La Semana Grande (Great Week)

August 12-19 is La Semana Grande here in San Sebastian (apparently other cities in the Basque region have their own semanas grandes at other times). La Semana Grande is a giant festival including live music, food fairs, sports competitions, rides for kids, and a fireworks competition. We are not joking. Each night for the next eight nights from 10:45-11:15 a different company (mostly from Spain, but also companies from Italy and China) will shoot off fireworks over La Concha Bay:

While we are not sure how the winner is decided, we will find out.

During La Semana Grande the already short hours of businesses in San Sebastian are cut further. For example, all week our bank is only open from 9 a.m. to noon (yes, seriously) and closed Tuesday (a holiday in the city).

We will have a full post about La Semana Grande when the festivities are over and we have recovered from partying while still going to school every morning but Tuesday. In the meantime if you want more information, check out this site (in English):  https://www.sansebastianturismo.com/en/blog/culture/1337-great-week

Hasta luego,

Shana and Jeff