Pasaia is the sea. Maritime culture, a living maritime heritage. Pasaia is the port, the factories and the workers. Pasaia is the towns, the streets and the festivals. Pasaia is rowing. Pasaia is, in fact, a town made up of many towns: Donibane, Pasai San Pedro, Trintxerpe and Pasai Antxo. Looking out to the sea, it contains within itself the history of Oarsoaldea, which could almost be that of the Basque Country: connected to the wider world, it takes care of its own.
Pasaia fascinated Victor Hugo, Pedro Mari Otaño left Pasai to go to America and from the Plaza de Pasaia Xenpelar sang for the newlyweds. From the cliffs of Jaizkibel, the coast that looks out over the Ocean. From the streets of Donibane, with the taste of boats and the delicious aromas of the kitchen. From the urban and dynamic Trintxerpe to the life of Pasai San Pedro, from the punts to Albaola and the bright colors of the working life and festivals of Pasai Antxo. Pasaia is all that and more.
