Over the last 120 years, one of Zarautz's most important sources of revenue has been tourism so it is hardly surprising that the town has a hearty tourist-friendly infrastructure. There are a good many hotels and guest houses (pentsioak or pensiones) where the tourist can stay as well as varies camp grounds and rural houses. There is plenty on offer in the way of fine Basque food (and other kinds as well now) and the local shops offer excellent quality goods. Zarautz also has a rather dinky 9-hole golf course but it is located in front of the ocean where the golfer can golf in the salt air. Surfing is also big in Zarautz where the waves are among the best in the Basque Country. That accounts for where there are so many good surfers from Zarautz and why there are so many surfing shops, world-championship surfing contests, and surfers from all over the world riding the waves off the 2 km-long Zarautz beach.