History and atmosphere
About Zabala cider house
The Zabala cider house in Aduna has been making cider for some 200 years, and its owners have always set out to make it from local apples. After many years of planting apple trees, they now make their cider with 100% Gipuzkoa apples: around 200,000 litres a year.
They sell it as R. Zabala, under the Euskal Sagardoa Designation of Origin (DO), also through their online shop. Their latest creation is Sagarlup, a cider made with native hops from their own plantation.
Its cider house menu starts with a chorizo-in-cider pintxo and, besides the fried salt cod, adds salt cod ajoarriero style. Off the menu, if ordered when booking, there is grilled salt cod loin and grilled squid. In recent years, Zabala has hosted the Jakitea awards for gastronomy and local produce.
Gallery
Photos of Zabala cider house
From tree to bottle
Zabala’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.
- Brand
- R. Zabala
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
Its bottles
Zabala’s ciders
What it offers
Services and facilities
Services
Facilities
Celebrations
Visits and sales
Getting there
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Opening hours
Zabala cider house opening hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- Closed
- Wednesday
- Lunch Dinner
- Thursday
- Lunch Dinner
- Friday
- Lunch Dinner
- Saturday
- Lunch Dinner
- Sunday
- Closed
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 Zabala cider house
Goiburu Auzoa, 5, 20150 Aduna 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 Zabala
Photo: Sagardoaren Lurraldea
Festivals and events
Cider Week Astea reaches the Bidasoa with fifteen venues
From 16 to 22 November, bars and restaurants in five Gipuzkoa towns bring together local ciders and others from Brittany, Italy, Germany, Norway and Sweden. For the first time, two venues in Hondarribia are taking part
Via Sagardoaren Lurraldea 3 min read
Awards and competitions
Zapiain wins two golds at Cider World in Frankfurt; silver for Zabala and Isastegi
The Astigarraga cider house took gold with its Euskal Sagardoa Premium and with its ice cider Bizi-Goxo, while Zabala and Isastegi won a silver each
Via Ciderayalga 2 min read
Txotx season
Gipuzkoa’s cider houses get ready for the start of the 2025 txotx season
The season will officially begin on 15 January with the traditional opening ceremony at the Alorrenea cider house in Astigarraga.
Via Noticias de Gipuzkoa 1 min read
