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What to see and do in Zestoa

What to see and do in Zestoa (Urola Kosta, Gipuzkoa): 8 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 3 Monuments · 4 Historical milestones

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What to see and do in Zestoa

Zestoa
Village
Municipality of Urola Kosta with 3,933 inhabitants (INE, 2025), at 72 m altitude in a territory ranging from 30 m next to the Urola river to 600 m at its southeastern edge.
Balneario de Zestoa
Historical milestone
Town known for its medicinal waters, which brought fame to its spa in the early 20th century.
Iglesia de la Natividad de Zestoa
Monument
Parish church severely damaged by a fire in 1549 and rebuilt between the second half of the 16th century and part of the 17th.
Palacio Lili
Monument
Palace built in 1525 by the Lili family, whose wealth came from iron and timber. Restored and reopened as a museum on March 9, 2013, with furniture and objects on loan from the San Telmo Museum and the Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa.
Cueva de Ekain
Historical milestone
Cave discovered in 1969 with nearly 70 Paleolithic rock art figures (64 painted and 6 engraved), including a group of horses considered one of the finest examples of Quaternary art. Included on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 2008. The original cave is closed to the public; its replica, Ekainberri, opened in 2008 a few meters from the original, can be visited.
Fundación de Zestoa
Historical milestone
The town was founded in 1383 under the name Santa Cruz de Cestona.
Incendio de Zestoa de 1549
Historical milestone
A great fire devastated the town in 1549; only the early sixteenth-century Lili chapel survived.
Ekainberri
Monument
Museum opened in 2008 that faithfully reproduces the Ekain cave and its cave paintings.