Saint-Jean-de-Luz is only about 10km from the border and 32km from San Sebastian in Spain. So in the afternoon we took a bus through the beautiful Basque country, across the border to San Sebastian.

What a treat. This town was a favourite of Spanish royalty. Not hard to see why! We drove to the top of the hill on the western headland of the bay …

Then down into the city. “You now have 75 minutes of free time to see San Sebastian” … Oh really?? … 75 hours would be a better time allocation!

The enormous beach is popular … again, no surf here!

The little boat harbour was very crowded …

Then we plunged into the old city … busy streets …

A church at either end of this street …

The basilica was something different … jammed up against buildings all around …

Inside, one of several extraordinary shrines …

A gorgeous day … the city is bigger than we thought … we even found a couple of quiet streets …

Then across The Boulevade, the new city … blocks and blocks of fabulous buildings …

Beautiful squares and a great park/promenade/garden along the waterfront …

Back to the bus just in time …

… a place to re-visit!