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Saizar cider house

Kale Zahar Auzoa, 39, 20170 Usurbil

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Txotx at the Saizar cider house, with a stream of cider flowing from a kupela into a glass
Photo: Web Saizar
Entrance of the Saizar cider house in Usurbil, with the house sign and a large apple sculpture
Photo: Web Saizar
The Saizar cider house dining room full of diners, with a wooden-beamed ceiling
Photo: Web Saizar
The Saizar cider house grill master behind a big pile of grilled steaks
Photo: Web Saizar
Grilled steak served at the Saizar cider house, with a glass of cider behind
Photo: Web Saizar
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History and atmosphere

About Saizar cider house

A welcoming place to enjoy a rib steak (txuleta) with a natural cider full of character, thanks to a careful selection of the best apples. True to tradition. Today Saizar’s cider carries the Euskal Sagardoa Designation of Origin, which in 2017 took over from Eusko Label as the seal for Basque natural cider.

The Saizar cider house is defined by tradition, handed down from generation to generation. It has become one of the largest-producing cider houses, with very substantial investment in technology, yet its large dining room keeps the essence of tradition. It currently produces around 1,100,000 litres of cider a year and complements this with a wider range of products.

Saizar makes cider under the Euskal Sagardoa Designation of Origin (DO), mostly with apples from its own orchards in Usurbil, as well as cider brandy and apple vinegar. It sells through its online shop and runs guided tours.

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From tree to bottle

Saizar’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.

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.
  • Gorenak Collective mark of a group of Gipuzkoa cider houses (Sagardo Mahaia), created in 2011, for bottled natural cider only. Every batch is tested at the provincial Fraisoro laboratory. It does not certify where the apples come from. You can tell it by the black capsule.

What you can buy

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Experiences

Beyond the table at Saizar cider house

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Opening hours

Saizar cider house opening hours

Monday
Closed
Tuesday
13:00–15:30 20:00–23:00
Wednesday
13:00–15:30 20:00–23:00
Thursday
13:00–15:30 20:00–23:00
Friday
13:00–15:30 20:00–23:00
Saturday
13:30–15:30 20:30–23:00
Sunday
13:30–15:30

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 Saizar cider house

Kale Zahar Auzoa, 39, 20170 Usurbil Open in Google Maps
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  • By car

    Look up the address in your satnav. In season, cider house car parks fill up early on Saturdays.

  • By bus

    Some bus routes run near the area. Check the timetable before you go, especially for the way back.

  • As a group

    Many cider houses arrange a coach for groups: ask when you book.

In the media

News about Saizar

Old label of “Sagardua” cider, from Zarracina (Gijón), with a man in a beret holding a makila and the Basque motto “Euskaldunak ezdago iñon onelango Sagardua” Photo: La Sidra de Papel® / Fernando Paredano

Cider culture

La Sidra de Papel: the Basque labels in a collection of 9,000

Fernando Paredano has been keeping cider labels, trade cards and price lists since 2001; among them, labels from Usurbil, Oiartzun and Berriatua, and from ciders with Basque names made for the Basques of the Americas

Via LA SIDRA 6 min read

Txotx season

The five territories present the 2026 txotx season together

Álava, Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa, the French Basque Country and Navarre each opened a cask in San Sebastián’s Plaza de la Constitución, at an event that marks the path towards extending the Euskal Sagardoa Designation of Origin

Via Euskal Sagardoa 2 min read

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