San Sebastián · Sports & events
SPORT & SEASON
Basque sport at its most distinctive: top-flight football, rowing races in the bay and a huge November road race.
Real Sociedad
La Liga from August to May at the Reale Arena, rebuilt without its running track. Tickets go through the club and the atmosphere is warmer than most.
Traineras in La Concha
Fixed-seat Basque rowing crews race inside the bay across two Sundays in September, with the whole city on the promenade. Free to watch from anywhere.
Behobia–San Sebastián
A twenty-kilometre road race from the French border into the city in November, with tens of thousands of runners and a climb at fifteen kilometres.
Surfing Zurriola
The city beach at Gros picks up Atlantic swell all year. Surf schools rent boards and wetsuits by the hour; autumn is the dependable season.