Tours From San Sebastian to Enjoy

With these tours from San Sebastian you will discover charming corners of the Basque Country, hiking routes and even cities in the French Basque Country.

If all there is to do in San Sebastian is not enough for you, the surrounding area has many attractions to offer both in the Spanish Basque Country and across Hondarribia to France. There are hundreds of charming places that deserve to be known.

Here are five tours from San Sebastian to discover the beauty of the area. Let’s discover them!

🔝 If you want to see more of the area with your own car or renting one, also take a look at this ROUTE through the BASQUE COUNTRY.

1. Tours from San Sebastián to Biarritz and the French coastline

One of the excursions we recommend you make from San Sebastian is a visit to the French Basque Country. On this round-trip day tour you will visit the charming town of Biarritz with its beaches ideal for surfers and emblematic historical buildings such as the Casino or the Hotel Du Palais.

The tour will continue to the coastal town of Saint-Jean-de-Luz and Hendaye before returning to Spain by boat to Hondarribia. Quite an experience!

But it doesn’t end here, to finish the tour you will visit the centre of San Sebastian.

• Book your excursion to Biarritz and the French coast from San Sebastian here.

2. Tour to the fishing villages of the Basque Country

If you want to get to know the atmosphere of the fishing villages of the Basque Country, then this excursion from San Sebastian is ideal.

The tour begins with a visit to Hondarribia, one of the most charming towns that we recommend you visit if you are driving through the Basque Country. Here you can see why Hondarribia attracts visitors with its colourful houses.

The visit continues to San Juan, a village with a lot of history and where the main attraction is the houses hanging on the mountainside. The last visit is to San Pedro with its small and beautiful historic centre.

• Book your excursion to the fishing villages of the Basque Country here.

3. Tours from San Sebastian to the villages of Guipuzcoa

If you want to see the beautiful landscapes of Guipuzcoa then this tour is for you. The excursion from San Sebastian will take in three of the most charming coastal towns in the area: Orio, Guetaria and San Telmo.

Along the way you will discover the cliffs overlooking the sea, the fishing tradition of each of the villages and landscapes that will surprise you from beginning to end.

• Book your excursion to the coastal towns of Guipúzcoa here.

4. Excursion to Bilbao and San Juan de Gaztelugatxe

The city of Bilbao is the main city of the Spanish Basque Country. The Guggenheim Museum is its main exponent, although there are many attractions in the city such as the Cathedral of Santiago or the church of San Antón. The historic centre is an old industrial city converted into a tourist attraction and an exponent of art.

There will also be time to stop off the Basque coast to admire the beautiful hermitage of San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, which stands on an islet in the sea and is connected by a staircase that climbs up the rock. Did you know that scenes from Game of Thrones were filmed here? This place was Rocadragón.

• Book your excursion to Bilbao and San Juan de Gaztelugatxe here.

5. Visit to the town of Zumaia

With this three and a half hour train trip to Zumaia, you will get to know the famous Flysch of the Geopark, strange rock formations formed over millions of years and which leave the geological evolution of the planet in the dark.

You will also visit the historic centre of Zumaia with buildings such as the Olazábal Palace and places where well-known films and series have been filmed, such as the San Telmo chapel (Ocho apellidos vascos) or Itzurun beach (Game of Thrones).

• Book your excursion by train to Zumaia here.

With these five best tours from San Sebastian, all that remains is to plan your visit to one of Spain’s most beautiful cities.