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Top 10 Must-visit Destinations in San Sebastian
1. The Beaches:
You must visit the three beaches: Ondaretta, Concha and Zurriola. People gather on the beach when the sun appeares and go for a day of swimming, sunbathing, relaxing and surfing. You can have a nice dinner on the seashore while watching how the lively nightlife of the city and beach starts.
2. Aquarium
The aquarium is a place filled with a large variety of wonderful subtropical animals. It also has a nice naval museum with a whale skelet in the middle. Take a good look around and go to the second floor to see it! You will walk in the dark through a huge glass tunnel, surrounded by hundreds of different fish species. A nice place to take photos but be sure that your camera also makes nice pictures without using a flash in this dark underwater areas.
3. Cathedral Buen Pastor
This old Neogothic cathedral watches over the city day and night. It owns the highest point of the city with its 75 meter high tower. Take a walk inside this church and be impressed by the interior built ages ago. For many tourists the tower is a point of reference from where they can see the city day and night!
4. Plaza de toros
In almost every city in Spain you will always find this place of bullfights. You will feel the influence of the Spanish crowd screaming and waving with their white tissues while the torero does the kill and cut of the ears as a trophy. Sometimes the torero throws the ears into the crowd so be warned!
And if you find yourself enjoying the excitement of a Spanish bull fight, you can seek thrills without even leaving your holiday villa the juegos de casino of Spain s online poker rooms can challenge even the most daring simply provide a fun respite from all the exhausting sight seeing. Playing cards is a typical Spanish activity (a popular game being Tute ) and so now you can experience a little of this Iberian culture whenever and wherever you like!
5. Remonte
This sport from origin Bask is practiced in "Estadio de Anoeta" not far from the old centre.If you like to walk I can recommend a route from the city centre towards the river. If you reached the river, follow it downwards and when you are at the big curve ask for Estadio de Anoeta and you will see how kind the Spanish people are with showing you the way.
The game looks a bit like squash because of the playground and the rules. There are four players in one game, two teams of two people.
6. The old quarter
In a city like this, this is the place where you can feel the atmosphere changing during day and nighttime. In the early morning you can go for a walk to a café with a nice breakfast. The Plaza de la Constitucion is highly recommended. Also in the evenings and during the nights this is the centre of the small metropolis you're being part off. Eating pintxos is something which you must do during the night. You must also taste a glass of Basque marvelous wine. Also in some bars the pintxos will come with a drink! Go to the Plaza de la Constitucion and then take a walk through every near street and you will have an amazing night.
7. Alameda del Boulevard
This is also a part of the old center but different because of the fact that this is the border between the old quarter and the newer centre. The boulevard starts at the city hall and ends at the Zurriola bridge. You can take a walk to the beach or from the Concha beach to the Zuriola beach and from the old to the new part and otherwise. The streets are more touristic; there are street performances, many terraces and all kind of restaurants.
8. Plaza de Gipuzkoa
This small park has a nice garden to walk through. You can rest on one of the little banks in the park and watch the birds wash themselves in the water. This park is visited many times a day by the older people from Spain who like to take walks through the city and have a chat.
9. Chillida Leku
A Basque artist famous worldwide because of his sculptures. In his own open-air museum his family stored forty pieces made of granite and iron in a beautiful exhibition. Between trees and fields of grass the sculptures arise. Go for a walk and end it in the house with sketches and earlier artwork of the artist.
10. Naval Museum
Don't miss this museum. San Sebastian has been very important in naval history. Even though the museum is not that big it encloses the most important history of this city. The naval museum is only at 100 meters from the Aquarium.
In places such as San Sebastián, there is so much to see that your holiday can end up being really quite tiresome - you may feel like you need another holiday to get over it! What is important is to make sure you rest well. Don t cut on accommodation costs - an air conditioned and comfortable room have a break in means that you can thoroughly enjoy seeing the attractions, feeling fresh and relaxed, not tired and stressed.
The air conditioning is especially important should you take your holiday in the South of Spain - where summer temperatures can reach over 40 degrees! For example, the hoteles Málaga will be a great relief to escape to if they are cool and comfortable after a long day sight-seeing through the city - leaving you looking forward to dinner on the port come night-time!
Once you have seen all there is to see in the North of Spain, why not explore the South? Options such as Malaga Car rental allow you to see everything from the Andalucian gem and then further a field (you re close to the Alhambra of Granada and the beautiful beaches of Cadiz too) the weather s great and so you need not worry about this factor either! A great road trip for a family!
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