For the first time in the history of Pasaia, the Pasaia Maritime Festival. The appointment will be in the month of May, from the 17th to the 21st, and for 5 consecutive days, the waters of this Guipuzcoan municipality will be the meeting point for traditional boats from different parts of the continent.
An international maritime event
This event will be a great international maritime meeting that will offer visitors a cosmopolitan atmosphere full of cultural, gastronomic and musical activities.
These activities will be shared between the water zone, which will be the stage where the different traditional boats will sail, and another of land, which will cover the four districts of the town in spaces conceived as villages where numerous activities related to gastronomy, crafts and music will be held.
Guests of honor
It is worth noting the visit of the Hermione, a replica of the frigate with which the Marquis de Lafayette contributed to American independence.
What better way to learn Spanish by participating in the Pasaia maritime festival, visiting the town, enjoying its gastronomy, the show organized by the Pasaia town hall.
The first maritime festival in Pasaia
As we have said before, the festival will last three days, in which there will be different activities to do. Furthermore, it is the first time that this type of festival has been held. Pasaia is divided into 4 parts, that is, 4 districts spread around the bay of the same name.
Pasaia and its districts
pasaia It is located between Donostia-San Sebastián and the natural border with France, and it is a municipality that was born and developed around its port, which, given its peculiar orography, has offered shelter to numerous boats throughout history, belongs to the region de Oarsoaldea together with Errenteria, Lezo and Oiartzun Currently it is divided into 4 districts spread around the bay of the same name.
Pass Saint John
It is the oldest of the four districts. It is, along with the Pasai San Pedro district, the most touristic district. Along the street we find numerous historical and cultural resources and diverse tourist infrastructure.
Passai San Pedro
It is the most fishing part of the municipality where the fish market is located, currently in the process of being reconstructed and where some deep-sea and inshore fishing boats can still be seen on its docks. Its historic center is similar to that of Donibane.
Pass Ancho
District emerged at the end of the 1890th century after the desiccation of a marsh. It was founded in XNUMX and grew together with the creation of various infrastructures such as the northern railway, the Madrid-Paris highway, the mole, or the commercial docks of the port
trintxerpe
Also popularly known as the city of the dollar due to the boom in the fishing industry of the 60-70s when it began to develop as a district. Today it is the district with the most inhabitants and the commercial part of Pasaia.
Pasaia is located between Donostia-San Sebastián and the natural border with France, and it is a municipality that was born and developed around its port, which, given its peculiar orography, has offered shelter to numerous boats throughout history. It belongs to the Oarsoladea region together with Errenteria, Lezo and Oiartzun. It is currently divided into 4 districts spread around the bay of the same name.
You cannot miss it, it is a way to learn Spanish while being able to speak with local people and tasting the gastronomy and music of Pasaia and its guest of honor, Galicia.
