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San Sebastián — Boutique Hotels & Travel Guide
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San Sebastián is the most beautiful city in Spain and, depending on your priorities, the finest food city in the world. It sits on a perfect bay between two headlands, with a Belle Époque old town on one side and the long curve of La Concha beach — consistently ranked among the finest urban beaches in Europe — on the other. The pintxos bars of the Parte Vieja operate with a precision and an ambition that would not be out of place in a three-star kitchen.
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The pintxo bar circuit in the old town is the essential San Sebastián experience — Bar Txepetxa for anchovy pintxos, La Viña for the burnt cheesecake that has been copied in every food city in the world, Ganbara for the mushroom and foie montadito. Walk La Concha at dawn before anyone is awake. Climb to the castle above the old town for the view over the bay. Then eat again.
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San Sebastián works in every season — the food culture is year-round and the city has a large local population that keeps it alive outside the tourist months. The Semana Grande festival in August is one of the great Spanish summer celebrations. September brings the Film Festival. October and November are the finest months for serious eating — the restaurants are less crowded and the kitchens are at their most focused.
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The best meal in San Sebastián is not at a Michelin-starred restaurant — it is the menú del día at Casa Vallés in the old town, a lunch that costs twelve euros and includes three courses, wine, bread, and dessert. The txuleta is cooked over charcoal, the ensalada is dressed with the local olive oil, and the table next to you will be occupied by the same retired fishermen who have been eating here every day for forty years.
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