Days 16 to 19 - San Sebastian

This is a gorgeous town; facing a really sheltered bay it has wide sandy (not shelly at all) beaches, a beautiful tree lined river and mountains form the backdrop. It was also the summer playground for the Spanish royal family and has obviously had some money spent on it. 

The architecture is beautiful and far more decorative and varied than is more typical in France, the shops are quite high quality too and there's no getting away from  good food here! San Sebastian is well known as foodie mecca, with more michellin stars than anywhere else in the world. This translates to even average food being of a truly excellent standard, significantly better than the food we encountered in France. The old quarter is home to seemingly hundreds of tiny bar/restaurants, all with Tapas lining their bar tops. Even better, as eating doesn't start until 8.30 - 9.00pm (we couldn't order an ensalada at 8pm last night!) it seems that an ice cream before dinner is quite the norm!!

We did the walk to the top of the Jesus statue for great views over the town yesterday and then just wandered the city to enjoy the squares, parks and plaza's. This town is only a few hours away from Barcelona, Madrid, the Riviera, the Pyranees and Paris, it's large enough to happily live in and close enough to the rest of Europe when you want to do something a little different.