Private Basque Cheese & Txakoli Wine Tour from San Sebastian

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US$575.57 per guest

Adult x2

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Summary

Experience Details

What You’ll Experience

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Location

Guipuzcoa

Duration

8 hours

Number of Guests

2 - 8 guests

Accessibility

Stroller Accessible

Language

English, Spanish

Other

Vegetarian, Pescetarian, Wheelchair Accessible, Family-friendly, Private Experience

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Mobile or paper ticket accepted

For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

We Basques maintain a very strong bond with our surroundings and, as children, many of us develop a very special connection with the sea or the mountains. Throughout the day, we’ll explain the reasons for this idyll and how it relates to the other great Basque passion: product-based cuisine.

What You Get

All transportation costs (petrol, parking and toll)

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Private group

Meals, drinks and tickets that are not listed above

Gratuities

Good To Know

Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
Wheelchair accessibility is extra paid - contact for details
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

What You’ll Experience

Aia

We’ll leave the ‘big city’and travel to rural Gipuzkoa to learn the secrets of Idiazabal cheese production in a traditional farmhouse. A kilo of this cheese usually goes for around 20 euros, although a competition is held every year to select the best cheese of the season, sometimes reaching up to 14,000 euros per ½ kilo! We’ll do a tasting, and you’ll hear the secrets of Basque cheeses. You’ll taste traditional cheeses, all made with unpasteurized sheep's milk. This is the Real Thing, the Real Cheese.

1 hour 30 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

Gaintza Txakolina

There’s a Spanish expression that roughly translates as, ‘With bread and wine you walk the road’. We’ve already eaten the bread and cheese. We’ll find the wine on the coast, in the hills overlooking the Cantabrian Sea, the ideal place for growing the grapes from which txakoli is born - a typical Basque white wine with a slight acidity, ideal to pair with fish. We’ll visit a small sustainable winery that uses traditional methods and grapes called Hondarrabi Zuri and Hondarrabi Beltza. Thus you’ll learn the intricacies and power of txakoli.

1 hour 30 minutesAdmission Ticket Included

Basque Country

All this will take place near Getaria, the coastal town through which we’ll take a short walk before eating. Getaria is not only the home of a mountain with a mouse-shaped profile, but it’s the hometown of two of the most well-known Basques: Juan Sebastián Elcano (the first to go around the world) and Cristóbal Balenciaga (the international designer known as the Prince of Fashion). More: our coast is famous for its charcoal-grilled fish, omnipresent in the streets closest to the port…so it makes sense to have lunch here. Do you need a more compelling reason?

1 hour 30 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

Monte Igueldo (Pass By)

It’s a dream road for two reasons: you can take a good nap after lunch and dream of sheep (latxas, of course), but we don’t recommend it. The road back to San Sebastián is one of the most beautiful on the Basque Coast. It would be a pity to miss these winding roads (splashed by waves during heavy storms), or the cows grazing alongside quiet farmhouses on Mount Igeldo. You've been warned.

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Cancellation Policy
Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund.
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Reviews

5.0

based on 23 reviews

(TripAdvisor)

Hike and winery

May 31, 2026

Martin was an excellent guide for this amazing tour. Although we have been to Donostia three times before, we had not ever gone up in the hills. Breathtaking scenery and the lunch was fantastic. I ...read more

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Amazing Wine Tour

May 23, 2026

Absolutely amazing, professional, wonderful experience. Malena was full of energy, amazing history facts, kindness, patience. I could go on and on how wonderful of a guide she was! We didn't want o...read more

(TripAdvisor)

A perfect day

May 21, 2026

Mattis and Inigo picked us up right on time from our hotel and whisked us away for a delightful adventure. We loved the meeting the sheep and talking to the farmer/master cheese maker about his pas...read more

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Incredible Tour!

November 08, 2025

The best day of our trip! Our guide was super friendly and knowledgeable and we had a blast! Amazing value. Would recommend to anyone and everyone!

(TripAdvisor)

A must do!!

July 09, 2025

This past week with Ikusnahi Tours was absolutely incredible! From start to finish our tour guide Ania provided our group such a unique, unforgettable, and logistically fantastic experience! The de...read more

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