- Gipuzkoa
- Makes its own cider
- Open all year
Urbitarte cider house
Caserío Urbitarte. Barrio Ergoiena, 20211 Ataun
History and atmosphere
About Urbitarte cider house
Off the traditional cider route, the Urbitarte cider house was founded in 1991 in Ataun. Located in the Ergoiena district, it welcomes large numbers of visitors from neighbouring Navarre, to which it has a direct road link. It stands in mountain country and, braving the ups and downs of winter, stays open until almost the end of spring so that people can make the most of their visit. It currently produces around 150,000 litres of cider a year.
Urbitarte makes its cider under the Euskal Sagardoa Designation of Origin (DO) with apples from the Goierri area, and has been a pioneer of special ciders such as single-variety ones.
Specialities
The Urbitarte cider house’s speciality is the grill.
Grilled steaks and fish with Demetrio Terradillos’s special touch, and the salt cod chunks prepared by Itziar Irastorza, are some of the dishes that define the quality of its cooking.
From tree to bottle
Urbitarte’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
- 1991
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.
What you can buy
What it offers
Services and facilities
Services
At the table
Celebrations
Visits and sales
Getting there
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Opening hours
Urbitarte cider house opening hours
1 June to 31 December
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- 20:00–24:00
- Wednesday
- 20:00–24:00
- Thursday
- 20:00–24:00
- Friday
- 13:30–15:30 20:00–24:00
- Saturday
- 13:30–15:30 20:00–24:00
- Sunday
- 13:30–18:00
Rest of the year
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- 20:00–24:00
- Wednesday
- 20:00–24:00
- Thursday
- 13:30–15:30 20:00–24:00
- Friday
- 13:30–15:30 20:00–24:00
- Saturday
- 13:30–15:30 20:00–24:00
- Sunday
- 13:30–18:00
Open all year, with cider house menu and txotx. Closed Mondays. Tuesday and Wednesday, dinner (20:00-24:00); Thursday to Saturday, lunch (13:30-15:30) and dinner (20:00-24:00); Sunday, lunch (13:30-18:00). From June to December, also closed on Thursday lunchtime.
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 Urbitarte cider house
Caserío Urbitarte. Barrio Ergoiena, 20211 Ataun 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 Urbitarte
Txotx season
Paco Etxeberria opens Goierri’s 2026 txotx season at Oiharte
The Beasain-born forensic doctor, named ambassador of Goierri cider, called the first txotx in Zerain on the day the district’s four cider houses opened; this year they have made 125,000 litres from local apples
Via Noticias de Gipuzkoa 2 min read
