian Old Town (Parte Vieja Donostiarra)
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San Sebastian Old Town (Parte Vieja Donostiarra)
While Old Town is perhaps most famous for its bars and food, the neighborhood also contains plenty of shops and other daytime attractions, and pintxos are served all day.
The neighborhood’s pintxo bars typically specialize in a single ingredient or small dish, with each one costing about $2–$3.
The neighborhood hosts a number of festivals throughout the year.
Old Town is accessible for wheelchairs, though many streets are paved with rough cobblestones.
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San Sebastian Old Town is free to visit, but many travelers opt to discover it on a tour. San Sebastian food tours typically focus on pintxos, the Basque answer to tapas, and highly-rated tours with wine start at roughly US$125; history walking tours cost from US$35.
San Sebastian Old Town’s main attractions are its lively bars with pintxos (Basque tapas) and local wine. Historic sights include the San Telmo Museum (San Telmo Museo), Constitution Square (Konstituzio Plaza), the 16th-century San Vicente Church (San Bizente Martiriaren Eliza), and the baroque Basilica of Santa María (Basílica de Santa María del Coro).
San Sebastian Old Town is at its best in the shoulder seasons—May and September. Seasonal bars and restaurants are still open, and the weather is usually reasonably clement, but the European school vacation season is over and the July–August peak season crowds have gone home.
Tickets for the San Sebastian hop-on hop-off bus cost €16 for adults (aged 13–64), €12.80 for seniors (aged 65-plus), and €8 for children (aged 5–12). The bus makes two stops in San Sebastian Old Town, one at the San Telmo Museum (San Telmo Museoa) and one at Guipúzcoa Square (Plaza Gipuzkoa).
Yes, San Sebastian Old Town is generally an accessible destination, with flat, paved streets and low sidewalks. Both city buses and the hop-on hop-off bus are wheelchair-friendly, as are trains, taxis, and the tourist train. Note that crowds can be an issue in high season.