# Sunday in Getaria and Zarautz: Balenciaga, the Ratón and a grill at the harbour

You see the Balenciaga museum, climb the Ratón of Getaria, eat grilled fish above the harbour and walk to Zarautz beach. Half an hour from San Sebastián and an hour from Bilbao.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/basque-country/getaria-and-zarautz/itineraries/balenciaga-raton-and-harbour-grill · Revisado: 2026-11-12

## El día
- 09:30 · Salida: 30 min by car (via the AP-8 or the N-634 along the coast; park at the entrance to Getaria)
- 10:00 · Cristóbal Balenciaga Museum (€14, free up to age 18; 1 h 30)
  - Carry on on foot
- 11:45 · Climbing the Ratón de Getaria (1 h return along the harbour)
  - Carry on on foot
- 13:00 · Getaria old town and the church of San Salvador (San Salvador church and the streets of the old town before lunch)
  - Carry on on foot
- 13:30 · Kaia Kaipe (Kaia Kaipe · grill over the harbour · €€€€ · Sunday 13:00 to 15:30, booking) · Kaia Kaipe, €€€€
  - Carry on on foot
- 16:00 · Walking from Zarautz to Getaria (on foot along the seafront promenade, 1 h to 1 h 30)
  - Carry on on foot
- 17:30 · Zarautz beach and the Iñurritza dunes (the beach and the Iñurritza dunes; bus back to Getaria to collect the car)
- 18:30 · Vuelta (in San Sebastián around 19:00)

Getaria is a fishing village with a hill attached to the harbour, the Ratón, and Zarautz, four kilometres away, is a long beach of surf and dunes. Between the two there is a seaside walk. This Sunday starts at the museum of Cristóbal Balenciaga, the couturier born in Getaria, continues through the Ratón and the old town and stops for lunch at a grill above the harbour, where the grill houses put the fish out on the street. In the afternoon you walk lunch off to Zarautz.

## The day, hour by hour

9:30 · Set off. From San Sebastián, half an hour on the AP-8 or a little longer on the coast road. From Bilbao, an hour. Park at the entrance to the village: the old town and harbour are narrow.

10:00 · Cristóbal Balenciaga Museum. It is at the top of the village. The couturier's collection and its temporary exhibitions take an hour and a half. Admission costs €14, €9 reduced, and under-18s do not pay. In winter it opens Wednesday to Sunday.

11:45 · The Ratón. Monte San Antón, joined to the village by the harbour, is shaped like a mouse seen from Zarautz. You climb past the harbour to the lighthouse: an hour there and back, with views of Zarautz and the coast.

13:00 · Old town and harbour. Before lunch, the Gothic church of San Salvador, built on a slope with a passage underneath that goes down to the harbour, and the medieval streets that lead down to the harbour.

13:30 · Lunch at Kaia Kaipe. A grill above the harbour, with a winter and a summer terrace. On Sundays it serves lunch from 13:00 to 15:30 and is closed on Tuesdays. Book: it is the most expensive meal of the plan.

16:00 · From Getaria to Zarautz on foot. The walk follows the coast beside the road, about four or five kilometres in an hour or an hour and a half. The other option is to go up the Camino de Santiago among txakoli vines, via Santa Bárbara.

17:30 · Zarautz beach. The longest stretch of sand on the Basque coast and the Iñurritza dunes at the end. Go back to Getaria on the Lurraldebus bus to get the car, or leave the car in Zarautz in the morning and do the walk the other way round.

## With children and with teenagers

The museum is free for under-18s and the Ratón is a short climb. With teenagers, the Pukas school in Zarautz runs weekend surf courses of three hours. If the plan is on a Saturday, swap the museum for the visit to the vineyard and winery of Txomin Etxaniz, with a tasting of txakoli, anchovy and bonito, for €22; it does not do visits on Sundays or from September to November.

## Cómo llegar

### By car
By the AP-8 or the N-634 along the coast: half an hour from San Sebastián, an hour from Bilbao, an hour and ten minutes from Vitoria and from Pamplona.

### Without a car
Lurraldebus UK10 links Donostia, Zarautz, Getaria and Zumaia. From Bilbao, the DO01 goes to Zarautz, and from Vitoria, the DO02. It is a plan that works very well by bus: the walk links the two villages.

## Consejos

### Book Sunday lunch
The harbour grill houses fill up at midday with people from San Sebastián and Bilbao.

### Do the walk towards Zarautz if there is a west wind
You will have it at your back.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### How much does the Balenciaga museum cost?
€14 general admission and €9 reduced. Under-18s enter free.

### Is Kaia Kaipe open on Sundays?
Yes, at midday, from 13:00 to 15:30. Closed on Tuesdays.

### How long does it take to walk from Getaria to Zarautz?
Between an hour and an hour and a half along the seaside walk.

### Can you do it without a car?
Yes. The Lurraldebus UK10 bus links San Sebastián with Zarautz and Getaria.

### Can you visit a txakoli winery on Sunday?
Txomin Etxaniz does visits Monday to Saturday, except from September to November. Not on Sundays.