History and atmosphere
About Ola cider house
Ola cider house is in a very special setting: an old ore-washing plant later turned into a mill, which the Bengoetxea family restored and adapted for cider making in 1999. It has an orchard of some 6 hectares with around 1,100 trees. It produces about 75,000 litres of cider a year.
Ola makes organic cider with the Euskal Sagardoa DO, mainly from apples grown in its own orchards, as well as apple juice. It runs guided tours and tastings and sells its products in its online shop.
Specialities
Menu of the day, in addition to the cider house menu.
Gallery
Photos of Ola cider house
From tree to bottle
Ola’s own house cider
As well as a cider house, it’s a cider maker: it makes its own cider, and what’s served at the table comes from its own cellar.
- Making cider since
- 1999
Quality labels
- DO Euskal Sagardoa Designation of origin for natural Basque cider: only local apples from registered orchards in Álava, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa, not pasteurised and with no added gas. The French Basque Country joins through the cross-border PDO, pending in the EU. The seal goes on each bottle, not on the cider maker.
- Organic production Cider with the EU organic logo (the Euro-leaf), certified by the body in its territory: ENEEK-Ekolurra in the Basque Country, CPAEN in Navarre, an approved certifier in the French Basque Country (with the optional AB logo), COPAE, ODECA or CRAEGA.
What you can buy
Its bottles
Ola’s ciders
Experiences
Beyond the table at Ola cider house
Irun
from €50.00
Guided tasting and cider house menu
For those who want more than just the meal but not the full tour: a half-hour tasting with an aperitif…
Gipuzkoa
Irun
from €18.00
Guided cider house tour with tasting
Ola occupies an old ironworks some 700 years old in Meaka, Irun, surrounded by woods, rivers and more than…
Gipuzkoa-
Irun
from €56.00
Guided tour and cider house menu
The same tour of the orchard, production area and cellar of the old ironworks, with a tasting and an…
Gipuzkoa -
Irun
from €78.00
Guided tour and cider house menu with transport
Ola’s tour with lunch, with transport sorted: pick-up is in San Sebastián, at Ficoba (Irun) or at Hendaye…
Gipuzkoa
What it offers
Services and facilities
Services
At the table
Celebrations
Visits and sales
Getting there
Reviews
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Opening hours
Ola cider house opening hours
1 January to 31 May
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- 18:30–24:00
- Wednesday
- 18:30–24:00
- Thursday
- 18:30–24:00
- Friday
- 18:30–24:00
- Saturday
- Lunch
- Sunday
- Lunch
1 June to 8 December
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- Lunch
- Wednesday
- 12:00–20:30
- Thursday
- 12:00–20:30
- Friday
- 12:00–24:00
- Saturday
- 10:30–24:00
- Sunday
- 10:30–18:00
Closed Mondays. Cider house (January to late May): Tuesday to Friday, 18:30 to 24:00; Saturdays and Sundays, from 10:30. Restaurant (June to 8 December): Tuesday, from 12:00; Wednesday and Thursday, 12:00-20:30; Friday, 12:00-24:00; Saturday, 10:30-24:00; Sunday, 10:30-18:00.
Opening hours are a guide: they can change on public holidays, during holidays or from one season to the next. Check before you go.
Location
How to get to Ola cider house
Meaka Auzoa 102, 20305 Irun Open in Google Maps-
By car
Look up the address in your satnav. In season, cider house car parks fill up early on Saturdays.
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By bus
Some bus routes run near the area. Check the timetable before you go, especially for the way back.
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As a group
Many cider houses arrange a coach for groups: ask when you book.
In the media
News about Ola
Festivals and events
A spring of Sagardo Egunak: Errenteria, Irun and Usurbil
Rain moved Errenteria’s to the Alameda, Irun announced the return of its own after a year without the festival, and Usurbil’s 42nd edition was the first under new organisers
Via Noticias de Gipuzkoa 3 min read
Txotx season
Generational handover at Ola Sagardotegia
The Irun cider house marked its 25th anniversary this Sunday with an emotional opening of the txotx season.
Via El Diario Vasco 1 min read
