Cider house Astarbe

High-quality natural cider made from 100% native apples. A cider made from Basque apples, using locally-created varieties that have been improved and nurtured over thousands of years. As well as using local produce, the basis of the Euskal Sagardoa designation of origin is quality: all ciders bearing this certificate must undergo exhaustive physical-chemical analytical tests and tastings.

High-quality natural cider made from 100% native apples, with the confidence that comes from its origins and know-how. A commitment to the future for the industry.

Cider is made by fermenting the natural juice of cider apples, and has been made and drunk in the Basque Country for thousands of years. Natural cider has no added CO2, water or sugars, and is made according to the strict rules governing it. Finding the right mixture of apples together with each cider maker's experience mean there are a wide range of natural ciders for drinkers to enjoy.

A cider that has been improved over the generations and displays the character of its maker, the hand-made product of experience.

Sparkling natural cider is made from natural cider subjected to secondary fermentation in the bottle. It is a high-end product, essential for toasts, with fine, crisp bubbles, to delight the most demanding palates.

3 capitals, 3 wineries and 3 products: the Basque Cider, the Txakoli white wine and the Rioja Alavesa Wine!

INCLUDES

• Bed and breakfast 3 nights
• 3 capitals guided visit: Donostia-San Sebastián, Bilbao and Vitoria-Gasteiz
• Visit and lunch in 3 wineries: Cider house, Txakoli and Rioja Alavesa wineries
• Transport service
• Accompanying guide service

DURATION

• 4 days + 3 nights
• 3 tours: a winery and a capital per day
• Each tour 8 hours approx.

The Basque Country and its 7 wonders in 6 days!

INCLUDES

• Bed and breakfast 5 nights
• Visit in Donostia and pintxo tour
• Visit in a Basque farmhouse and cheese factory
• Visit in cider house and traditional menu
• Visit and lunch at the Rioja Alavesa winery
• Visit to the Basque Coast and Txakoli winery
• Visit to the Basque French Country
• Transport service
• Accompanying guide service

DURACIÓN

• 6 days + 5 nights
• 6 day tours
• Each tour between 4 and 8 hours

Learn more about our mining past and how our ancestors transformed wood!

INCLUDES

• Visit to Aizpea mining complex
• Visit to Larraondo sawmill
• Traditional cider house menu (adults and children)

DURATION Approximately 5 hours

ADDITIONAL SERVICES

• Guided tour through a cider cellar
• Transport service </ul

Learn about the River Urumea and the culture of Basque cider!

INCLUDES

• Canoe rental in the river Urumea/li>
• Traditional cider house menu (adults and children)

DURATION Approximately 4 hours

ADDITIONAL SERVICES

• Guided tour through a cider cellar
• Transport service

Visit San Sebastián and its surroundings on the Cider River!

INCLUDES

• Guided canoeing tour along the river Urumea
• Locker room service
• Traditional cider house menu

DURATION Approximately 4 hours

ADDITIONAL SERVICES

• Guided canoeing tour in English or French
• Guided tour through a cider cellar
• Transport service

The shepherd will open the doors of his home and his cheese factory to you so you can get to know how this highly-appreciated product is made, together with its secrets and history.

INCLUDES

• Guided tour through the cheese factory
• Cheese and cider tasting
• Traditional cider house menu

DURATION Approximately 4 hours

ADDITIONAL SERVICES

• Guided tour through the cider cellar
• Transport service
• Accompanying guide service

Explore the world of the cider of the Basque Country when visiting some cider houses and meeting the producers.

INCLUDES

• Visit of 3 D.O. cider cellars
• Tasting of apples, apple juice and cider
• Traditional cider house menu
• Transport service
• Accompaniment by a tour guide

DURATION Approximately 5 hours

Located between the Cantabric sea and the extended Basque mountains there’s the natural park of the Basque Coast. You’ll enjoy of the unique landscape with its geological forms, cliffs and sand beaches. A photo like no other, historic and modern at the same time, given that it was the scene of the known saga as “Game of Thrones”.

INCLUDES

• Boat trip along the Basque Coast
• Traditional cider house menu

DURATION Approximately 4 hours

ADDITIONAL SERVICES

• Guided tour through the cider cellar
• Transport service
• Accompanying guide service

Visit a real Basque cider house and get to know the family, farmhouse and rural environment and taste natural Basque cider!

INCLUDES

• Guided tour in a cider cellar
• Cider and pintxo tasting
• Traditional cider house menu

DURATION Approximately 4 hours

ADDITIONAL SERVICES

• Guided tour in San Sebastián
• Transport service
• Accompanying guide service

Visit Igartubeiti, a 16th-century cider cellar; a new museum that re-creates the real life in an old Basque farm!

Sagardoetxea is a cider museum with 3 areas for visitors: the apple orchard, the interpretation centre and the tasting area.

INCLUDES

• Guided tour in Igartubeiti or in Sagardoetxea (to choose)
• Tasting of cider and pintxo
• Traditional cider house menu

DURATION Approximately 4 hours

ADDITIONAL SERVICES

• Guided tour through the cider cellar
• Transport service
• Accompanying guide service

The route to know firsthand the best-known markets of our land: the Tolosa and Ordizia Markets.

INCLUDES

• Guided tour of the market and the municipality
• Pintxo and cider tasting
• Traditional cider house menu

DURATION Approximately 4 hours

ADDITIONAL SERVICES

• Guided tour through the cider cellar
• Transport service
• Accompanying guide service

Enjoy making cheese the way it used to be made!

INCLUDES

• Guided tour through the cheese factory
• Workshop of elaboration of your own cheese
• Cheese tasting
• Traditional cider house menu (adults and children)

DURATION Approximately 4 hours

ADDITIONAL SERVICES

• Guided tour through a cider cellar
• Transport service

Make your own cider and be a cider maker for a day!

INCLUDES

• Guided tour through the cider cellar
• Workshop about the elaboration of cider
• Tasting of apple juice
• Traditional cider house menu

DURATION Approximately 5 hours

ADDITIONAL SERVICES

• Transport service
• Accompanying guide service

Rowing and cider in the Basque Country! 100% Basque culture.

INCLUDES

• Rowing on la Concha
• Traditional cider house menu

DURATION Approximately 5 hours

ADDITIONAL SERVICES

• Guided canoeing tour in English or French
• Locker room and shower service
• Guided tour through a cider cellar
• Transport service

If you want to know what it feels like to be a rower for a day, come to Arraunetxea Olympic Rowing Club!

INCLUDES

• Guided tour in Arraunetxea
• Rowing on the river of Orio
• Shower and locker room service
• Traditional cider house menu

DURATION Approximately 5 hours

ADDITIONAL SERVICES

• Guided tour through a cider cellar/li>
• Transport service

Find out how the old steam trains worked!

INCLUDES

• Free entrance to the railway museum
• Steam train tour
• Cheese tasting
• Traditional cider house menu (adults and children)

DURATION Approximately 4 hours

ADDITIONAL SERVICES

• Guided tour through a cider cellar
• Transport service

Get to know the heart of Basque culture, the history of the sea and cider with a visit to the reconstruction of the ship San Juan and an experience in a Cider House by tasting the traditional cider house menu!

INCLUDES

• Free entry to the museum in Albaola
• Traditional cider house menu

DURATION Approximately 4 hours

ADDITIONAL SERVICES

• Guided tour in Albaola
• Boat trip along the bay of Pasajes
• Aperitif in San Juan
• Guided tour through the cider cellar
• Transportation service
• Accompanying guide service

Enjoy a getaway or a trip to the authentic Basque Country!
We organize stays à la carte. Tell us when you want to come and what you want to do and, based on your needs, we will offer you a trip made to measure.

Cider houses with accommodation

We have cider houses with accommodation in rural areas.

Accommodation in and around San Sebastián

We offer a wide variety of accommodation to suit everyone's taste, including urban, rural and different categories, and we adapt to the needs of each client. Contact us and we will make you an offer.

Is there anything else you want to do?

Enjoy two very typical Basque products: Cider and Txakoli wine.

INCLUDES

• Guided tour through the wine cellar of Txakolí
• Tasting of Txakolí accompanied by local products
• Traditional cider house menu

DURATION Approximately 4 hours

ADDITIONAL SERVICES

• Guided tour through the cider cellar
• Transport service
• Accompanying guide service

The Agorregi forge stands in a fairytale setting: we will learn about the iron-working industry in the 18th century and the apiary of Iturraran, where we will get to know the fascinating world of bees.

INCLUDES

• Visit to the Agorregi Forge
• Visit to the Iturraran Apiary
• Traditional cider house menu (adults and children)

DURATION Approximately 5 hours

ADDITIONAL SERVICES

• Guided tour through a cider cellar
• Transport service