- Food, Culture
- 2.5 - 3 Hours
Forget museums, textbooks, and culture lessons – one of the best ways to understand Basque culture is through its food. In this case, pintxos!
Quick Details
Biking Tour of San Sebastián Highlights
What do you get when you mash up history, art, and culture, add a sprinkling of beaches and palaces, and mix it all up with some Basque charm on two wheels? The best San Sebastián bike tour ever, that’s what! Give your brain a workout along with your legs and learn all about San Seb while riding the city’s fabulous bike trails.
- Get the best views of San Sebastián from the seat of a bike.
- Ride along some of the 30 kilometers of bike paths throughout the city.
- Explore one of San Sebastián’s oldest and most authentic neighborhoods.
- Head to beaches loved by locals and check out the raging surf scene.
- Become an expert on the history and culture of San Sebastián and the Basque Country.
Inclusions: Local English-speaking guide, and bike and helmet rental.
Exclusions: Items of a personal nature, and tips/gratuities for your guide.
Schedule details
- Duration: 2,5 hours
- Meeting point: Calle Reyes Católicos, 14, 20006 View on Google Maps.
- Starting time: 10.30 AM, 3.00 PM
- Ending point: Calle Reyes Católicos, 14, 20006 View on Google Maps.
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Your San Sebastián cycle adventure begins in the historic street of Reyes Católicos. After meeting your guide and getting acquainted with your new wheels, we’ll head towards the historic Santa Catalina bridge, the first bridge to be built in the city.
Next, we’ll glide through one of the city’s busiest and hippest neighbourhoods: Gros. Here, we’ll take time to mingle with the locals and we’ll show you where to find the best people-watching spots.
At Cataluña Plaza you’ll learn about life in the city, as you’re guide talks about the cost of living in this popular local neighbourhood.
As you cycle, we’ll enjoy stunning views of the Bay of Biscay and admire the brave surfers along Zurriola beach. We will also pass by one of the most important and controversial buildings in San Sebastián, Kursaal — boasting a glamourous history.
We’ll follow the contemporary Boulevard that separates the Old Town from the new part of the city and head towards La Concha beach, one of Europe’s most beautiful beaches where we’ll stop to appreciate the views. Learn why there are so many small trees in this area, and how a local legend connects San Sebastián with Japan.
The bidegorri bike path is next; we’ll follow the route along La Concha beach up to the palace of Queen Maria Cristina, before arriving at one of the locals’ favourite beaches in the city: Ondarreta.
From there, your San Sebastián sightseeing bike tour takes you to the end of the bay, where nature meets civilisation. Discover some Basque modern art before veering through one of the city’s oldest, most authentic neighbourhoods and toward a “secret passage” that connects two parts of the city. Ride through districts that show the many faces of San Sebastián, from the workers’ city to the aristocratic belle époque of the past. Follow the Urumea River back to the city centre, passing villas and bourgeois palaces.
Our tour ends here. If you are hungry, Reyes Catolicos is a great place to find some food. Or join our Pintxo tour! Before you go, don’t forget to ask your expert local guide for tips for the rest of your trip.
Additional information
All of the bikes are e-bikes that also can be used as regular pushbikes.
Inclusions: Local English-speaking guide, and bike and helmet.
Exclusions: Items of a personal nature, and tips/gratuities for your guide.
Dress standard: Comfortable shoes and clothes.
Your Trip: You will be in a small group of a maximum of 12 people.
Confirmation of booking: If you have your voucher, your booking is confirmed. We’ll see you at the start point. Get in touch if you have any concerns or require more information via the email address or phone number (business hours only) on your voucher.
Child Policy: This is a child-friendly tour, but please inform us at the time of booking if you’ll be bringing a child. You can do so in the special request box on the checkout page or email us at [email protected]. Children under the weight of 22 kg or 24 kg are permitted to join this tour free of charge but they must be seated on the back of their parent/guardian’s bike. Please let us know when booking that you are travelling with a small child. Children between the ages of six and 12 inclusively are permitted on this tour at the rate listed above. Please select ‘child’ above when booking. All child seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis, based on the booking date. Please notify us at the time of booking if you will need a child’s bike or seat so we can reserve it for you.
Local contact
Office phone number: +34 639 267 948
Email address: [email protected] -
K. P’an Gerard from Natick, Massachusetts travelled on August 2020:
Fantastic way to start your stay! We were so pleasantly surprised when we arrived and discovered that our Basque bike tour of San Sebastián was aboard e-bikes. This made our 11yo son’s whole vacation and in fact we all had a blast speeding along and covering the whole of the San Sebastián territory and history, end to end. Angel was an amazing guide who shared the best details, photo stops and areas of interest with us. It was a really great way to start a 20 day vacation, even during these crazy times of COVID. We felt very safe, socially distanced and all kept our masks on for the whole journey. Highly recommend this trip.
O.C. travelled on August 2020:
Wonderful bike tour San Sebastian! We have had a very nice and well organized electric bike tour with Carlos. Carlos is an excellent guide and he told us so much about the city, history and local insights. Besides this the brought us to wonderful spots and places. We have had a great day!
Vilja travelled on July 2020:
Bike tour San Sebastian! We had a great and good organised tour in San Sebastian with Carlos. He knew a lot about the it’s and out’s of the city, the history and showed us beautiful places. The bikes where also good, also for our kids (12 years).
Cmonwel from Amsterdam, Netherlands travelled on July 2020:
Bike tour through San Sebastián! The bike tour was a really great thing to do with our teenage boys. They especially liked the electric bike which made the whole trip very easy. It is a great way to see and get to learn about the city and we loved it!
Pam C. from Boston, Massachusetts travelled on November 2019:
Bike Tours are the WAY to go!! It was a great way to explore the city and get some local insight. It gave an aspect to San Sebastian that we wouldn’t have seen (or known) otherwise. I have done a bike tour in NYC Central Park twice and now I feel it’s the only way to go when exploring and navigating a new city.