San Sebastian Pintxos Tour for Gourmets in the Old Town
Designed for true gourmets, this premium pintxos tour offers a carefully curated tasting at some of San Sebastian’s best pintxo bars. Enjoy VIP access with seats reserved at popular venues, avoiding queues and crowds.
Led by knowledgeable local guides in English, the tour combines outstanding food with insights into Basque gastronomy, history and culture. Groups are kept small (maximum 10 guests) to ensure a relaxed, personal experience.
The tasting includes 7 premium pintxos, 5 drinks (Spanish red and white wines such as Rioja, local Txakoli white wine, natural cider and other local drinks), water as a courtesy, and a sweet dessert to finish.
Flexible for food preferences and allergies. Proud pioneers of pintxos tours in San Sebastian since 2005.
Pintxo and Tapas tour with local Food Expert
The only Food and photography expert-led PINTXO TOUR in Bilbao. Join me for a walking, photographing, eating & drinking experience you'll never forget!
We'll visit 5 different bars for a glass & a pintxo (sophisticated Basque tapa) at each one. It's a full meal & exactly what the locals like to do. You'll BE A LOCAL with me!
Along the route, I'll show you the sites & tell you about the history & culture of the Basque Country, we will visit the RIBERA MARKET but my focus is definitely on FOOD & DRINK.
My route & the menu changes daily, but we'll do a mix from the traditional to the modern. Expect to eat anchovies, octopus, bacalao in pil-pil sauce, squid, foie gras, local cheese... and ending of course, with a traditional dessert.
Thirsty? I'm great at pairing the perfect pour with the perfect plate, from local ciders to white wine (txakoli), young & aged Tempranillo from La Rioja, beer & beyond maybe we'll dip into some vermouth too? Or want to try our local drink Kalimotxo?
Rioja Like A Native Wine Tour
✨ Here’s what you can expect on our unforgettable wine adventure:
• Explore the Rioja Alta wine region – The heart of Rioja’s wine country, known for its elegant wines, historic wineries, and stunning vineyard landscapes.
• Discover 2,000 years of winemaking history – Learn how Rioja’s wines evolved from Roman times to today.
• Visit family-run wineries – Taste handcrafted wines made by passionate local winemakers.
• Experience Rioja like a native – Hear stories from the families who craft the wines you’ll enjoy.
• Savor authentic Riojan cuisine – Enjoy local dishes paired with exceptional wines.
• Walk through ancient vineyards – Explore the vines that define Rioja’s celebrated wines.
• Learn the art of winemaking – Discover techniques from traditional grape stomping to barrel aging.
⭐ Let us show you Rioja’s hidden gems! Rated #1 on TripAdvisor with 840+ glowing reviews.
Basque Cooking Experience: Market Tour & Hands-On Class English
You will be able to experience the visit to the market with our chef and see all the fresh products. You will be able to enjoy the local cuisine and understand why Basque gastronomy is worldwide known.
Private Rioja wine tasting tour with local lunch
We have been guiding in Rioja for over 12 years offering only the best wine tastings on our tours, all guided by the most professional local tour guides.
Come with us to explore the vineyards, taste top wines, discover Rioja as no one else and get delighted with the best home made food. Real local experience!
Enjoy Rioja on your own private tour. THE foodie's and winelover's dream.
Rioja Icons: Marqués de Riscal & Ysios Wine Tour from Bilbao
Experience Rioja through its most iconic wineries, world famous architecture and timeless villages on this full day small group wine journey from Bilbao, guided entirely in English.
Begin at Marqués de Riscal, one of Spain’s most celebrated wineries, where you will enjoy a complete guided visit inside the estate, discovering both its winemaking traditions and the extraordinary design that made it an international landmark. Be aware that visits are organised directly by the estate and in peak season may take place in groups of up to approximately 20 guests.
Continue into the heart of Rioja to the striking Ysios winery, admired for its dramatic architecture set against the Sierra Cantabria mountains. Here you will enjoy a carefully selected wine tasting experience showcasing the elegant character of the newer style of Rioja wines.
Along the way, stroll through one of Rioja’s charming medieval villages and relax over a traditional tapas lunch included as part of the day.
Rioja & Txakoli Wine Tasting in Bilbao with a Local Sommelier
Sample 5 top Spanish wines explained by our sommelier. The wines tasted come from small-family boutique wineries where every sip will connect you directly with the winemaker.
- Sommelier led
- Taste 5 wines accompanied by a light snack
- Small groups only (max 12 people per tasting)
- Beautiful wine glasses and private tasting room
Full Day Private Basque French Countryside from San Sebastian
If you were looking forward to discovering the French part of the Basque Country and you also wanted to taste the gastronomy and products of Iparralde, you are in luck.
Your guide is a talented photographer so you will have pictures to remember.
We are Experts in creating Experiences that you keep Forever.
San Sebastian Private Sailing trips & Socioeducational boat tours
Donostia San Sebastian Sailing wants to share with you our passion for the sea , nature and sail navigation. specialized in socio-educational activities of any topics, we try to make things different and avoid crowds and always enjoy the city from the best and most exclusive views. Always unparaleled and imposible to find anywhere except in our boat.
The offer a unique way to experience a location while learning about sailing and related topics like marine life, history, and culture.
You will enjoy a socio-educational sailing experience.
Small-Group Electric Bike Tour in San Sebastián
San Sebastian has a large network of bike lanes. We have decided to take advantage of them and take you to explore the different districts of the city to see how we, the “donostiarras”, live our day to day life and show you the nicest corners.
Discover the most authentic neighbourhoods of the city thanks to our Orbea electric bikes.
Visit places of interest in the districts that are further away from the touristic areas of the city.
Choose the tour that adapts better to your schedule, in the morning or in the afternoon.
The small size of the group makes the experience more comfortable and safe.
All of our guides are English speaking locals that love and enjoy the city.
San Sebastian Centro Neighborhood Pintxos & Wine Tour
While San Sebastian’s Old Town is undeniably captivating, it can also get pretty crowded—which is why locals usually head into Centro instead for their pintxos crawls. On this pintxos tour, you’ll join your friendly foodie guide and become an honorary San Sebastian resident for the evening as you eat and drink your way across the neighborhood, experiencing a more authentic side of the Basque Country along the way. From classic pintxos to pleasant surprises most visitors will have never heard of, there’s no better part of San Sebastian to get fully immersed in what’s long been considered one of the best foodie cities in the world.
4 Day Basque Country Tour: San Sebastian, Biarritz, Bilbao and Rioja
Discover the Basque Country like a local. 4 Full day tours along the basque country, visiting the main touristic places as well as of the track ones which only local people know. Unique experience not to be missed, be a local while exploring the area, gather basque people on their daily lives.
Guided tour in Spanish of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Discover the Museum at the hands of a professional local guide licensed in Art History from the University of the Basque Country.
These two hours of visit will be very complete and enjoyable because not only the exhibitions of the moment will be visited, there will be a tour of its exterior enjoying the best perspectives of its architecture and also information about the Bilbao motif will be inserted as the place chosen for its building.
Inside the building we will visit the permanent and temporary collections accessing them through different places to be able to appreciate its interior image from all perspectives.
As it is impossible to be able to visit the entire museum in its entirety, at the end of the tour you will be guided to be able to tour the rest freely, since the entrance allows you to visit the museum again during the same day.
San Sebastian Evening Pintxo Tour with Wine
Wine and dine like a local on this 3-hour small-group ‘pintxos’ (Basque tapas) tour in San Sebastián. Head to San Sebastián’s famous Old Town, Parte Vieja, with an expert guide to hunt down the most delicious pintxos in town. Visit six of the most exciting pintxos bars in the city, from classic traditional haunts to chic nouveau Basque bars, and taste an array of tantalizing pintxos, paired with a refreshing glass of cider or local wine in each venue. Numbers are limited to 10 on this small-group tour, ensuring an intimate dining experience.
La Rioja wines and Laguardia tour from Bilbao
Enjoy a premium day with our wine-tasting tour from Bilbao to La Rioja, designed to savour Rioja wines at their source and understand why this land, cultivated since Roman times, is a byword for excellence.
With a local guide and private transport, visit two different wineries (one in the Bilingual group option), one small, one mid-sized—to compare traditional methods and modern innovations, stroll among barrels, and enjoy a guided tasting to identify notes of red fruit, vanilla, and spices.
The tour continues in medieval Laguardia with cobbled streets, vineyard views, underground cellars, and a light pintxos lunch paired with local wines (vegetarian and gluten-free options available).
No expertise needed, just curiosity, good company, and a taste for Rioja’s finest. Small groups and flexible options make it perfect for solo travellers too.
*Private experience option available.
Pintxos and Tapas Cooking Class in Bilbao
• Enjoy a very personal and real Basque cooking class in our recently open venue
•Cook with a local Basque chef (bilingual in English ) who has worked in the major Michelin starred restaurants of Basque Country and Japan
• Learn stories about the Basque people, dishes and culture
• Relax drinking wines and traditional alcoholic drinks of Northern Spain
• Taste top quality cheeses and extra virgin olive oils from the area
Private Guided Full-Day Walking Tour in Bilbao
You'll visit the most beautiful places in Bilbao, enjoying them calmly. The tour is private and the customers travel without other people, only with the guide. You decide the type of food you want. The guide take you at your accommodation and we'll return when the tour has finished.
Basque Pintxos and Tapas Cooking Class in Bilbao
Join this Basque cooking class and learn how to cook traditional pintxos and tapas of the Basque Country with a local Basque chef. Learn about local ingredients and spices, the story behind them, and how the locals enjoy these delicious bites.
First, meet up with your instructor, who doubles as the chef for this class. Get introduced to the ingredients you'll be working with, and listen as you learn about each one's importance in traditional northern Spanish cooking.
Then, get your hands into action as you mix, stir, chop, and begin to combine ingredients with the help of the chef, who will guide you through each step of preparation. As you begin to cook, sip on a glass of wine from the open bar.
Finally, see the fruits of your labors come to life as 4 different pintxos are plated from your work. Try each one, and enjoy them alongside your wine, and a complimentary charcuterie and cheese board, and dessert prepared for you.
Rioja Wine Private Tour from San Sebastian
Our Winery Hopping sessions offer a selection from the wide range that Rioja produces; from traditional to more modern styles and signature wines, lesser-known wines that are proud not to be listed but highly praised by locals.
A tour for wine lovers who want to explore a wide range of outstanding wines. We will get to 3 wineries, from Classical Rioja wineries to small boutique family owned ones, hopping into their wine bars, to taste the best wines of each winery.
For lunchtime, we will head to a local restaurant to savour a tasting menu, a three-course meal including wine of course! After lunch we will visit the charming town of Laguardia, a small picturesque town that is somewhat unreal, as from a fairy tale, with its narrow cobbled streets, with its ancient walls and with that medieval touch of distinction that fascinates travellers so much.
Walking Route San Juan De Gaztelugatze, Bermeo & Gernika
The day starts at Gaztelugatxe, where visitors can enjoy a stunning walk to the hermitage located on an islet, accessible via a bridge and a steep staircase of 231 steps. The views of the Bay of Biscay and the Basque coastline are spectacular, and the area is famous for its appearance in the "Game of Thrones" series.
Next, the excursion continues to Bermeo, a charming coastal town known for its fishing port, old town, and excellent seafood cuisine. It's an ideal place to stroll and discover the region’s maritime traditions. There we will have free time for lunch.
Finally, the visit takes you to Gernika, a town rich in history, famous for being the place where the laws of Bizkaia were signed. At the Casa de Juntas, visitors can learn about the Basque Country's historic rights, and the Tree of Gernika serves as a symbol of freedom and unity for the Basques.
This excursion offers the perfect blend of natural landscapes, history, and Basque culture.
San Sebastian Private Sailing at La Concha Beach & Pasai Donibane
Donostia San Sebastian Sailing wants to share with you our passion for the sea , nature and sail navigation. specialized in socio-educational activities of any topics, we try to make things different and avoid crowds and always enjoy the city from the best and most exclusive views.
Sailing experiences in which we combine SUSTAINABILITY and RESPECT FOR CULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
We offer a unique way to experience a location while learning about sailing and related topics like marine life, history, and culture.
You will enjoy a socio-educational sailing experience.
Always unparaleled and imposible to find anywhere except in our boat.
San Sebastian Food Tour: Pintxos, Drinks, and Tapas with a Local
Do Eat Better Experience San Sebastian Food Tour will make you discover and experience the city like a true local. During this tour, which lasts about 3.5 hours, you will have the opportunity to stop in at least 4 venues and taste the typical pixtos that the city has to offer. At the end of the tour, you will have eaten the equivalent of a full meal, tasting various tapas and drinks.
During the tour, you will be with our Local Expert, who's able to explain every detail of the selected restaurants, their preparations, and any other relevant curiosity.
Our tour is a mix of high-quality gastronomy as a way for showing local culture and lifestyle and a walking experience together with a local friend.
Our tours are in shared groups, but groups are up to 12 people max because we want to keep the experience as authentic and intimate as possible.
Pintxo route with Spanish D.O. wines in Bilbao
Discover the Basque Country’s culinary richness on a pintxo and wine tour in Bilbao, blending tradition, modernity, and local flavors.
Explore the Old Town while tasting eight different pintxos at traditional bars, each with its own specialty, paired with four Spanish DO wines and local cider.
This tour is more than a tasting; it’s a cultural experience where you visit carefully selected local bars, hear the stories behind each dish, and savor the essence of Basque cuisine in small, flavor-packed bites.
With a comfortable pace and local guidance, this Bilbao food tour is the perfect way to enjoy authentic gastronomy in just a few hours.
The Authentic Bilbao Pintxos, Food & Wine Tour with a Local
All of our guides are basque foodies and want to show you why. They will take you around the city from bar to bar discovering the local food, pintxos, and some local drinks as well.
Many pintxos and 5 wines pairings included.
You will get to know the history of Basque language and the Basque people, differences between Spain and Basque country and the past and present of Bilbao. We will adapt the route depending on whether you are more eager to walk and see places or if want to try more local foods. You will visit bars and restaurants off the beaten track, avoiding the tourists and experiencing the city like a true local.
All allergies and dietary restrictions included, we will personalize the tour for your needs.