Altza

Why go

This district shows how quickly the city expanded beyond its older core. A small village of farmhouses and a compact centre became a much denser residential area during the immigration and building surge of the 1960s and 1970s. Its urban fabric is the main point of interest for someone exploring San Sebastián's recent growth.

What to look for

• The earlier settlement was a small nucleus among scattered farmhouses.
• Dense housing records the district's rapid twentieth-century expansion.