Tamborrada de San Sebastián
Tamborrada de San Sebastián: Popular fiesta, Donostia / San Sebastián, January
- MonthJanuary
- Event typePopular fiesta
- How the date is setFixed calendar date
- TownDonostia / San Sebastián
- RegionPaís Vasco
Context
- Radius of effect50–100 km: the event moves occupancy and rate
- Attendance10,000 · 2023 Estimate
- What is countedpeople in the Plaza de la Constitución after the Arriada, one act
- Published byAyuntamiento de Donostia-San Sebastián
- Caveat on the figureA council estimate for ONE act — the closing Arriada — not for the Tamborrada as a whole. The 2026 balance counts tamborradas, not people.
- Origin not publishedOrganisers do not publish nationality at the gate: in the Festival Codex archive the field is empty on all 251 full-schema records across three countries. Of 83 Spanish events, three publish a breakdown.
- Inbound flow to the community that month207,478 foreign trips — 6.1% of the community's annual flow. The community peaks in August. Estimate
- Country mix of the flowThe country mix is published for August only, and for a festival in January it says nothing: putting it here would pass one month off as another.
- What this is NOTThis is the flow into the community, not the audience of the festival. Not one of the 83 Spanish festivals publishes a visitor passport. Basis: trips inferred from phone positioning — NOT a passport — TMOV_R, measurement from mobile-phone positioning.
- Regional seasonalityYear-round
- Regional volume, 20257.7m hotel overnight stays (INE)
- Upper-tier houses in town2
- With a MICHELIN Key in town2
- Rooms recorded158
- Starred tables in townAkelaŕe · Arzak
- FestivalsJazzaldia · Festival Internacional de Cine
Hotels
| Hotels | Distinction | Rooms |
|---|---|---|
| Akelarre | Key | 22 |
| Hotel María Cristina, a Luxury Collection Hotel | Key | 136 |
Starred tables
Festivals
Jazzaldia · Festival Internacional de Cine
Related
País Vasco · Donostia / San Sebastián · Festivals
How to read the marks
- 'estimate' means: the body itself presents the figure as an estimate and publishes no method.
The month is given for a typical year: Spanish fiesta dates often follow the church calendar and move. Verified 1 September 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the same register that feeds the tables — there is no second source of truth. What the register does not hold is absent here rather than estimated.