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             . Museo San Telmo                   VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
         This Neo-Renaissance building
        at the foot of Monte Urgull was          Practical Information
         once a Dominican monastery              Guipúzcoa. Road Map B4.
                    (1531–51).                   * 186,000. n Boulevard 8.
                                                 Tel 943 48 11 66. ( Sun. _ San
                                                 Sebastián (20 Jan), Jazz Festival
                                                 (end of Jul), Semana Grande
                                                 (week of 15 Aug), Film Festival
                                                 (2nd half Sep). ∑ donostia.org;
                                                 sansebastianturismo.com
                                                 Transport
                                                 k 22 km (14 miles) from
                                                 San Sebastián, Fuenterrabia;
                                                 £ Estación del Norte, Paseo de
                                                 Francia, (902 32 03 20); Euskotren –
                                                 Estación de Amara, Pl. Easo 9 (902
                                                 54 32 10); @ Estación de Auto-
                                                 buses, Paseo Federico García
                                                 Lorca 1 (902 10 12 10).
       S A N T A   C O R D A           Iglesia de San Vicente



 P LAZ A                                  This 16th-century
 DE   L A   3 1   D E   A G O S T O        Gothic church is
 TRINID AD                                 the oldest in San
                          S A N   V I C E N T E  Sebastián, and has
                                          suffered several
                                          fires over time.
         J U A N   D E   B I L B A O  I Ñ I G O
 V I R G E N   D E L   C O R O

                  P LAZ A
                  DE   L A     P E S C A D E R í A
                 C ONSTI  -
                  TC I Ó N
 P U E R T O
                  F .   C A L B E T Ó N

                                     . Plaza de la
                                     Constitución
           S .   J E R O N I M O
                   E S T E R L I N E S  The houses here
   M
                                    have numbered
                                   balconies, dating
   A Y O
     R
                                    from when the
                      E M B E L T R Á N  square was used
                                    as a bullring and
                                     the balconies
 P LAZ A                            were seating for
 L A
 SAL A                                 the public.
          A L A M E D A   D E L   B O U L E V A R D
   P E R U J U A N T X O
 I G E N T E A
                               Town Hall
                   Erected in the 19th century as a
                  casino, this building later became
                    the town hall when gambling
                        was banned in the city.



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