San Sebastián Private Family Food Tour
About this activity
A private family food tour through San Sebastián's Old Town, with churros, a market tasting, pintxos, and games for the kids, all paced around your family.
Highlights
- Enjoy 3 food stops and 2 drinks in San Sebastián
- Watch churros fried fresh, dunked in hot chocolate
- Taste ham and cheese at a working local market
- Sample pintxos as a family, kid-tested favorites included
- Private guide keeps kids engaged, no screens needed
Full description
Most food tours move at an adult's pace and hope kids keep up. This private tour is built the other way around: churros fresh from the fryer, a ham and cheese tasting at a working local market, and pintxos at an Old Town bar, all paced around your own kids. An Adventure Booklet turns the walk into a treasure hunt, and a stop at a traditional pastry/candy shop closes out the morning. Built for families who want San Sebastián's food culture without rushing anyone.
Begin with the delicious taste of churros, and watch the dough hit hot oil before it's dusted with sugar. Dunk each piece into thick hot chocolate while your guide gets to know your family and the day ahead. Parents get a coffee and an actual minute to sit down before the walking starts.
From there, head into the Old Town, the neighborhood where the city's food reputation was actually born. Kids get an Adventure Booklet and start working through challenges as you pass historic squares and pintxos bars just starting to fill up. Your guide tells two versions of every story: the fun one for the kids, the fuller one for you.
Step into one of the city's working food markets, still stocked each morning by the same vendors locals rely on for dinner. At a family-run stall, taste ham and cheese while your guide slips in a few words of Spanish and Basque for the kids to try out.
At an Old Town pintxos bar, the whole family gets a plate of the tradition that put this city on the culinary map, tortilla de patatas included. Parents get a drink alongside it, and your guide explains the unwritten etiquette locals use without thinking twice.
The morning ends at a pastry/candy shop, where kids choose their own treat from a case of Basque candy, the last challenge of the Adventure Booklet checked off in the process.
Included / Excluded
- Private 2.5-hour tour through San Sebastián's Old Town
- A guide who knows how to keep kids engaged
- Churros and chocolate, and coffee for the parents
- Ham and cheese tasting
- Pintxos at an Old Town bar
- An Adventure Booklet for the kids
- A visit to a local pastry/candy shop
- Hotel Pick-Up/Drop-Off
- Gratuities
Meeting point
Start Location
Ijentea Kalea, 6, 20003 Donostia, Gipuzkoa, Spain
Ijentea Kalea, 6, Ijentea Kalea, 6, 20003 Donostia, Gipuzkoa, Spain
Please arrive 15 minutes prior to the start of your tour, your guide will be holding a red bag or Devour Tours sign. This tour meets at Ijentea Kalea, 6, 20003 Donostia, Gipuzkoa. We'll meet at the bronze sculpture in front of Goikoa Palace (Goikoa Jauregia) located behind the city hall.
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Know before you book
- This tour is in English.
- Unfortunately due to the nature of this tour it is not suitable for guests with mobility impairments or with wheelchairs, or strollers.
- This is a walking tour. Guests should be able to walk at a moderate pace without difficulty.
- This tour is adaptable for: Vegetarians, Pescatarians, Gluten free (not celiacs), Non-alcoholic options & Pregnant women, however, please note that you may not have a replacement food option at every stop.
- Those with dietary restrictions or food allergies need to email our Guest Experience team at info@takewalks.com after booking the tour so we can arrange your ingredients.
- This tour is not suitable for vegans and those with celiac disease.
- Please note that this description is an example and stops or tastes may vary depending on the season, day of the week, and group size. Regardless of where your tour goes, you always have a delicious experience.
- Walks and Devour comply with all local government regulations. Please refer to local government guidelines for the most up to date information.
Know before you go
- Please arrive 15 minutes before your tour start time for check-in. Out of courtesy to other guests, we’re unable to wait for latecomers. No refunds can be provided for late arrivals or no-shows.
- This tour covers a light meal.
- Those with dietary restrictions or food allergies need to email our Guest Experience team at info@takewalks.com after booking the tour so we can arrange your ingredients.
- Guests with serious food allergies will need to sign an allergy waiver at the start of the tour.
- We recommend you bring a water bottle (to protect the environment we don't provide plastic bottles). You'll be able to fill your bottle on tour. Advisable in summer due to high temperatures (45ºC / 115ºF).
- Tips/gratuities (for your guide) are always appreciated.
- Walks and Devour comply with all local government regulations. Please refer to local government guidelines for the most up to date information.
Cancellation policy
Up to 24 hours before the beginning of the activity: full refund Less than 24 hours before the beginning of the activity or no-show: no refund
Reviews
Lara was a wonderful local tour guide!! The whole trip was as seamless, fun, and we felt prepared with parking logistics. Highly recommend the morning tour, as there was very little traffic and we had fewer tourists to navigate around. Also be prepared to be soaked on the boat tour! The priority tickets get you to the front of the boat and the waterfall spray hits you directly in the face. So fun!!
Lara was an excellent tour guide and the whole experience was worth the price.
Amazing Tour!!
Additional information
Ticket Age ranges
Adult (15+)
Child (2-14)
Infant (0-1)