San Sabastian/Costa Brava
Mar 16th, 2012, 03:11 PM
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San Sabastian/Costa Brava
What would you say is the minimum amount of time needed to see/appreciate the San Sebastian area?
Same question for the Costa Brava area.
Time of year: early June
Same question for the Costa Brava area.
Time of year: early June
Mar 17th, 2012, 02:55 AM
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San Sebastián is fabulous, but NYT thinks you can do much in 36 hours. http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/08/07...tin-spain.html
That will of course only give you at taste of one of the finest small cities in Europe (pop 180 000), making you want to come back for more, as I've done almost every year since the late 80's. The culinary capital of Spain, some of the finest city beaches on the continent and European capital of culture 2016.
That will of course only give you at taste of one of the finest small cities in Europe (pop 180 000), making you want to come back for more, as I've done almost every year since the late 80's. The culinary capital of Spain, some of the finest city beaches on the continent and European capital of culture 2016.
Mar 17th, 2012, 04:17 AM
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Gabrino,
I've gone to both places in the same trip, renting a car in San Sebastian and then driving down to the Costa Brava (via France).
The food along the Basque Coast is so spectacular that, if you like food, you will want have more than a few meals there. The scenery is also gorgeous right in San Sebastian but also if you have a car, so that is another reason to linger.
I am less impressed by Bilbao than others, so I would skip that.
I am also overall less impressed with the Costa Brava, when it comes to food, enjoyment and especially when it comes to Gaudi or Dali. That said, the historic site of Empuries was something I was very glad I saw, Calella da Palaufrugell is an atmospheric white beach town (nicer than Cadaques I think) and tucked away here in there in the low hills on the way to Barcelona are very interesting Catalonian towns, Vic and Castello de Empuries being the most interesting to me.
I don't believe there is some road map to either place that means you can "check it off" a list of places you've "done," but other people are very much sold on that kind of travel. If that's your style, any good driving guidebook for Spain (try AAA or Michelin) will give you an itinerary for 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, etc, and you can follow that.
I've gone to both places in the same trip, renting a car in San Sebastian and then driving down to the Costa Brava (via France).
The food along the Basque Coast is so spectacular that, if you like food, you will want have more than a few meals there. The scenery is also gorgeous right in San Sebastian but also if you have a car, so that is another reason to linger.
I am less impressed by Bilbao than others, so I would skip that.
I am also overall less impressed with the Costa Brava, when it comes to food, enjoyment and especially when it comes to Gaudi or Dali. That said, the historic site of Empuries was something I was very glad I saw, Calella da Palaufrugell is an atmospheric white beach town (nicer than Cadaques I think) and tucked away here in there in the low hills on the way to Barcelona are very interesting Catalonian towns, Vic and Castello de Empuries being the most interesting to me.
I don't believe there is some road map to either place that means you can "check it off" a list of places you've "done," but other people are very much sold on that kind of travel. If that's your style, any good driving guidebook for Spain (try AAA or Michelin) will give you an itinerary for 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, etc, and you can follow that.
Mar 17th, 2012, 03:34 PM
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If you want a very good meal in San Sebastian, I would try Arzak. You will need reservations ahead of time, but they honor reservations without any runaround.
It's one of the top 10 restaurants in the world, but it isn't really snooty at all. Expensive, yes, but French 3 star expensive, no. It's in a former home that the owner's grandparents originally bought. Right in San Sebastian.
It's one of the top 10 restaurants in the world, but it isn't really snooty at all. Expensive, yes, but French 3 star expensive, no. It's in a former home that the owner's grandparents originally bought. Right in San Sebastian.
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