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through the market and best pintxo bars (€185/half-day, €395/day, higher depending
on destinations, transportation included for up to four people, mobile [phone],
www.tenedortours.com , [e-mail] ). Gabriella also organizes cooking
classes—whereyoushopatthemarket,thenjoinalocalcheftocookupsometasty pintxos
of your own (€135/person for a small group)—as well as wine-tastings (start at €55/per-
son).
Gastronomic Tours
San Sebastián Food offers travelers the opportunity to enter one of San Sebastián's ex-
clusive “private eating clubs” (described on here ) and even participate in preparing a
gourmet meal. Prices start around €175 per person (4-person minimum), including in-
gredients and wine. They also organize €90 pintxo tours that have you hopping from
bar to bar (includes food and wine) and €85 Iberian ham-cutting courses with sherry
tasting (Calle Aldamar 30, mobile [phone], www.sansebastianfood.com ,
[e-mail] ).
Tours on Wheels
Two tour options on wheels (following a similar route around the bay) are available,
but most travelers won't find them necessary in this walkable city: the “txu-txu” tourist
train (€5, daily July-mid-Sept 10:30-21:00, mid-Sept-June 11:00-18:30, closed Jan-Feb
and Mon off-season, 40-minute round-trip, tel. [phone]),and the Donosti Tours hop-
on, hop-off bus tour along the bay and around the city (€12, full loop takes about one
hour, ticket good for 24 hours, leaves from Victoria Eugenia theater on the Boulevard, tel.
943-441-828, www.busturistikoa.com , Raquel).
Basque Excursions
BasedinSanSebastián, Agustin Ciriza leadswalkingtoursofhishometownandminibus
tours for up to eight people through the Spanish and French Basque Country, with destin-
ations including Bilbao, Hondarribia, Biarritz, the Biscay Coast, Bayonne, and Pamplona
(even during the running of the bulls). He also offers guided kayaking expeditions, pil-
grimages, mountain treks, surf lessons, surfing trips, wine tours to the Rioja region, and
wine tastings, food tours, and cooking classes in town. Prices start at €75 per person for
a half-day excursion (minimum two people, mobile [phone], www.gorilla-trip.com ,
[e-mail] ) .