Car hire San Sebastian

San Sebastian is a small city which has known how to join tradition and modernity. Thanks to its proximity to France and its fantastic infrastructures. San Sebastian is easy to access; it is well connected by any type of transport to the rest of the world. You can get there by car, plane, train and boat.

San Sebastian airport, also known as the Hondarribia airport, is located at only 20 minutes to the city center. This airport is well connected to other large cities like Madrid and Barcelona. Bilbao airport is very near to San Sebastian, only a few kilometres, it is connected with all Europe and also the French airport of Biarritz, only at 20 kilometres where you can easily find low cost flights.

Renting a car in the airport of San Sebastian is the easiest way to start your holidays. Furthermore not having to depend upon public transports during your holidays, you can also visit other places of the province of Guipuzcoa like Zarautz, Tolosa, Azpeitia, Zumaia, Getaria among others.

San Sebastian places an immense importance to the gastronomy and with time it has become one of the key factors. San Sebastian cookers have reached international prestige and brought closer to people from all over the world the Vasque and Spanish gastronomy.

In Donostia old city center you will find the canteens and restaurants of any sort, from the most traditional ones to the vanguardian and in any of them you will enjoy the taste of the classical pinchos.

Other relevant characteristic of the city of San Sebastian is its immense cultural offer, similar to Barcelona or Madrid’s. The city counts on scores of museums and festivals internationally recognised because of its quality and prestige.

The best period to visit San Sebastian is in summer because of the rainy climate in winter. A car hire in San Sebastian will allow you to visit the most emblematic places of the city.

The most important beaches of the city of San Sebastian are La Concha and Ondarreta, which are inside La Concha Bay. A must visit if you go to San Sebastian is the climbing to Monte Igeldo, a unique place to appreciate de landscape of the bay and a walk along La Concha Bay.

If you travel with children, we recommend the visit to the theme park located in the Monte Igeldo. In the port you will find Palacio del Mar with an aquarium and an oceanographic and naval history museum inside.

Culture is very important for the city of San Sebastian. Several festivals of international prestige are celebrated every year and fill the city with cinema or music fans. One of the most important festivals in Donostia is the Festival de Cine de San Sebastian which is celebrated every year in September and joins the most important actors, actresses and stars in the Spanish panorama. Victoria Eugenia Theatre is one of the most emblematic in the city and nowadays is the home of the cinema international festival of the city.

The jazz festival of San Sebastian is one of the oldest in Spain and one of the most important ones in Europe. Cinema amateurs can enjoy in this festival concerts in several sceneries, in which the famous building Kursaal is included. The conference palace has become one of the most emblematic buildings of the Vasque modern architecture.