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Sights and landmarks in San Sebastián

98 sights worth seeing in San Sebastián: landmarks, galleries, monuments and viewpoints.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first. Showing the top 40 of 98.

Mount Ulia, San Sebastián
Photo: Angela Redondo from San Sebastián/Donosti, Basque Country/Spain, CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Sights and landmarks in San Sebastián

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    San Telmo Museum

    Wide ranging museum partially in a 16th century Dominican convent and a new building. The top floor is an art gallery featuring Basque artists.

    10:00-19:00 Tue-SunAdult: EUR 6; Students, +65; EUR 3; 25- free. Also free on Tu. · Wheelchair accessible

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    Mount Ulia

    A small hill providing views of the bay area.

    222 m high

  3. SeePublic art

    The Comb of the Wind

    The Comb of the Wind is a collection of three sculptures by Eduardo Chillida arranged as an architectural work by the Basque architect Luis Peña Ganchegui. For both, this is one of their most important and well known works. The Comb of the Wind is located at the western end of La Concha Bay, at the end of Ondarreta beach, in the municipality of San Sebastián, in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country of Spain.

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    Faro de la plata

    La Platako itsasargia

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    Artzain Onaren katedrala

    The Cathedral of the Good Shepherd located in the city of San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain. It is the seat of the Diocese of San Sebastián, a suffragan see to the Archdiocese of Pamplona y Tudela. The most remarkable religious building of San Sebastián, it is endowed with a strong verticality and is the largest in Gipuzkoa.

    Wheelchair accessible

  6. SeeHistoric church

    Basilica of Saint Mary of the Chorus

    The Basilica of Saint Mary of Coro is a baroque Roman Catholic parish church and minor basilica completed in 1774. It is located in the "Parte Vieja" (Old Town) of the city of San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain.

  7. SeeHistory museum

    Basque Maritime Museum

    El Museo fue inaugurado en 1991 bajo el nombre de Museo Naval, cambia de nombre a Museo Marítimo Vasco en 2017, en la antigua Casa-Torre del Consulado de San Sebastián. Es uno de los pocos edificios civiles que se salvaron de la destrucción en 1813.

    Closed · opens 4 pmLimited wheelchair access

  8. SeeHistoric site

    La Mota Castle

    La Mota Castle is an old fortress strategically located on the hilltop of Mount Urgull (Monte Orgullo), in San Sebastián, Spain. The city itself was built at the foot of Mount Urgull, a hill (mota) at the end of a peninsula. Apart from its location, the castle's primary defences were its thick walls and, over time, its integration with the city's overall fortifications.

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    Igeldoko itsasargia

    Limited wheelchair access

  10. SeeHistoric church

    San Vicente eliza

    15 San Juan kalea

    Wheelchair accessible

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    San Sebastian siege 1813

    Grupo escultórico perteneciente al desmantelado monumento al Centenario ubicado primitivamente en los jardines de Alderdi Eder (1913).

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    Bakearen usoa

  13. SeeLibrary

    Carlos Santamaria Zentroa

    Wheelchair accessible · Wi-Fi

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    Jesusen Bihotz Sakratua

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    Arteko. sala de arte

    Dunas Kalea, 1

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    Museo Diocesano

    Parroquia Santa María, Kale Nagusia, 12

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    Lugaritz Kultur Etxea

    Heriz Pasealekua, 20

  18. SeeHistoric church

    Aita Karmeldarren eliza

    75 Easo kalea

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    Udal Gas Fabrika

    12 Morlans pasealekua

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    Zorroagako eliza

    1 Zorroagagaina kalea

  21. SeeHistoric building

    Astiñene

    Built 1600

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    Ategorrietako Ate Gorriak

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    Eraikuntza Hutsa-Construcción Vacía

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    Ernest Lluch kultur etxea

    7 Anoeta pasealekua

    Closed · opens 4 pmWheelchair accessible · Wi-Fi

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    Estela

  26. SeeArt gallery

    Koloreka

    C. de San Jerónimo, 19

  27. SeeLibrary

    Loiola kultur etxea

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    Museo Naval

    Paseo del Muelle, 24

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    Peine del Viento

    Eduardo Chillida Pasealekua S/N

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    Trikitilariak

    Etxeberri plaza

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    Ekain Art Gallery

    Iñigo Kalea, 4

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    Kubo Kutxa

    Kutxa Fundazioa Kubo De, Zurriola Hiribidea, 1

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    Lance & Malone

    C. de San Jerónimo, 17

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    Palacio de Aiete

    Aiete Pasealekua, 65

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    Puente de la Zurriola o del Kursaal

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    Guggenheim Bilbao

    Calle De San Jerónimo

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    Cibrián

    Jose Maria Soroa Kalea, 12

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    Galeria de Arte Echeberria

    Calle de Zubieta, 18

  39. SeeObservatory

    Mirador de la entrada de la calle Puerto

    20003, Kaimingaintxo Plaza, 1

  40. SeeObservatory

    Paseo de los curas

    Gaztelubide Kalea, 6

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