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Forcommandingcityviews(ifyouignorethetackyamusementsontop),ridethefunicular
up Monte Igueldo, a mirror image of Monte Urgull. The views over San Sebastián, along
the coast, and into the distant green mountains are sensational day or night. The entrance
to the funicular is on the road behind the tennis club on the far western end of Playa de
Ondarreta, which extends from Playa de la Concha to the west.
Cost and Hours:
Funicular—€3 round-trip; changeable hours but roughly April-
Sept Mon-Tue and Thu-Sun 10:00-22:00, closed Wed; Oct-March Mon-Tue and Thu-Fri
11:00-18:00, Sat-Sun 11:00-20:00, closed Wed. If you drive to the top, you'll pay €1.90
to enter. Bus #16 takes you from the Old Town to the base of the funicular in about 10
minutes.
Besides the gorgeous view from the top of Monte Igueldo, another classic San Sebastián
scene is at this group of three statues by native son Eduardo Chillida (1924-2002). From
the base of the Monte Igueldo funicular, walk around the tennis court complex to the edge
of the beach. Curly steel prongs “comb the wind” (as the sculptures' name means) among
crashing waves. Chillida lived and died on Monte Igueldo, so these sculptures are now
consideredamemorialtooneofSpain'smostinternationallyrecognizedmodernsculptors.
