Only an hour away from st jean de luz in bus we arrived SS, a beach town at spain side of Basque Country, famous for pinxto bars and Michelin restaurants, so more like a beach-gourmet city. I had high hopes of this place because a friend highly recommends it. Uber doesn’t work in this place and there was not taxi outside of the bus station. Fortunately it wasn’t far and it took us 15 min walking to our place.
Day 1: Our airbnb was so on a hill but very funnily they had elevator to the hill to access the apartments. The host greeted us at the door. The place was very nice, we had three rooms and well equipped kitchen. After that, we went to the closest groceries store for some necessities. They had a playground in front, so cool.
After some rest, we walked to the beach which was less than 1km. The beach is in a bay, very beautiful and very crowded. People were like candles. I’ve never seen a beach that packed.
We walked around the beach promenade
kids played at the playground, a carousel ride
and some ice cream to end the day. Heat wave finally caught us.
Day 2: we started with the funicular to get to the mountain igudo for a panoramic view of the beach.
very old fashion funicular
Sooo beautiful.
It was also a very hot day so we didn’t stay long under the sun
We took the bus back and went to explore the old town. After so many old towns we saw, I can still see the difference of this town with the rest.
Then we entered to a pinxto bar, the famous pinxto bar for lunch. I picked up a couple that seems appetising for the family, then pay at the counter. Pintxos were tasty but not as wooming as everyone claimed.
Rest time was a must especially on that day, it was 39C. I napped a bit while kids played in their room. Then we went to the beach again hoping to have some sand time. Unfortunately a storm was coming so we just played a bit at the playground and went home.
Day 3: I started with a run at the beach which was calm and quiet.
It was our last day and I was debating between staying in SS and chill or visit a nearby town. I was a bit tired for not sleeping too well, and the fact that mentally it was tiring to go to a new place. So we chose the easy one, go to the beach.
We went to the small beach behind la Concha, which was more family friendly, small but comes with a playground. We arrived around 10:30 and rented the last umbrella. We chill there, eating packed fruits and cookies. Kids played while I laid down either listen to a podcast or watch some Netflix. Best decision ever, and more relaxing day of the trip so far. We left around 5pm and so relaxed.
SS is overall nice but I wouldn’t come back