The city is home to approximately 180,000 people and attracts to its environs a great many people for vacationing and for business reasons, the high seasons are during summer and Easter and guests are guaranteed to find suitable accommodations as the city offers a broad band of Hotel types. The city is relatively small and is easily navigable by foot and offers its visitors beachfront locations as well an historic Old Town where winding streets tell stories of centuries past.
The city is home to a fine collection of five star Hotels where visitors may mingle with a collection of International Film stars due to the once yearly International Film Festival that draws the celebrities to these famous surrounds. San Sebastian is found in the Basque country on the northern coast of Spain it is not far from the magnificent Pyrenees and visitors may travel through this mountain range on their way to Barcelona. The northern aspect of Spain has its own distinct culture and ambience and is entirely different from that of the Costas' found further south. The people of the North are very proud and boast their own architectural, cultural and artistic heritage.
The Hotels San Sebastian provide for their guests a range of attractive images some are easily recognised via International branding whilst other are secluded and private behind high walls within historic buildings, some are resort like set over vast expanses of private grounds and others host the perfect characteristics for business executives.
The Hotels found within this city are unique and present beautifully designed interiors showcasing extensive lobbies and foyers detailed through expanses of polished marble, intricate light fittings, original works of art and selected pieces of furniture and may either lean towards trendy, edgy modern as seen in the Boutique Hotels or elegant classism as seen in the Grand Old Hotels.
The Boutique heritage hotels offer exceptional individual suites, each presenting its own ambience described via the interior design detailed through antique furniture, textured colourful fabrics, striking works of Art and four poster and canopied beds. Grand suites found in the five star hotels may host modern decor or traditional design and provide vast spaces for dining and relaxing flowing onto private balconies and courtyards. The luxury accommodations host top of the line entertainment systems found in surround sound, flat screen TV's, Cable connections, I Pod Docking stations whilst dual line phone and fax machines allow for efficient communications.
Master bedrooms are luxuriously hosting specifically manufactured beds dressed in high thread linens, throws and comforters. Business executives are provided with well equipped study areas and families are offered connecting rooms, high chairs and cribs. Glamorous bathrooms provide welcome relaxation at the end of the day through deep bath tubs, jetted power showers and soothing bath salts and body lotions.
Fine dining restaurants are offered beautifully designed spaces for extensive menus created by master chefs who offer both international and local specialities. Restaurants may be seated in elegant high ceiling dining rooms hosting a silver service or maybe located in small and secluded courtyards or around swimming pools, in gardens presenting wonderful views and relaxed ambiences. The evenings are hosted within designer bars where selections of tapas act as appetizers companioned with liqueurs and delicious wines, morning is found on terraces and patios hosting aromatic coffees and fine confectionary.
Executive floors provide guests with further luxury through a dedicated lounge where a buffet breakfast is served each morning complemented with the morning papers. Refreshments and light snacks are served throughout the day; executives may take advantage of the high speed internet access, catch up on business news through the complementary business journals and meet with colleagues and friends.
Big Business demands grand venues beautifully decorated and these venues are found amongst the Hotels San Sebastian, as are smaller conference and boardrooms and individual meeting spaces. The venues are well equipped allowing for professional presentations and the creation of partnerships and conclusion of agreements. Office away from office situations allow executives to communicate with their teams and organise meetings and events, conclude decisions and plan future proposals.
After a day of business meeting and deadlines guests need to relax and release stress and perhaps the best place to this is within the designer Health Spas where experienced therapists providing rejuvenating and therapeutic treatments, created to align the body and mind. On site Gymnasiums are sophisticated and guaranteed to stretch the body and tone the muscles, whilst outdoor pools are edged with day beds companioned all day beverages and light snacks. Parents may relax as Children's clubs provide hours of entertainment for the younger guests.
The Hotels San Sebastian present for guest romantic images and modern surprises, they have entertained and housed for hundreds of years some of the world's most illustrious guests and are sure to excite and delight the most seasoned of travellers.