San Sebastian

Travel Blogs from San Sebastian, Spain and Canary Islands

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San Sebastian sans friends, San Sebastián - Donostia, Spain travel blog

San Sebastian sans friends

A travel blog entry by jesss

... the Saturday night bus you are surrounded by alot of old people, who appear to make many gross smells and sounds during the night. So I arrived in San Sebastian at 5am this morning then spent the next hour waiting for local bus 17 that never came, and ...

A lonesome traveller, San Sebastián - Donostia, Spain travel blog

A lonesome traveller

A travel blog entry by amberyan

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"Basquing" in San Sebastian

A travel blog entry by travelhawk

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Hey, Well, I had some great opportunities this weekend to break out the Spanglish! We traveled as a class to San Sebastian, Spain, and Bilboa, Spain. This area is known as the Basque region of Spain, and the Basque people are their own ethnic group ...

Jamon, jamon, jamon, San Sebastián - Donostia, Spain travel blog

Jamon, jamon, jamon

A travel blog entry by thepotvins

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... nbsp;   PS. (Note from Farida) Just wanted to give a shout out to Bellas Artes Pension where we were staying in San Sebastian. When I had Brent take Callista to a local park, (I am sticking to the fact that I am 100% fuel ...

Mullets galore amid Basque nationalism, San Sebastián, Spain travel blog

Mullets galore amid Basque nationalism

A travel blog entry by tcorrea

One thing I should point out about Spain so far is the incredible abundance of the mullet hairstyle. You can see one around every corner. And a lot of them are a whole lot ruder than any Aussie mullet I´ve seen since the 80´s. Pretty feral. Anyway, ...

rain, rain go away!, San sebastian, Spain travel blog

rain, rain go away!

A travel blog entry by trg7

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... connects one mountain to another.  It reminds me of Rio de Jeniro, Brasil.  An interesting fact about San Sebastian is that although I´m in spain, they don´t speak spanish here as a first language! they speak whats known as Basque, which is ...

Humanity at its Finest, San Sebastián - Donostia, Spain travel blog

Humanity at its Finest

A travel blog entry by orianapacker

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... , and I wasn't having any luck finding a couchsurfer to crash with. I somehow convinced myself it was a good idea to go to San Sebastian anyway and sleep outside on the beach, so I set out to buy a bus ticket. By the grace of G´d, I received a message ...

San Sebastian - Eat, Beach n Sleep (Sept 10-12), San sebastian, Spain travel blog

San Sebastian - Eat, Beach n Sleep (Sept 10-12)

A travel blog entry by rbaluyot

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... of the population and nudists).  The San Sebastian coast line is shaped like a like a shell with a backdrop of the old San Sebastian and new.    After finishing the walk along the beaches, we then went for a walk up Monte Urgill (a ...

A taste of Spain, San Sebastián - Donostia, Spain travel blog

A taste of Spain

A travel blog entry by hewittsontour

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... Still, it was OK and good location, close to the city. The boys had their first Atlantic swim on the beach at San Sebastian (it was brief!) and we enjoyed a lazy day on the beach and wandering through the town. Evan though San Sebastian is very close to ...

Surfers Paradise, San Sebastián - Donostia, Spain travel blog

Surfers Paradise

A travel blog entry by mciallella

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Birthday Celebrations In The Sun, San Sebastián - Donostia, Spain travel blog

Birthday Celebrations In The Sun

A travel blog entry by mish_brendan

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... ; From the cathedral we commenced our long walk to the top of Mount Igeldo where we were treated to spectacular panoramic views over San Sebastian.  We spent half an hour or so at the lookout admiring the prestine coast line beneath us.  It was ...

San Sebastian, Espagna, San sebastian, Spain travel blog

San Sebastian, Espagna

A travel blog entry by chrisstambo

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And Then Came the Rain, San Sebastián - Donostia, Spain travel blog

And Then Came the Rain

A travel blog entry by orianapacker

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... you around... that is the worst part about the rain. But nothing can bring my spirits down, especially about a place as beautiful as San Sebastian!  Even walking in the torrential downpour, I smiled to myself.  This is the way to live. ...

San Sebastian in April, San Sebastián - Donostia, Spain travel blog

San Sebastian in April

A travel blog entry by maryandjeff

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Mary's Impressions: We left Bilbao for hopefully warmer weather and sunny skies in the direction of Spain's Northern Beach resort – San Sebastian. Perhaps our expectations were a bit unrealistic given that San Sebastian is only an hour drive east ...

Into the Basque Country, San Sebastian, Spain travel blog

Into the Basque Country

A travel blog entry by fritzandjenny

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... VERY happy that we sprang for the private sleeper car.  It was totally worth the extra Euros. So we arrived in San sebastian at 7:45 AM, and had a quick breakfast at the station cafe while we waited for the tourist office to open.  ...

Tapas and Vino and Old People, San Sebastián - Donostia, Spain travel blog

Tapas and Vino and Old People

A travel blog entry by kdwanderlust

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... tapas and vino, we started talking with a young guy at one of the bars. As it turned out, he was from Philly and was in San Sebastian doing a little "research" on Spanish culture. A few drinks in, he let on that he also happened to be a high school ...

A vacation from our vacation, San Sebastián - Donostia, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

A vacation from our vacation

A travel blog entry by rerunkb

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... . this place is cool though. They offer surf lessons and surfboard rentals. And everyone is from Australia. Its real chill like san diego and key west. WE hope that the weather holds off tomorrow so we can enjoy some cervesa on the beach. We¨re jsut ...

Rebellion in San Sebastian or No room in the Inn, San Sebastian, Spain travel blog

Rebellion in San Sebastian or No room in the Inn

A travel blog entry by mickandlisa

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... us, we were only going to enjoy one night, as there was not a single room to be had in San Sebastian. We arrived at the tourist office, and aware that it was busy, were prepared to take any old hovel for an exhorbitant price. The incredulous booking ...

Therapy, San Sebastián - Donostia, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

Therapy

A travel blog entry by nickfear

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... at the Spanish hang up that forces you to wear a swimming cap. Still I didn't get into trouble, and I felt good afterwards. So back to the food, San Sebastian is even more of a place for pintxos than Bilbao. So I visited a few places and sampled several. ...

Day 21 - Markina to San Sebastian, San Sebastián - Donostia, Spain travel blog

Day 21 - Markina to San Sebastian

A travel blog entry by fcardoso

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... as Santiago's route was in asphalt until my goal for this day.  The rain just stopped when I arrived to San Sebastian. I passed by a youth hostel and asked the price which was 17€. So I asked where was Santiago's hostel and the woman gave me a ...

San Sebastion - Spain, San Sebastián - Donostia, Spain travel blog

San Sebastion - Spain

A travel blog entry by matt.taryn

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... "Pension" (pension = lower end hotel/hostel) in the old part of town - Casco Viejo. That night we headed out for tapas and watched Spain beat Germany 1-0 to get into the final! After a nice sleep (not in a tent), we checked out and again struggled to find ...

I have missed you so much Spain!, San Sebastián - Donostia, Spain travel blog

I have missed you so much Spain!

A travel blog entry by adambrownell

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... accommodation, common room, breakfast incl and organising all the biggest parties! I would certainly recommend it, especially for the location! Well done San Sebastian, an awesome city and it as always, is a pleasure to return to Spain! What a country!! ...

Is that really Jude Law?!?!?, San Sebastian, Spain travel blog

Is that really Jude Law?!?!?

A travel blog entry by angecolleen

... a backwards entry....because we're in france, which will also explain the many many typos you are about to read. So yeah, San Sebastian was cool. We arrived there on what we thought was a Sunday night, which was amazing cause the place was ...

Rain in Spain, San Sebastian, Spain travel blog

Rain in Spain

A travel blog entry by johnandcandice

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... in Europe. We have had a few days of nice weather and then in comes the rain again. There wasn't a whole heap to do in San Sebastian in the bad weather. We walked around the shops, but the rain was coming down so hard that we got drenched. We enjoyed ...

More photos, San Sebastian, Spain travel blog

More photos

A travel blog entry by travelhawk

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I have posted more pictures here, since I could only include five pictures under the last ...

Je quero San Sebastion, San Sebastián - Donostia, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

Je quero San Sebastion

A travel blog entry by rerunkb

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... and there is literally about 200 surfers within a half mile span of ocean. It was such an awesome view. A cove with all these surfers and mountains in the background. We just sat on the beach for some time and watched them. We all agree that this is our ...

Stylish San Sebastian - eat your heart out, San Sebastián - Donostia, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

Stylish San Sebastian - eat your heart out

A travel blog entry by redbikini

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... in Biarritz but tonight was the Champions final and i had to be in Spain. What had fooled me was the sheer size of San Sebastian and the total lack of parking . In desperation I call up the hotel...in broken Spanish i tell the receptionist...  " no ...

Dont Believe A Word She Says, San Sebastian, Spain and Canary Islands travel blog

Dont Believe A Word She Says

A travel blog entry by bellavita

... out on another ocean crossing) we cast off the lines and set sail for Le Gomera. This is the last stop in our Canary Island lay over before heading across the deep blue Atlantic. Tom & I, together with our new crew Dad (John) and Matt had a ...

San Sebastian Rocks!, San Sebastian, Spain travel blog

San Sebastian Rocks!

A travel blog entry by georgehahn

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Just spent three fun filled nights in the Basque resort town of San Sebastian in Spain. If anyone goes to spain they should come here! It may not have much sightseeing in the way of fancy monuments and buildings (although the natural beauty of this town ...

Pig Out, San Sebastian, Spain travel blog

Pig Out

A travel blog entry by cadkinsca

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After an overnight bus of almost 12 hours, I got to San Sebastian, Spain, which is also in the Basque country of Spain, like Pamplona. There was no festival in particular occurring, although I was in between their Jazz festival and their big Basque ...

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