Hotel guide · Centro, San Sebastián
A five-star house on the Urumea, at the edge of the Parte Vieja, with La Concha a short walk away.
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01Is it for you?
02The hotel
The rooms divide by outlook. On the garden side are the Classic rooms, which are the house’s singles — 25 m², with a queen bed and a shower over the bath, for one guest — the Deluxe rooms, 35 to 45 m², with a king bed or twins, and the Family rooms, 50 m², which take up to four with two extra beds. The Premium rooms, 35 to 45 m², look over the river. Every bathroom is in marble, and every room is turned down in the evening.
Among the suites, the Junior Suite, 60 m², has a separate living room and a partial view of the river, and the corner River Suites, 65 m², add a walk-in wardrobe; the corner Garden Suites are 77 m². The Royal Suites, 74 m², on a corner over the river, have an oval living room, and on the top floor the Terrace Suites and the María Cristina Royal Suite open onto private terraces over the river. For families and groups, suites connect into several bedrooms.
If a particular outlook, bed configuration or connecting rooms matter to you, tell us when you enquire and we will confirm them with the hotel for your dates before anything is booked.
On the practical side: room service runs around the clock; bicycle hire is included, and reception has towels for the beach; and one pet per room is welcome, for a fee, though not where food and drink are served. Parking can be arranged on request, subject to availability, and we arrange a private transfer from the airport or the station. The hotel’s own pages list no rooms adapted for reduced mobility: if you need one, tell us and we will ask the hotel what it can offer for your dates.
Amelia by Paulo Airaudo is the fine-dining room: an omakase-style menu inspired by the Basque sea, in which the chef’s Italian heritage meets light Japanese touches. It opens for dinner from Wednesday to Friday and for lunch on Friday. The Gallery, in the finest part of the hotel’s gallery and with a terrace of its own, serves Basque dishes and seasonal cooking with international influences at lunch and dinner every day. The Dry Martini bar, by Javier de las Muelas, is an English-style room that runs towards the lobby and the terrace, for afternoon tea, Basque pintxos and more than ten martinis. On Sundays the hotel serves a brunch.
03Location
Hotel María Cristina stands at Paseo de la República Argentina 4, on the left bank of the Urumea beside the Victoria Eugenia theatre, in the Ayuntamiento’s Centro barrio, with the Parte Vieja across the Boulevard. The map shows it between two of the city’s beaches, La Concha on the bay and the Zurriola beyond the river mouth. For the city itself, see our San Sebastián page and our San Sebastián guide.
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Hotel María Cristina
Playa de La Concha
Parte Vieja
Kursaal
Playa de la Zurriola
Catedral del Buen Pastor
04Alternatives
More hotels from our San Sebastián selection, each with a different character. Distances are in a straight line to the Plaza de la Constitución in the Parte Vieja; Hotel María Cristina is 420 m away.
Igeldo
A five-star house of 22 rooms on Monte Igeldo, every one looking out to sea, with Pedro Subijana's restaurant and an adults-only spa.
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