Where we are:

The Institute is located on the third floor of Tabakalera, the International Centre for Contemporary Culture in San Sebastián, in the Egia neighbourhood.

Address:

Basque Architecture Institute

Tabakalera

Pl. de las Cigarreras, 1, 3rd floor

20012 Donostia / San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa

Opening hours

Monday: closed.

Tuesday: 17:00–20:00.

Wednesday to Sunday and public holidays: 11:00–14:00 and 17:00–20:00.

Check the centre’s current programme here.

Email

info@eai.eus

Admission

Free entrance

Group visits and conversations

All kinds of groups are welcome to join guided visits. These visits include an introduction to the Institute’s ideas and approach, as well as tours of the exhibitions on view at the time of the visit. We also invite university and school groups to organise classes, seminars and conversations around a selection of materials from our collection.

How to get here:

On foot and by bike

From the city centre: walk to the Northern Train Station and cross the Egia pedestrian footbridge.

Dbizi: San Sebastián’s public bike-sharing system, with conventional and electric bikes and state-of-the-art docking stations.

Bike parking: bicycle parking is available at San Sebastián railway station, five minutes from Tabakalera, from 6:00 to 23:30 all year round.

By bus

Dbus: The San Sebastián bus lines that stop near Tabakalera are:

Paseo Duque de Mandas: 9, 42, 41

Paseo de Francia: 17, 24, 37, 45

Other lines: the remaining buses stop at the railway station, so you only need to cross the Egia footbridge.

By train

From the Northern Train Station, cross the Egia footbridge.

By car

From Bilbao: A-8 > GI-20 > take Exit 9A

From Bayonne: A-8 > GI-20 > take Exit 7

Nearby car parks: Atotxa and Donostia Railway Station.

By metro

Leave the station and head right along Calle Pedro Egaña.

Turn left onto Calle Prim. Then turn right at any of the first streets and continue along Paseo Árbol de Gernika, on the left bank of the river.

Continue to María Cristina Bridge and cross it. At the end of the bridge, on the left, you can access the Egia footbridge.

Accessibility

Access:

Tabakalera has two main entrances: one from Plaza de las Cigarreras and another from Plaza Nestor Basterretxea.

The entrance from Plaza de las Cigarreras has a ramp to facilitate accessibility and avoid the existing steps. The entrance from Plaza Nestor Basterretxea is also accessible.

Both entrances have automatic doors.

There are spacious lifts providing access to all floors.

Guide dogs are welcome.

Facilities

The building is largely adapted for people with functional diversity and for families.

Toilets

The public toilets on floors 0, 1, 2 and 4 are adapted for people with functional diversity.

The toilets on the second floor are located inside Medialab and are therefore available during the opening hours of this space. Check Medialab’s opening hours here.

All toilets have baby changing facilities. The toilets on the ground floor also have children’s toilets.