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Zarautz

Coastal town

Zarautz (Basque:, Spanish: Zarauz) is a coastal town located in central Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, in Spain. It is bordered by Aia to the east and the south and Getaria to the west, located about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) west of Donostia/San Sebastián. It has four enclaves limiting the aforementioned municipalities: Alkortiaga, Ekano, Sola, and Arbestain. As of 2014, Zarautz has a population of 22,890, which usually swells to about 60,000 in the summer.

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The Palace of Narros, located adjacent to Zarautz's 2.8 km (1.7 mi) long beach, is where Queen Isabella II and Fabiola of Belgium once spent their summer holidays. The beach is known for being the longest in the Basque Country and one of longest of the Cantabrian cornice.

The Mayor of Zarautz since 2015 has been Xabier Txurruka (Basque Nationalist Party).

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Village information

Coat of arms of Zarautz
Province
Gipuzkoa
Autonomous community
País Vasco
Population (INE 2025)
23,496
Altitude
4 m
Area (IGN)
13.7 km²
District
Urola Costa
Postcode
20800
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What to see

  1. 1Convento de San Francisco
  2. 2Palacio de Narros
  3. 3Torre Luzea
  4. 4Biblioteca Pública Municipal de Zarautz - Sanz Enea
  5. 5Cine Modelo
  6. 6Ermita de San Pelayo
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What to do

  1. 1Hiking: Camino del Norte (Euskal Herria)
  2. 2Hiking: GR 121 · E04 Talaia ibilbidea: Orio - Zumaia
  3. 3Hiking: GR 35 · E1 Camino de la cañada: Zarautz - Bidegoian
  4. 4Parque Natural de Pagoeta
  5. 5Playa de Zarautz
  6. 6Playa Iñurritza
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Photo gallery

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  • Turismo Gipuzkoa · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Millars · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Utolotu · CC0
  • 58 places to stayIllustrative photo · Unsplash

    Accommodation

    58 places to stay in Zarautz

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  • 65 restaurantsIllustrative photo · David Adam Kess · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Eat

    65 restaurants in Zarautz

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  • 8 experiencesIllustrative photo · Àngela Llop · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Experiences

    8 experiences in Zarautz

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Useful information

Everything you need for your visit or your day-to-day

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Town council

    • Phone: 943 00 51 00
    • Official website: www.zarautz.eus
    • Email: udala@zarautz.eus

Services and transport

Travelling with your pet

  • Gran Camping Zarautz· Campsite

    Website: www.grancampingzarautz.com

  • Camping Talaimendi· Campsite

    Phone: +34 943 83 00 42Website: www.campingseuskadi.com

Parks, beaches and places to stay that OpenStreetMap marks as dog-friendly. Many places allow dogs without it being marked: ask when you book.

Education, sport and elderly care

Connectivity

  • Fibre broadband· of homes96 %
  • 4G mobile coverage· of homes100 %
  • 5G coverage· of homes100 %

No data on: street market.

Data from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), extract from October 2026: we count what is mapped within the municipal boundary. "No data" means OpenStreetMap doesn't have it, not that it doesn't exist. Completed with Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0): the pharmacies, health centres, petrol stations, banks, cash machines, food shops and schools that OpenStreetMap was missing. Town hall contact details: General Database of Local Entities (Spanish Ministry of Finance); tourist offices: each region's open registry, where it publishes one. Connectivity: Spanish Ministry for Digital Transformation, % of homes covered in June 2025.

Zarautz Town Hall

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Where to sleep in Zarautz

58 registered places to stay

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