7 days/6 nights • welcome reception • daily breakfast buffet • festival briefings • admission to film festival • day trip to guggenheim Bilbao • Basque cuisine with culinary expert Eskerne Falcon • Classic Basque Family Style Dining Experience…and more!
sweeps us off our feet—the beauty of the city, the wonderful Basque cuisine, the spectacular beach and long boulevards and mild evening strolls, the glittery and exciting film festival venues, a day trip to nearby Bilbao to visit the Guggenheim Museum there, accommodations in a fresh and airy contemporary boutique hotel.
Layer on the international film festival—a cross between The Cannes Film Festival and Venice in its ability to attract exciting new international films and glamorous stars set in a fabulous resort town.
Indulge the senses and your sense of fun on a pintxo crawl with culinary expert Eskerne Falcon, that includes a progressive lunch, and we’ll visit the Guggenheim Museum in neighboring Bilbao.
Attend daily screenings and tickets to the Opening Night Ceremony and Screening.
A boutique hotel, a short bus ride and pleasant stroll to Old Town and the principal screening venues.
6 nights’ accommodations at Hotel Zenit San Sebastian
Daily breakfast buffet at hotel restaurant
Festival briefings with your travel hosts
Film Festival Accreditation
Admission to opening night ceremony and screenings
A visit to the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao with admissions and a guide
An introduction to Basque Cuisine with culinary expert Eskerne Falcon including a classic pintxo crawl
A classic Basque family style dining experience
Included
Passport and global entry fees
Air transportation to and from the US airport from which you are departing and returning, or hotel accommodations should your trip require an overnight stay
Meals not specified in the itinerary highlights are not included
Taxis and public transportation to and around San Sebastian
Travel / Trip Cancellation insurance (highly recommended)
For more than 30 years, Talk Cinema Travels has hosted film lovers and cultural explorers to experience the world through small-group journeys to film festivals. Personally hosted by Harlan Jacobson, our boutique travel experiences offer an immersion into new cinema, authentic local culture and cuisine, engaging conversations with talent, industry insiders and fellow cinema lovers.
Talk Cinema Travelers have been to San Sebastian, Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, Palm Springs, Santa Barbara, Miami, Montreal, Vancouver, Marrakesh, Amsterdam, Havana, Reykjavik, Cartagena, Taormina, Kerala, Jerusalem, Locarno, Avignon, and other remarkable destinations—where world-class film festivals become the gateway to unforgettable cultural discovery.