(Burgos)
Burgos
To eat lamb here http://www.restauranteojeda.com/
You can stay here http://www.mesondelcid.es/ In a room overlooking the cathedral
(Bodeas Baigorri, Sama)
If you can, visit la Rioja too:
If I could choose I would stay http://www.bodegaspuelles.com/ A winery with rooms where you can taste wine and stay
Or at the Hotel Los Agustinos, a converted convent in Haro… amazing http://www.hotellosagustinos.com/
I would have lunch and tasting at Bodegas Baigorri (try/buy the white wine aged in oak barrel) http://www.bodegasbaigorri.com/
You can have a tour and wine testing at Gerhy’s Marques del Riscal in Elciego http://www.marquesderiscal.com/
Calatrava’s Ysios http://www.ysios.com/ ( great reds! special edition Aromas one is incredible)
Zaha’s Lopez de heredia http://mimoa.eu/projects/Spain/Haro/Lopez%20de%20Heredia%20Winery
I would then consider stopping in vitoria, on the way to bilbao and have some pintxos at the saburdi http://www.saburdi.com/
(Guggenheim, Bilbao)
In Bilbao, you can have a nice walk along the river and visit the Guggenheim and have a menu of the day at the gorgeous Cafe Iruña http://www.cafesdebilbao.net/cafes/caf_iru.php
To stay the Hesperia http://www.hesperia.es/hesperia/es/hoteles/espana/bilbao/hesperia-zubialde.html
Then on the way to San Sebastian I would stop in Getaria, the village of Balenciaga, http://cristobalbalenciagamuseoa.com/ where you can enjoy the best monkfish in the whole Basque country http://www.restauranteelkano.com/en_restaurante.htm
The local wine is txakoli, which is slightly sparkling white wine which is grown on the high vines.
Another amazing place outside San Sebastian is Arantzazu. A monastery in the mountain designed as a collaboration between sculptor Jorge Oteiza and architect Francisco Javier Saenz de Oiza http://www.mimoa.eu/projects/Spain/O%F1ati/Arantzazu%20Church
In San Sebastian you can stay At the persion kursaal .http://www.pensionesconencanto.com/es/.. If they dont have rooms try http://www.pensionchomin.com/
To visit,
I would take the funicular to the top of the mountain Igeldo http://www.monteigueldo.es/ The view is wonderful and gives you a sense of scale.
In the bottom of the Monte Igeldo there is my favorite place to see the sunrise… The combs of the wind… A landscaping intervention by my favorite sculptor http://www.museochillidaleku.com/30th-Anniversary-BR-Wind-Comb.327+M57d0acf4f16.0.html
You can take a boat to the island, at the harbor http://www.donostia.org/info/ciudadano/NotesKweb.nsf/contenido?ReadForm&kwid=52648&kwca=Eventos+%2F+Visitas+y+Excursiones+%2F+Paseos+en+Barco&idioma=cas
In the old town , just under the Christ mountain (URGULL) the San Telmo museum http://www.santelmomuseoa.com/index.php?lang=en
The Moneo auditorium is in the Zurriola Beach and it is called Kursaal http://www.kursaal.com.es/
Now it is the cinema festival so might see famous people around and be able to catch some movies… check here http://www.sansebastianfestival.com/index2.html
Music Bars
Altxerri (jazz bar) http://www.altxerri.com/home.php?listid=20050116140855&lang=&iddoc=20050116141054
Etxekalte http://www.3ok.info/archives/category/etxekalte
Places to eat….
Best pintxos (for me) , la cuchara de santelmo http://www.lacucharadesantelmo.com/
Ganbara http://www.ganbarajatetxea.com/presentation
A fuego negro, amazingly original menu, you choose how many pintxos and let the cheff get on with it http://www.afuegonegro.com/
For sit down lunch
Urola http://www.restauranteurola.com/
A bit out of the way, but u can taxi ride there… Petritegi http://www.petritegi.com/ Where you can taste a sidreria menu which is amazing and super delicious
Food shopping At the old town’s Solbes http://www.solbes.com/ this is an amazing deli
For sweets, and specially to buy pastel vasco o pantxineta is Otaegi in the old town http://www.pasteleriaotaegui.com/
I would recommend you to also visit Pasaia my village …and Paco Rabane’s … The village where Victor Hugo used to go to write…http://www.victorhugopasaia.net/eus/home.html
If you have even more time, or maybe on the way up, I would recommend you to visit….
Hondarribia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hondarribia
San jean de luz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-de-Luz
