Where to get damaged hip belt repaired in San Sebastián?

[Biplabby]

My hip belt to my osprey eja is broken and I’m about to enter San Sebastián, any ideas where I can get this fixed?

 

[donalomahony]

I'd suggest a shoe repairers shop, many have heavy duty sewing machines...

I Googled "shoe repairs San Sebastián", lots of possibilities...

 

[Antonius Vaessen]

Look for a Zapateria

 

[peregrina2000]

Totally agree that a zapatería is one good place to go.

Another option would be to go to a non-chain (meaning, not Decathlon) outdoor store like this one.

Deportes Ada

Establecimiento especializado en calzado, ropa y material outdoor, montaña y trekking en Donostia

www.deportesada.com

Once when I arrived in Granada I decided I needed to buy a new fanny pack because the zipper on mine was broken. So I went to a small outdoor store, like the one in San Sebastián I linked to above, intending to buy a new one. When I explained what I needed, the guy asked why didn’t I just get mine repaired. Well, duh, because I’m from the US and we always just throw things away and buy new. He suggested I go to their “backpack repair” guy, who turned out to have a small furniture reupholstery store.

If you go to a local sporting goods place that sells high quality sporting goods, they will likely have contacts for their customers who want to reapair rather than throw out their expensive purchases.

I don’t know if this is a straightforward repair or whether some skill would be required, but if you can find someone who has repaired backpacks before, you’re likely to get a good result.

 

[williamlittig]

My hip belt to my osprey eja is broken and I’m about to enter San Sebastián, any ideas where I can get this fixed?

I had a similar problem and a shoe repair shop helped.

 

[JerryStroebele]

On my second Camino my "high quality" Lowas split on a seam. The first zapateria I encountered in Santiago spent 20 minutes resewing it and charged me 3 euros. Buen Camino

 

[donalomahony]

@Biplabby Did you get sorted?