San Sebastian: 2 Bays Boat Tour & Sunset with Cava

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Duration2h 10m

GroupUp to 12

LanguagesEN · FR +1

Mobile ticketAccepted

You'll see San Sebastian from the water, which changes everything

You board at San Sebastian's port and spend 2 to 2.5 hours on a small boat moving through the two bays, past Monte Urgull, Santa Clara Island and Pasaia. An audioguide in four languages feeds information through your phone; on the sunset tour you get cava and a Polaroid souvenir. The boat is semi-private, includes drinks and a restroom, and returns you to the same port where you started.

2h 10m

Step-by-step itinerary

San Sebastian Bay and Pasaia tour

Depart from San Sebastian port
View San Sebastian Bay
See Mount Urgull
Observe Urumea river mouth
Spot Zurriola Beach
Appreciate Mount Urgull cliffs
Stop at Cala Ilurrita
Pass Silver Lighthouse
Pass Senoko zuloa
View San Pedro passages
View San Juan passages
See Zurriola Beach from sea
Spot Donostia from sea and Ciaboga
View Mount Igueldo and Comb of the Wind
Pass Santa Clara Island
Return to San Sebastian Bay
Opportunity to swim
Return to port

The Experience

You don't realize how much of the city stays hidden until you're out on the water. The boat leaves from San Sebastian's port heading east along the coast, and within minutes Monte Urgull rises up differently than it does from the promenade — the cliffs drop straight into the sea, and you're close enough to see the texture. Your guide speaks in Spanish, English, French or Basque through a mobile audioguide (bring headphones), so you're not straining to hear over the engine. The route takes you past the Urumea River mouth, Zurriola Beach in the Gros neighbourhood, and then further out to Pasaia Bay, where the fishing villages of San Pedro and San Juan sit across the water from each other in a way that only makes sense when you're floating between them.

Santa Clara Island comes into view as you swing back toward the city, and depending on which tour you choose — morning, afternoon or sunset — the light hits it completely differently. The morning and afternoon tours run about two hours; the sunset tour stretches to around two hours and twenty minutes because the schedule shifts with the actual sunset time. On the sunset departure, you get a glass of cava as the light goes gold, and a souvenir Polaroid photo gets handed to you before you dock. The boat is semi-private, which means it's not a packed catamaran full of tour groups — it's small enough that you feel like you're being shown around by people who actually live here, because you are. The owners are natives of San Sebastian running a family business, and that shows in the details: Wi-Fi on board, a restroom, soda and water included, and the fact that they mention swimming is possible if you want to jump in during the return to port.

The audioguide is paired to your phone, so you're not holding a clunky device — just listening through your own headphones as the boat moves through each stop. You'll pass the Silver Lighthouse at Punta de la Plata, the cliffs of Monte Ulia and Cala Ilurrita, and from the high seas you see Donostia (the Basque name for San Sebastian) with Mount Igueldo and the Comb of the Wind sculpture visible on the skyline. It's the kind of tour where you get the geography of the place locked into your head because you're seeing it from a single vantage point that keeps shifting — the bay from inside, the bay from outside, the city from the water, the coast from the boat. By the time you return to port, you've covered the two main bays and enough of the surrounding coast that San Sebastian stops feeling like a collection of beaches and starts feeling like a place.

What’s included

Your tour includes the audioguide in four languages paired to your mobile phone, soft drinks and water throughout, a souvenir Polaroid photo, access to the restroom on board, and Wi-Fi connection.
On the sunset tour, a glass of cava is served as you return toward the city.
All tours depart and return from San Sebastian's port.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleAccessible transportStroller friendlyPets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by BRAI-KANTAURI

Is this one for you?Pick this if you want to understand San Sebastian's geography and coastline without arranging your own boat — the semi-private format and family-run operation mean you're not on a crowded tour, and the audioguide lets you listen at your own pace instead of following a group.