Walking Tour Old town
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San Sebastian, Spain
- 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Finding the best pintxos spots in San Sebastian’s Old Town can be difficult without local insight. This private tour takes you through Donostia-San Sebastian Old Town with a guide, uncovering both well-known highlights and hidden corners. Along the way, receive a map and personalized recommendations for top pintxos bars—helping you eat like a local long after the tour ends.
- Cover ground seamlessly as someone else handles the route
- Receive a handy map of the city to keep for future exploration
- Learn where to find the best pintxos in town from your local guide
- Enjoy the freedom to explore at your own pace
What's Included
- Pintxo Guide & Suggestions
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Portu Kalea, 15, 20003 Donostia / San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain
You can use "La Mejillonera" as a reference point
End point
- Mirador De La Entrada De La Calle Puerto20003 1, Kaimingaintxo Plaza, 20003 Donostia / San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain
Itinerary
1
Ayuntamiento de San Sebastian
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
2
Mercado De La Bretxa
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
3
Konstituzio Plaza
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
4
Basilica de Santa Maria del Coro
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
5
San Bizente Martiriaren Eliza
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
San Telmo Museoa (Pass By)
Monte Urgull (Pass By)
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 9 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
4.9
based on 91 reviews
Claudia_O, Dec 2025
Danni is the best tour guide here! Super funny, knowledgeable and efficient. So much interesting history. Strongly recommend! But make sure you choose him as a guide because some of the other guides at this company just aren’t that good.
Bayard_C, Sep 2025
Santiago was an excellent tour guide and spoke English very well. he was very knowledgeable about the history of San Sebastián and led us around the old town with many pertinent facts about the city and history. I would highly recommend Santiago as your personal guide.
Bayard and Kathy Chang
Carrie_H, Sep 2025
We throughly enjoyed our walking tour with Francisco, who was a knowledgeable and experienced guide. He was easy to understand, answered all the questions asked and recommended some great restaurants.
Kevin_B, Jul 2025
Francisco our guide was very knowledgeable and we very much enjoyed the tour. Understanding the full history of San Sebastián and how it ties into Spanish history was very interesting
Helfried_S, Jun 2025
The walking tour of the Old City quarter gave us a nice introduction to the beautiful city of San Sebastián. Fanny provided the historical foundation which helped us understand its modern transformation. She also pointed out a few of her favorite pintxos bars on the way. We thoroughly enjoyed the tour.
Thomas_L, Oct 2024
Fanny was an excellent guide for our tour of San Sebastián. It was a great introduction to the city and she shared lots of history and information. She also gave us suggestions of things to see and do after our tour. She was very personable and we enjoyed our time with her.
Alena_L, Sep 2024
Fanny was a great tour guide! I was a nice mix of the history of the city as well as everyday life/culture of the Basque Country. Also greatly appericated the pintxo recommendations at the end!
Aleksandr_S, Aug 2024
Awesome tour, lots of history and good paced activity. Fanny very knowledgeable tour guide, we got lucky no other people joined us, so we had a private tour. We learned so much about Donostia, food, drinks, secret societies etc…
Esther_V, Jul 2024
Fanny was great, very friendly, informative and super nice! She gave us valuable tips, most visited locations, and courteous with time.
Megan_M, Jun 2024
really excellent engaging and relevant review of the history of San Sebastian, as well as great recs for the present day. Highly recommend!
John_K, May 2024
Fanny was fantastic. She was very knowledgeable about San Sebastián and the surrounding areas. She also had great suggestions on things to do and where to eat and what to see. We we not steered wrong on any of her suggestions. We highly recommend a tour with Fanny
JONATHAN_B, May 2024
Fanny was a fantastic guide -- tremendously knowledgeable about the history and culture of San Sebastian,. able to explain all of that in fascinating stories, gifted with a great sense of humor and enthusiasm. We would have never known any of this on our own. She also has wonderful recommendations for restaurants and sites. One of the best tours we've taken in several countries over the last few years.
Debra_B, May 2024
The guide Fanny was informative, engaging and delightful. The history and context she provided were invaluable.
KarenDiane_K, Oct 2023
Fanny gave a fabulous tour of San Sebastián! Not only did I quickly learn my way around the old town, but I learned about the history of the city and the area. She is warm and friendly, and also gave great recommendations on the best pintxos in town. I highly recommend it!
Tracey_O, Oct 2023
Fanny had a great way of telling the basque and San Sebastián/donestia history that was engaging and memorable.
Beth_T, Sep 2023
Fanny made our tour interesting and fun. We learned a lot about the city and the best places to get pint pintxo, which is so good?
Low_K, Aug 2023
Great tour of San Sebastián - Franc was excellent! He gave us a brief overview of the history of the town .. took us to the old and new town, plus the new “market” and took us through the car park to view the old wall plus mural of chronological order history .. good fun and a great 2 hours spend ! Go try !
Eric_C, Aug 2023
Francisco was professional, knowledgeable and informative. His English was great and the tour was a spectacular introduction to the history, culture and evolution of the City from its inception to current times. He also recommended a number of great restaurants, bars, and pintxo places. I would highly recommend the tour.
Alice_E, Aug 2023
Fascinating tour of the Old Town with our informed and friendly guide, Fanny. She skilfully engaged our group ranging in age from 12 to 52 and her knowledge and English language skills were excellent.
Peter_B, Jun 2023
Francisco provided a very good introduction to the old town and it's history. I feel much more confident that I can find good places to eat, shop and further explore.
Highly recommend
Will_M, Jun 2022
We were in a small group of 5. Francisco had a clear plan for guiding us through the sites but also through San Sebastián’s history. Francisco was friendly and knowledgeable. We all thought it was the perfect introduction to our visit here. I highly recommend his tour.
Judy_H, Apr 2022
If you want some background on the history of san sebastian and the old town, this is the tour for you! Fran knows is stuff and as this is a private/ small group tour, he has your attention. Fran showed me the old walls and we went to the lookout point which has the view of the town, city and beaches. This tour is a must!
Jane_O, Apr 2022
Great to learn about the history of San Sebastián from someone who lives there. Francesco even took us into an underground public car park to show us the old walls …not something that we would have known about as standard tourists.!
MaryAnne_T, Aug 2021
Great walking tour with Francisco. He's full of local knowledge and took us around the Old Town, up to lookout points with great views and shared lots of interesting Basque history and current affairs with us, as well as great Pinxtos recommendations for the Old Town and Gros, highly recommend this tour, thanks Francisco
Veronica_C, Mar 2022
En un paseo corto pudimos vivir la historia de San Sebastián, sus tradiciones y disfrutar una bella ciudad con un guía amable
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