DIY pintxo routes 2016
San Sebastian Donostia Spain
Moving about town
Walk
Rent a Bicycle
Urban Route Bus
Taxi
Txita
Hop on-off Tourist Bus
dBizi Bicycle
Hop on-off Train
Walk
As you will gather from the route maps, everything is pretty much within walking distance.
If your accomodation is located out of walking range of the bars you want to visit, then you may find it more convenient to get a taxi to where you are going (Old part of Town, Centro or Gros area) and then simply walk, before catching a taxi again back to your accomodation.
Make sure you wear comfortable flat walking shoes.
Be careful walking along the promenade on windy days.
The crashing waves are spectacular.... but you can get drenched...
Rent a Bicycle
Renting a bicycle is an inexpensive way to travel around town and increase the number of sights within your reach.
The city is predominantly flat and many of the local recommended things to do lend themselves to exploration by bicycle, even for less athletic and older visitors.
Each one of the Pintxo Routes in his website includes the location of some of the sights and things to do in the neighbourhood. These can be included in the pintxo bar crawl experience to broaden its appeal and to allow time between bars for the food to settle and make room for more !
See the map of sights within bicycle reach.
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Bici Rent
Use a taxi
Note : in San Sebastian taxis can only be taken at taxi stops.
You cannot just lift your hand and shout "taxi!".
It is forbidden for them to take passengers who are not at the taxi stops,
except for those passengers who call and ask for a taxi by phone.
Use a txita
The txitas (“chicks” in Basque) are bike-taxis that will take you round the city with no carbon footprint.
The bike-taxi service runs from June to September, 8 hours a day.
Use a dBizi bike
There are several bike-service spots around the city, where these e-bikes can be picked up and dropped off.
Get a bike-card at the Tourist Information Center in Boulevard, 8
The required deposit of € 150 is refundable when you leave.
After paying for your 1 day or 3 days or 5 days card, you will be reuired to pay a small fee for each hour of bike use.
You can use any of the multiple bikes around the city, for a maximum of 4h non-stop (Leaving 30 minutes between use allows you to cycle for a further 4h non-stop), from 10:00 to 21:00.
Go by bus
Single journeys to any destination on its network cost a flat rate of €1.45, which may be paid in cash on the bus.
It's also possible to buy and top up
a bus card or tourist card,
from newsagents or tobacconists.
Dbus has an online planner to help you plan your trips from one place to another within the city.
Tourist Bus Panoramic Route
Hop on-off fleet of buses designed expressly for urban guided sightseeing tours. They travel at a maximum speed of 25 km/h.
Buses have a canopy in case of rain, panoramic windows that provide easy visibility for all passengers and TFT screens with information about different places on the tour.
Individual multilingual audio guides are available in 8 languages: Basque, Spanish, English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Chinese.
Tourist Train
Hop on-off articulated train with two carriages and screens in case of rain. Panoramic roofs in all carriages provide easy visibility for all passengers and TFT screens carry information about different places on the tour
The train travels at a maximum speed of 25 km/h.
Individual multilingual audio guides are available in 8 languages: Basque, Spanish, English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Chinese.