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Hondarribia
A walled border town of cobbled streets and wooden balconies, with a fishermen's quarter painted in bright colors.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Address
- Kale Nagusia, 20280 HondarribiaDirections
- Getting There
- About 30 minutes by bus or car east of San Sebastián.
Why Go
The old town climbs a little hill to a medieval castle, inside walls that held off a famous French siege in 1638. Below it, the Marina quarter's houses wear green, red and blue shutters and balconies hung with flowers, and a small boat crosses the bay to Hendaye in France.
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