NEWS

The start of the 2023 Tour de France in the Spanish Basque Country

The start of the 2023 Tour de France in the Spanish Basque Country is a major event: a first stage on the 1st  of July around Bilbao, a second stage linking Vitoria-Gasteiz to San Sebastián, and a third stage that will finish in Bayonne on the French Basque coast, passing through Hondarribia. Three days of celebration for this popular sport, and three days that will make the Basque Country the centre of the sporting and cycling world!

Semi-finals of the French Rugby League TOP 14

On the weekend of 9 and 10 June 2023, San Sebastian will host the semi-finals of the French Rugby League TOP 14. The four best French professional rugby union clubs will meet at the Real Arena to compete for the title of French champion in 2023. The whole city will vibrate to the rhythm of the TOP 14. On the programme, two days of oval festivities in a warm and very friendly atmosphere.

Welcome to 2023!

THIS WINTER, TREAT YOURSELF TO A GETAWAY AT VILLA MAGALEAN HOTEL & SPA ****

Many of you returned to the Basque Country in 2022 and chose Hondarribia, 25 minutes away from San Sebastian, for a few days' getaway, a reunion with friends or a family holiday. You have pushed open the door of our luxury boutique-hotel Villa Magalean and it was a pleasure for us to see you and to make your stay an enchanted interlude in the heart of our beautiful region!

Special Truffle & Wine Tasting Dinner

The black Périgord truffle, with the Latin name of tuber melanosporum, is recognised by the finest gastronomes as the "black diamond" of the kitchen, "the black nugget" according to Christophe Meynard, truffle grower in Saint-Emilion who produced and selected the truffles for this dinner. The truffle lives in symbiosis with its tree, usually the oak, and develops on limestone soils, benefiting from the summer sun, the autumn rains and the winter cold, when it is harvested from December to February.