2011 2012 Tourism resource guide
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2011 2012 Tourism resource guide
100% 2011 2012 Tourism resource guide Table of Contents ) • PUBLISHED BY: The County council of Gipuzkoa. Department for sports and External Action • PRODUCTION AND DESIGN: ACC Comunicación 04 ROAD MAP • TEXT COMPOSITION: Koro Rekarte Gontzal Largo ACC In conjunction with District tourist information Offices in Gipuzkoa 08 16 What to see 26 20 30 Practical information 33 33 Michelin stars 34 Miniature cuisine 35 Weekly markets 36 Cider 40 40 Chillida Beaches 42 Natural Areas 44 Cycling and Trekking 46 38 Underground Gipuzkoa 39 Gastronomy events 50 CULTURE Flysch Gastronomy museums Practical information NATURE AND LEISURE 37 Txakoli 22 INLAND 11 GASTRONOMY 12 COAST What to see • PRINTING: ONA Industria Gráfica, S.A. • PHOTOGRAPHS: ACC Archives The archives of the County Council of Gipuzkoa Agustin Sagasti Angel Blanco Carlos Vallejo Darío Garrido Faktore Fermín Etxeberria Gema Arrugaeta Gonzalo Azumendi Iñigo Santiago Javier Carballo Javier Juanes Javier Larrea Jesús Martín José López de Zubiria Juan Manuel Ubiria Kulturweb Lurrak Peio López Santi Yaniz Txema Fernández Zum 06 SAN SEBASTIAN What to see Gipuzkoa: eat, see and live it ) Practical information And so we are inviting you to get to know our province with your eyes and also with your hands and your palate, inviting you to dip your glass into a cider house, find out the whys and wherefores of Idiazabal cheese and indulge your body in the myriad of sensations that our most famous chefs have prepared for you. 56 ACCOMMODATION 50 This land has the ability to make an indelible mark on anyone visiting it. You can see for yourself when you discover our landscapes, perpetually green and varied enough to suit all tastes. We are inviting you to discover them all, from the coastline with its pleasant beaches, the romantic cliffs, the woods that wear a different look each season, the bucolic meadows and the mountains that just cry out to be visited. It’s equally easy to travel around on foot and by bike to really feel at one with the environment. 51 Valley of Iron 52 The land of San Ignacio 54 St James’ Way 47 48 ThalassotherapySpa Ongi etorri, welcome to Gipuzkoa, to this welcoming, compact yet widely varying land. Welcome to a place where we feel passionate about our knives and forks, plates and glasses because they bring us closer to a gastronomic culture that has represented us for decades and gives us a great sense of pride. Eating in Gipuzkoa is not just a biological need, but a real pleasure: a celebration of friendship, an art and enjoyment for the senses. Iñaki Galdos Irazabal County Councillor for Sports and External Action. We also have thousand year old stones and dolmens, medieval buildings and Renaissance treasures, all types of museums, visitors’ centres and themed routes: historical routes such as the Three Temples; modern routes following work by the sculptor Eduardo Chillida; winemaking involving tasting Txakoli from Getaria; underground through caves concealing artistic treasures... And then we have the local people who will receive you with open arms and smiling faces. Ongi etorri, welcome again. Enjoy, take a look, live this experience, eat... it’s always a pleasure. 2 3 Road map ) S ituated on the Atlantic axis of the Gulf of Biscay, Gipuzkoa is the least extensive one of the historical territories belonging to the Basque Autonomous Community. Its 2,000 square kilometres are crisscrossed by the 6 main rivers (Bidasoa, Oiartzun, Urumea, Oria, Urola and Deba), which spring from the mountains, flow through the valleys where industrial areas have grown, and empty into the sea, where the most important coastal enclaves are located. Cliffs created by erosion, extensive beaches and fishing ports of renowned tradition alternate along Gipuzkoa’s 86 kilometres of coastline. In contrast to this blue Gipuzkoa, the green colour and its natural beauty define the inland. There is also an industrial as well as a rural Gipuzkoa. Small and medium-sized companies dominate the first, where iron works and metallurgy is the most important sector, followed by cement and paper mills. The rural area has hardly undergone any changes. Cultural traditions and Basque Folklore survive here, as does the Basque language, the native tongue of a high percentage of the population. The Service Sector is this small and diverse area’s main business. > www.mugipuzkoa.com Population Facts Icon meanings Population Facts: 707.263 Main cities and towns: Donostia-San Sebastian 185.506 Irun 60.938 Errenteria 39.020 Eibar 27.378 Arrasate 22.011 Zarautz 22.658 hab. hab. hab. hab. hab. hab. GI-2632 Weather Information Climate in Gipuzkoa: Oceanic humid. Average Temperatures: (Igeldo observatory): Spring Summer Autumn Winter 4 13,9º 18,5º 11,5º 8,8º Table of distances in kilometres from San Sebastian Aia Arantzazu Arrasate Astigarraga Azkoitia Azpeitia Beasain Bergara Deba Eibar 30 84 76 6 57 52 41 70 52 71 Elgoibar Errezil Ezkio-Itxaso Getaria Hondarribia Idiazabal Irun Larraul Legazpi Leintz-Gatzaga 65 43 50 31 21 50 18 27 62 80 Lezo Loiola Mendaro Mutriku Oiartzun Oñati Ordizia Orio Pasaia Segura 8 54 60 57 11 74 42 20 5 51 Tolosa Zarautz Zegama Zerain Zestoa Zumaia Zumarraga 26 26 69 54 44 35 56 5 The Sailing Club steps, next to the port of San Sebastian, are popular among swimmers. San Sebastian ) The firm favourite This is where we find the two oldest temples in San Sebastian: the Baroque St Mary’s Basilica that houses the patron saint, Our Lady of the Choir; and St Vincent’s, a Gothic block with five centuries of history, decorated with enigmatic gargoyles. Next to this we find the former convent of St Telmo, a 16th century work that has been recently renovated and turned into a modern historical and ethnography museum. Several paths leave the Old Town leading up Mount Urgull, the city’s main set of lungs and an immense park that is really best explored in small doses, offering up the military ruins and magical spots such as the English Cemetery. Build around the shelter of the Concha Bay, San Sebastian casts a spell on you like no other city. This fisherman’s city, chosen by kings and queens for their summer holidays, is a real tourist treat, enhanced by the refined 19th century buildings, its musical programme, its passion for culture and, of course, its close relationship with nature. San Sebastian can be felt but also read about and walked through and it moulds itself into anyone visiting it, like a fine silk glove. The capital of Gipuzkoa also highlights many of the virtues of this land where the mountains meet the Cantabrian Sea. I t is never difficult to describe San Sebastian as a city adorned with three mountains, three beaches, an island and a river. Beyond its natural beauty, the capital of Gipuzkoa has also forged its own charm, thanks to its enviable architecture, quality of life and gastronomic reputation. Constitution Square is its epicentre, a wide gated space that was a bull ring in former times and currently hosts the largest event in the local calendar: the raising of the flag on the Day of San Sebastian – the popular Tamborrada-, at midnight between 19th and 20th January. Ensanche Beyond the imaginary boundary of the Boulevard we find the 19th century ‘ensanche’ or suburb as it was at the time, from when San Sebastian became one of the most important tourist destinations in the south of Europe, in hot competition with Biarritz or Nice. Priority is given here to solid, carved, sandstone buildings; with welcoming arcades and a series of buildings with contrasting architectonic power such as the Local Government building, the María Cristina hotel or the Victoria Eugenia Theatre. Urumea River Urumea is another gem that makes San Sebastian unique. Walks along and across its banks show a very different side to the city, crossing monumental bridges such as the Maria Cristina bridge, and passing the modernist buildings on the Paseo del Árbol de Gernika or the villas along the Paseo de Francia. The jewel in the river’s crown is the Kursaal Centre, designed by Rafael Moneo and built in 1999 helping to modernise one of the youngest, freshest districts in the city centre: Gros. Blessed with the best beach, Gros has a characteristic surfing atmosphere all along the Zurriola Paseo. In summer, this spot is full of lively terrace bars and hides some of the best viewpoints to watch the sun go down. If San Sebastian can be proud of anything, it should be its sea walks. Not only is it possible to walk – or run or cycle – along almost five kilometres of coastline, but you can also take in artistic monuments such as Eduardo Chillida’s Peine del Viento or the Kursaal Centre, panoramic views and all the beaches. Even when the sky is dark and angry, take a walk along Paseo Nuevo and imitate the townspeople’s favourite pastimes: watching the waves smashing into and jumping over the dykes. SAN SEBASTIAN SAN SEBASTIAN 6 Old Town Its ancient soul is hidden in the Old Town, also the district where we find the most pincho bars. Although it burnt down almost completely in a fire in 1813, it was reconstructed by copying the old grid of streets The Boulevard is the liveliest street in town separating the ‘old’ town from the ‘new’. This was where the old walls ran enclosing the town. At one end we find the Brecha Market, around which homesteaders still sell their market garden produce. At the other end we find the Town Hall – first built as a sumptuous casino – and the Alderdi Eder gardens that have been an oasis of peace and beauty for the last century. The romantic zone has several hearts that bring it to life. One of them is Gipuzkoa Square, a pretty little English-style park with exotic trees and a lake that is home to ducks and swans. Another is Buen Pastor Square, built at the same time as the Neogothic Cathedral with its tall, slim spire standing over 80 metres high. Very close to this we find St Martin’s market and a lively collection of pedestrian streets (Loyola, Getaria, San Marcial, etc.) where most of the city’s shops are concentrated. 7 2 / Peine del Viento or “Wind Comb”. What to see ) San Sebastian 1/ Mount Igueldo 3 / Miramar Palace. 3/ Miramar Palace The regent Queen María Cristina chose this privileged hill that divides the beaches of La Concha and Ondarreta, to build this palace where the royal court would spend its summers. The building was erected in British style, and today its gardens are open for people to stroll through, among the students of the UPV Summer Courses (University of the Basque Country). 6/ 4/ Buen Pastor Cathedral Aiete Park The Amusement Park of Mount Igeldo preserves the old-time charm of its past. After a short ride up the from the area of Ondarreta aboard the funicular, which has been working since 1912, the youngest children can ride ponies while the older ones can ride the roller coaster, the Labyrinth or the Mysterious River. The tower houses an exhibition on the history of San Sebastian, and one can enjoy excellent views over the bay. 2/ Peine del Viento or “Wind Comb” One of San Sebastian’s most magical spots is at the tip of the western coast. Three iron sculptures by Eduardo Chillida integrate themselves in the landscape grasping the rocks that are frequently beaten by the ocean waves. The surrounding area, designed by Luis Peña Ganchegui manages to unite the visitor with Chillida’s art and the sea. 12 / Kursaal Congress Centre and Auditorium. 11 / Aquarium. 11/ City Hall Aquarium Located in between the Old Town, the Alderdi Eder Gardens, the Boulevard and the Bay of La Concha, this splendid building was built in 1882 to house the Grand Casino and its dazzling halls. After gambling was outlawed in the forties, it became the City Hall. The original grand dance floor is now the assembly hall. The San Sebastian Aquarium is one of the most modern in Europe. It is home to numerous marine species such as rays and the popular sharks Txuri and Kontxita, swimming in an oceanarium crossed by an acrylic tunnel. Over 5000 species live in the variety of tanks in what is also known as the Sea Palace and in a tactile pool where some of the living specimens can be touched. 9/ “Paseo Nuevo” Real Sociedad Museum Situated in the Anoeta Stadium, the Real Sociedad Museum sums up one hundred years of the club’s history. Visitors can access audiovisual resources and discover objects owned by the club or provided by sportspersons and fans: from an original bench and cushion from Atotxa, to players’ shirts, balls and tickets to memorable matches. 12/ Located in the middle of the Old Town, the museum has reopened its doors after a thorough renovation. The 16th century former Dominican convent has been refitted and extended with a vanguard building, offering a new view of our society. Don’t miss the exhibition housing the archaeological, ethnographic, documentary and artistic collections in the museum accompanied by audiovisuals from the best creators on the Basque scene, plus an ambitious programme of activities. Architect Rafael Moneo described the translucent cubes that he designed to be built at the outlet of the Urumea River as “two beached rocks” Located just above Zurriola beach, the Auditorium and the Congress Hall is host to a good deal of San Sebastian’s cultural events. Gipuzkoa Square 5/ San Telmo Museum Kursaal Congress Centre and Auditorium 7/ Designed by the Frenchman Pierre Duccase at the end of the 19th century, Aiete Park is the most beautiful and extensive monumental garden. It is located five minutes from the centre of San Sebastian and the sumptuous palace that presides over the park, Franco’s former summer residence, houses the House for Peace and Human Rights. Don’t miss the flower beds, the lakes and a humid wood with sequoias, magnolias, oak and yew trees. 13/ 8/ Its 75 metre high tower is visible from most of San Sebastian. El Buen Pastor, or “Good Shepherd”, presides over the city centre in its neo-gothic style. It is part of a group of similar buildings such as the Koldo Mitxelena Cultural Centre and the Post Office. Surrounded by the seat of the County council of Gipuzkoa and other porticoed buildings since 1885, this grand square hides great many attractions. A small botanical garden, a duck pond, a meteorological and astronomical pavilion, a floral clock, and a tribute to the musician Usandizaga are all grouped within one charming area. 8 / City hall. 10 / Constitution Square. This seaside walkway that encircles Mount Urgull is the ideal point to enjoy the sunset. Near the port, the monumental-scale reproduction of Jorge Oteiza’s Construcción vacía, or “Empty Construction”, and the Aquarium are worthwhile sights. 10/ Constitution Square For centuries, San Sebastian was a walled city. It was limited to what is now the Parte Vieja, or “Old Town” and it is still the heart of the city. An infinite number of bars and restaurants share the narrow streets between the Boulevard and Mount Urgull with the graceful Plaza de la Constitución and the churches of San Vicente and Santa María. Paseo Nuevo 9 Mount Urgull Mount Igueldo 1 San Telmo Museum Aquarium City Hall 3 La Concha beach 8 GROS 12 Constitution Square Peine del Viento Ondarreta beach Kursaal 10 11 2 Zurriola beach 13 7 Gipuzkoa Square 6 Buen Pastor Cathedral Miramar Palace ANTIGUO AIETE 4 Aiete Park AMARA BERRI Real Sociedad Museum 5 SAN SEBASTIAN SAN SEBASTIAN 8 6 / Buen Pastor Cathedral. 9 The best views over the Concha Bay from Mount Igeldo. San Sebastian Practical information ) ACTIVE TOURISM AIR-BASED ACTIVITIES Air Sports Guipuzcoa Air Sports Federation Pº de Anoeta,5 Donostia - San Sebastian Tel. / Fax: 943 45 74 38 [email protected] La Perla Talaso-Sport Pº de la Concha s/n Donostia-San Sebastian Tel.: 943 45 88 56 [email protected] / www.la-perla.net Hydra Wellness Spa María Cristina Oquendo, 1 - Donostia-San Sebastian Tel.: 943 42 22 37 [email protected] / www.hydra.es Sports Sports Board Frontón Karmelo Balda. Pº de Anoeta,18 Donostia-San Sebastian Tel.: 943 48 18 50 / 943 48 18 81 [email protected] www.donostiakirola.org WATER-BASED ACTIVITIES Swimming Tourist Offices ) San Sebastian TurismoDonostia Turismoa, S.A. Boulevard, 8 - San Sebastian • Tel.: 943 48 11 66 • [email protected] • www.sansebastianturismo.com • • Reservation Centre: Tels.: 902 44 34 42 / 943 21 77 17 [email protected] www.sansebastianreservas.com Agenda ) JANUARY MAY SEPTEMBER • San Sebastian Festivals: Tamboreada (Drumming Parade) (night of 19th to 20th) • San Sebastian International Cross Country Race • Dock of the Bay (Musical documentary film show) • San Sebastian Cross country race • El Sol Advertising Festival • Rompeolas Festival • Half Marathon • Tango Festival • Zinemaldia. San Sebastian International Film Festival • Traineras Regattas JUNE • • Surfilm • San Festibal Sebastian Triathlon FEBRUARY JULY • Boilermakers’ Festival • Horse (Saturday following 2nd February, Candlemass day) MARCH • Carnival • Dferia. Theatre Fair of San Sebastian International Piano Competition • City APRIL • Film and Human Rights Rally • Underwater Film Cycle • San Sebastian International Chess Open Races • Donostia Cup: football tournament • Jazzaldia- Jazz Festival • Summer Courses • Horse riding: International Jumping Competition • City of San Sebastian Sailing Regatta AUGUST • Classical Music Festival Grande: Fireworks competition, local festivals, bulls, etc. • San Sebastian International Tennis Competition • Swimming: Island crossing • Semana OCTOBER Horror and Fantasy Film Festival NOVEMBER • Gastronomika San Sebastian Congress • Behobia San Sebastian: All-comers 20 km race • Donostia-San Sebastian Marathon DECEMBER • Cook & Fashion Festival • St Sylvester Race • St Thomas Pº de Anoeta,5 / Tel.: 943 46 95 36 [email protected] / www.igeri.net • Municipal Sports Centre “Piscinas Paco Yoldi” Pº de Anoeta,16 / Tel.: 943 48 18 70 • Bidebieta Municipal Sports Centre Serapio Múgica,1 / Tel.: 943 40 08 92 • Benta Berri Municipal Sports Hall Bertsolari Xalbador 2 / Tel.: 943 21 00 70 • Altza Municipal Sports Centre Paseo de Casares 153 / Tel.: 943 35 24 57 • Zuhaizti Municipal Sports Centre Plaza de Zuhaizti, 1 / Tel.: 943 39 59 95 Atano III Municipal Fronton Court Basketball Recinto Dep. Anoeta - Festivales Tel.: 943 47 14 63 [email protected] www.gipuzkoakoeuskalpilota.com Jai Alai Carmelo Balda Fronton Court Recinto Dep. Anoeta Tel.: 943 48 18 70 Festivales puntuales. Consultar agenda. Tennis Real Club de Tenis de San Sebastian (San Sebastian Royal Tennis Club) Pº de Eduardo Chillida, 9 Donostia - San Sebastian Tel.: 943 21 51 61 [email protected] / www.rctss.com Horse riding Real Sociedad Hípica de San Sebastian (San Sebastian Royal Riding Society) Camino de la Hípica, 5 Donostia - San Sebastian Tel.: 943 45 33 69 / Fax: 943 45 39 21 www.hipicaloyola.com [email protected] Horse-racing San Sebastian Hippodrome Surf Pukas Surf Eskola Golf Rowing Guipuzcoa Rowing Federation Pº de Anoeta, 5 Donostia - San Sebastian Tel.: 943 45 11 38 [email protected] www.fgremo.com Sailing Guipuzcoa Sailing Federation Gipuzkoa Basketball Federation Pº de Anoeta, 5 Donostia - San Sebastian Tel.: 943 47 33 24 [email protected] www.fgbaloncesto.com Camino de Goiaztxiki, 41 Apdo. 1012 Donostia-San Sebastian Tel.: 943 47 27 36 www.golfbasozabal.com A 4km, del centro de San Sebastian. Anoeta Stadium Pº de Anoeta,1 Donostia - San Sebastian Tel.: 943 48 18 75 Capacidad: 32.000 espectadores. Chilida-Leku Museum Parque de Cristina-Enea (Pº Duque de Mandas, 66) Tel.: 943 45 35 26 www.cristinaenea.org Urgull History House Casino Kursaal Castillo de la Mota. Urgull Tel.: 943 42 84 17 Mayor, 1 / Tel.: 943 42 92 14 [email protected] www.casinokursaal.com French Roulette, American Roulette, Black Jack, Stud Poker, Spanish Poker, Slot Machines. Theme Park Monte Igueldo Monte Igeldo. Pº del Faro 134 Tel. / Fax.: 943 21 35 25 [email protected] www.monteigueldo.es MUSEUMS www.gipuzkoakomuseoak.net Real Sociedad museum PºAnoeta (stadium ground floor) Tel.: 943 47 39 53 [email protected] www.realsociedad.com House of Peace and Human Rights Palacio de Aiete Paseo de Aiete, 65 Tel.: 943 48 19 75 TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS Kubo-kutxa room Kursaal - Avda. de Zurriola, 1 Tel.: 943 01 24 00 [email protected] www.kubo.kutxa.net San Telmo Museum Pza. de Zuloaga,1 ( Parte Vieja) Donostia - San Sebastian Tel.: 943 48 15 80 [email protected] www.museosantelmo.com San Telmo Museum Pza. de Zuloaga,1 ( Parte Vieja) Donostia - San Sebastian Tel.: 943 48 15 80 [email protected] www.museosantelmo.com Plaza de Carlos Blasco de Imaz, 1. (Puerto) Donostia - San Sebastian Tel.: 943 44 00 99 [email protected] www.aquariumss.com Guipuzcoa Scuba Federation Avda. de Añorga, 36 Donostia - San Sebastian Tel.: 943 36 41 92 [email protected] www.museumcemento.rezola.net Leisure San Sebastian Aquarium Football Cemento Rezola Museum Environmental Resources Centre Pº de Anoeta, 14 Donostia - San Sebastian Tel.: 943 46 05 40 [email protected] / www.gtxe.net TXURI-URDIN Ice Palace Scuba Diving *Temporarily closed Gipuzkoa Cycling Federation Ice skating and Ice Hockey Paseo de Anoeta, 24 Donostia - San Sebastian Tel.: 943 46 44 04 www.eltxuri.com / [email protected] Diocese Museum Cycling Pza. Euskadi, 1-4º. Edif. “La Equitativa” Donostia - San Sebastian Tel.: 943 29 35 08 [email protected] / www.fvgolf.com Golf Basozábal, S.A. Paseo del Muelle, 24. (Puerto) Donostia-San Sebastian Tel.: 943 43 00 51 [email protected] um.gipuzkoakultura.net Caserío Zabalaga. Bº Jauregi, 66 Hernani Tel.: 943 33 60 06 [email protected] www.museochillidaleku.com *Temporarily closed Basque Golf Federation Pº de Anoeta,5 Donostia - San Sebastian Tel. / Fax: 943 45 37 6 [email protected] Pº de Anoeta,5 Tel.: 943 47 20 57 [email protected] mipagina.euskaltel.es/guif/marco_1.htm Gipuzkoa Handball Federation Hand Pelota Offices and facilities: Paseo de Arrapide, 11 Zubieta (Donostia - San Sebastian) Tel.: 943 37 31 80 / Fax: 943 37 16 90 [email protected] www.hipodromoa.com Summer racing season starts in July. Zurriola, 24 Donostia - San Sebastian Tel.: 943 32 60 35 / Fax: 943 32 00 68 [email protected] www.pukassurfeskola.com Handball Naval Museum - Untzi Museoa kutxaEspacio Science Museum Paseo de Mikeletegi, 43- 45. Parque Tecnológico de Miramón. Bus nº 28 Tel.: 943 01 24 78 Reservas: 943 01 29 17 [email protected] www.kutxaespacio.es SAN SEBASTIAN SAN SEBASTIAN 10 Guipuzcoa Swimming Federation Tel.: 943 46 28 33 [email protected] www.realsociedad.com Pº de Anoeta, 5 Donostia - San Sebastian Tel.: 943 45 25 34 [email protected] www.kirolnet.com/fgb LAND-BASED ACTIVITIES Health Headquarters of Real Sociedad Football Club 11 Hondarribia, located at the mouth of the River Bidasoa, has one of the most spectacular medieval town centres in Gipuzkoa. Coast ) The coastline of wonders Hondarribia has a fishing heart in La Marina district where some of the best seafood dishes in Euskadi are served. Their fame has even reached the New York Times that praised the virtues of its restaurants and pincho bars in 2010. At cape Higuer there is a beautiful lighthouse that, decades ago, bore witness to a singular event: under its waters there are significant Roman remains that had been dragged there along the River Bidasoa. They come from Irun where the Romans set up twenty centuries ago. To see how they buried their dead, you have to visit the hermitage of St Elena, whose floor houses a necropolis. When you visit Irun, it is not rare to find pilgrims walking to Santiago de Compostela along the coastal route. Many of them stop off to visit the church of Our Lady of the Juncal and take a look at one of the oldest virgins in Gipuzkoa, dating from the 12th century. Sixty kilometres of coastline hold many wonders in store. No doubt about it, the Gipuzkoa Coast is a treasure trove overflowing with fishing villages offering idyllic atmospheres, gastronomic seafood delights or amazingly unique natural spots. From the simplicity of a beach such as Zumaia, to the beauty of a town such as Mutriku, there’s barely a spot that you will not fall in love with at first sight. You have been warned. O ur route along the coast starts at Gipuzkoa’s ‘finis terrae’. Where everything ends: the place where we find Euskadi’s last village, Hondarribia; the last cape, Higuer, and the last river, Bidasoa. Txingudi Bay Beyond it there is Iparralde, the North Basque Country. Due to this proximity to neighbouring land, Hondarribia Our next stop is a town hidden under a thick layer of industry, Errenteria. Despite the growth it underwent in the second half of the 20th century, it preserves a pretty pedestrianised historical centre. It boasts two buildings with unequivocal military architecture: the tower-houses of Morrontxo and Torrekua, displaying a lot of wall and few windows, designed to keep out enemies since medieval times. In the parish church of Our Lady of the Assumption, you should take the time to look at the ‘Animas’ Altarpiece, a curiosity from Flanders. Pasai Donibane is one of the pleasant surprises along this route: a fishing village that only has one street. This street is very long, rising and falling with tunnels and bends but it is just one street from start to finish. It is so unusual that the French novelist Víctor Hugo praised it endlessly in his book entitled “The Pyrenees”. The best part of Pasai Donibane is its walks leading to the northern mouth of the estuary or rising to the St Ana Hermitage to get great views of the port. Another of the bay’s great attractions consists of taking a motor boat between Pasai Donibane and Pasai San Pedro, also set out around a single sombre yet genuine street. On leaving Pasaia Bay, the Gipuzkoa coast opens up to reveal San Sebastian. Beyond the capital, Mount Igeldo and Mendizorrotz (the road that cross this mountain is much more beautiful than the motorway or the N-634) will accompany us as far as the next chunk of coast. Urola coast Locals in Orio are experts at preparing a particularly tasty grilled sea bream. The Town is also famous for its ‘arrantzales’ – fishermen in the Basque language – who in 1901 captured the last great whale in the Cantabrian Sea. They will celebrate this event on 14th May 2011, Whale Day. COAST COAST 12 has always been considered a courageous city. Why? Its location on the natural border – it is only separated from France by Txingudi Bay – has kept it on the alert for centuries. It also means that its main monuments have strong links to the art of war: there are the sections of the city walls that are still standing; the slim St Mary’s gate; Carlos V castle or the Armas square that opens up next to it. There are two ways of leaving the land of Txingudi: along the coast, driving along the road up Mount Jaizkibel (with impressive views) or along the N-I. If you choose the latter, stop off in Oiartzun, a typical rural Basque village with a pretty historical centre although the buildings in its surrounding area are particularly charming. It is always surprising to come across large fortified towers such as Iturriotz or Pagoaga in such a green and bucolic landscape. You could alternately follow the route of the megalithic monuments. Pasaia Bay After almost 20 kilometres, Monte Jaizkibel drops down next to Pasaia Bay, taking in several towns that should not be missed. Lezo was built at the foot of the mountain: a tiny village with one foot in the sea and the other in the country. It is worth taking a look at some of the homesteads in the town whilst you drive through the bucolic meadows either side of the GI-2638 connecting up with the top of Gaintxurizketa. Many visitors come here to see the beardless Christ, of unknown origin, standing in the Basilica of Christ. 13 The coastal towns of Gipuzkoa play host to the ‘trainera regattas’ in the summer, followed by many fans of this traditional Basque sport. On 30th June every year, Irun holds the San Marcial Parade, its major festival. Tourist Offices Orio is a strange fishing port because the village faces the mountains not the sea: it is sheltered in the river that bears its name, safe from frequent squalls out at sea. The best idea is to walk around the port and then climb the hill along the Goiko Kale. Before reaching Zarautz, there is an obligatory stop on the road: in Aia. This town with privileged views over the Cantabrian Sea is a box of surprises. Visitors will discover the church of St Stephen, the Aizpeako Andra Maria Hermitage or the many secrets hidden in the Pagoeta Natural Park. Zarautz can boast the longest beach in the Basque Country. If the surf’s up, it will be easy to spot several surfers trying to ride the waves as some of the first pioneers of this sport in Euskadi emerged here way back in the 1960s. Nowadays it hosts international surfing championships. Zarautz also has a beautiful old town including the Luzea Tower – medieval and invincible – or the Palacio de Narros which is said to be haunted. Strolling through the lanes of Getaria is a pleasure as all lead to the same place: the port, although to get there you have to go through a tunnel under the Gothic church of San Salvador. Extend your stroll if possible as far as Mount San Antón – the actual name of the mouse – and up to the lighthouse. By the way, the Getaria fish restaurants, with their grills on the street, are world famous. Flysch Route When the Cantabrian Sea gets angry, it releases storms that are every bit as beautiful as they are furious. Knowing this, Zumaia searched for shelter to settle in the mouth of a river – in this case the Urola. The village therefore has such a curious shape, with its old part on one side – the tower that stands out is from St Peter’s church; and the beaches on the other. Once you have seen them, they are hard to forget. This happened to the painter Ignacio Zuloaga who commissioned his house to be built on Santiago beach: his home and gardens are currently a museum open to the public. Itzurun Beach has another very different attraction: the coastal flysch, meaning the many layers of rock that are uncovered when the water withdraws, making it possible to read the geological age of the Earth. The Algorri Visitors’ Centre explains all about this phenomenon. The arrival at Deba is worth framing: after several kilometres of bends and slopes, the road comes back to overlook the sea and, suddenly, this village appears behind a wide beach, dotted with summer villas. Centuries ago, it was an important trading port – this is where Castilian wool set sail for Flanders – and it was this economic bonanza that helped it to raise its main treasure: the gothic temple for St Mary whose facade still maintains its original colours today. Mutriku is the end point on the Gipuzkoa coastline, before the road enters Bizkaia. There are two buildings that catch everyone’s eye: the parish church of Our Lady of the Assumption that looks like a Greek temple stolen from Athens and the tall, slim Berriatua Tower, one of the few buildings saved from the fire that destroyed the town in 1553. Almost everything in Mutriku is a reflection of the Cantabrian Sea and its produce, such as fish preserves – this tradition is memorialised in the Bentalekua Museum – or the fossils that were extracted from its waters, exhibited in the Nautilus Museum. Agenda ) Hondarribia-Irun JANUARY (Bidasoa Activa - Bidasoa Bizirik) GETARIA • Txakoli Day (17) DEBA • Agricultural and livestock fair ‘Urteberri’ MUTRIKU • Magic Days - Oficina Irun: Plaza Luis Mariano, 3 - Oficina Hondarribia: C/ Minatera, 9 (Puerto Deportivo). Arma Plaza, 9 (Centro de Interpretación de la Historia) • Tel: 943 64 54 58 • www.bidasoaturismo.com Oarsoaldea-Oiartzun • Aialde, 2 - 20180 Oiartzun • • Tel.: 943 49 45 21 www.oarsoaldea-turismo.net Errenteria (High season: 6 months) Espacio Lúdico-Cultural San Marcos Fuerte de San marcos San Marko bidea, s/n - 20100 Errenteria • Tel.: 943 44 96 38 • www.oarsoaldea-turismo.net • Pasaia • • • • • Casa de Víctor Hugo Donibane, 63 - 20110 Pasai Donibane Tel.: 943 34 15 56 www.oarsoaldea-turismo.net www.victorhugopasaia.net Zarautz • • • Nafarroa Kalea, 3 - 20800 Zarautz Tel.: 943 83 09 90 www.turismozarautz.com Orio • • • Kale Nagusia, 17 - 20810 Orio Tel.: 943 83 55 65 www.oriora.com Getaria (open all year round) • • • Aldamar parkea, 2 - 20808 Getaria Tel.: 943 14 09 57 www.getaria.net Zumaia • • • Kantauri enparantza, 13 - 20750 Zumaia Tel.: 943 14 33 96 www.zumaia.net/turismoa Deba • Ifar kalea, 4 - 20820 • Tel.: 943 19 24 52 • www.deba.net Deba Mutriku • • • Plaza Txurruka, s/n - 20830 Mutriku Tel.:943 60 33 78 www.mutriku.net Visiting a cider house is a must between January and April. FEBRUARY MUTRIKU • Chamber Music Cycle MARCH MUTRIKU • 16th Berdel Eguna APRIL HONDARRIBIA • Holy Week Processions ERRENTERIA • St Mark’s Pilgrimage to St Mark’s Fort ZARAUTZ • Beer Fair (Holy Week) AIA • 9th Fair of collectors’ plants • 9th Txakoli Day ZUMAIA • San Telmo Jaiak MAY HONDARRIBIA • San Isidro (Agricultural Fair and Herri Kirolak) IRUN • Cycling: Tour of Bidasoa LEZO • Pentecostal Festival ERRENTERIA • Annual Basque Country craft fair ORIO • Whale Day (14) AIA • Agricultural and Livestock Fair and Exhibition with local produce GETARIA • Euskal Jaiak (last Saturday) JUNE HONDARRIBIA • Medieval Market IRUN • San Marcial parade (30) ZARAUTZ • Zarautz International Triathlon (2nd Saturday) • St Pelayo Festival ZUMAIA • St Peter’s Festival • Craft Fair JULY HONDARRIBIA • Kutxa Entrega Eguna • Hondarribi Blues Festival IRUN • Luis Mariano lyrical contest PASAIA • Traineras Regattas • St Fermin Festival in Pasai Antxo ERRENTERIA • Magdalena festival ORIO • Sea Bream Festival MUTRIKU • Malen Jaiak AUGUST HONDARRIBIA • Traineras Regattas Herri-Giroa OIARTZUN • Xaniestebanes patron saint festivals • Artikutza pilgrimage ORIO • Regattas: Orio Flag GETARIA • St Salvador Festival ZARAUTZ • Summer Musical Cycle (Fridays) ZUMAIA • International Music Festival (1-10) • Euskal Jaia DEBA • St Roke Festival: Drum Parade, bull run and bullfight with young bulls SEPTEMBER HONDARRIBIA • Parade for the Virgin of Guadalupe (8) • Agricultural and livestock fair • Surfing World Championship • Txakoli Day (3rd Saturday) ZUMAIA • Octopus Day (third Saturday) OCTOBER HONDARRIBIA • Euskal Herria Pincho Competition ORIO • Steak festival ZUMAIA • Zakila bira NOVEMBER IRUN • Athletics: BehobiaSan Sebastian • Youth Theatre Show • Archaeological film festival PASAIA • Magosto Jaia AIA • Ox trials MUTRIKU • Antzerkiaz Blai! Amateur Theatre Festival DECEMBER ZARAUTZ • Guitar Festival LEZO • Holy Cross Festival ERRENTERIA Fair ZARAUTZ • Euskal AsteaBasque Week and Euskal Jaia • Medieval COAST COAST 14 The section of the N-634 leading west is delightful: it runs barely a couple of metres above sea level. Many of the mountains in this area are carpeted by txakoli vines, a young, white wine with Protected Denomination of Origin, offering a fantastic accompaniment for seafood or fish. A mouse – yup, a giant mouse – in the shape of a mountain tells us that we have arrived in Getaria, the home town of two people that revolutionised history: Juan Sebastián Elcano who completed the first and pyrrhic journey around the world and the fashion designer Cristóbal Balenciaga, known as the “Prince of Fashion”. A spectacular museum has been built for the latter that will open in summer 2011. ) Surfing, one of the major attractions on our coast. 15 1 / Hondarribia. Historical Centre. 3 / Irun-Hondarribia. Txingudi Marshland. 5 / Irun. Oiasso Roman Museum. 10 2 1 Hondarribia 9 11 3 Pasaia 8 Lezo Irun 4 5 What to see ) Eastern coast 1/ Hondarribia 3/ Irun-Hondarribia Errenteria Oiartzun 7 12 5/ Irun Historical Centre Txingudi Marshland Oiasso Roman Museum The exceptional Old Town of Hondarribia has been declared monument of artistic and historical interest for its houses, emblazoned with their coats of arms, small palaces and unique buildings. A walk down Kale Nagusia, with its spectacular gables, will take you to the plaza de Armas, a square with plenty of history, dominated by the solid Castle of the Emperor Charles V, now a parador (stateowned hotel). The Bidasoa River lets out into the Txingudi Bay, surrounded by the towns of Irun, Hondarribia and Hendaia. Here we find a rich ecosystem. The Txingudi Ekoetxea centre for research, with its bird observatory, is the point of departure to explore the swamps and other habitats of Plaiaundi to which we can add the recently recovered Jaizubia marshes (padurak) in Hondarribia. The Oiasso Roman Museum is an archaeology centre gathering the Roman remains discovered in the surroundings of the city of Oiasso. Its main aim is to make the area’s archaeological heritage known. 2/ Hondarribia 4/ Irun Shrine of Guadalupe The image of the Virgin of Guadalupe, worshipped by the people of Hondarribia since as early as the sixteenth century, is preserved within a hermitage located on the way up Mount Jaizkibel from Hondarribia. The splendid panoramic views crown the visit. Church of Our Lady of Juncal The one hundred years it took to build this huge church in Irun is apparent in the combination architectural styles (late gothic, Basque gothic and Baroque). Guipuzkoa’s most ancient image of the Virgin Mary, a carved figure of the Virgin of Juncal, presides its altarpiece. Declared National HistoricArtistic Monument. 7/ Oiartzun 9/ Pasai San Pedro 11/ Lezo Arditurri Mining Reserve Ondartxo Maritime Culture Centre Cultural route through Lezo’s historical centre It is located at one of the entrances to the Aiako Harria Natural Park, in the town of Oiartzun, just at the end of the cycling lane or Arditurri Green Way. The Arditurri mine galleries are some of the few that have been worked almost uninterruptedly since 2,000 years ago. The setting of the mine land has been recovered after 20 years of inactivity. Guarding the famous Basilica of El Santo Cristo, known due to the Byzantine beardless Christ, the streets of Lezo’s historic quarter show many 16th century buildings. 8/ Pasai San Pedro Mater Museum Boat 6/ Errenteria St Mark’s Fort Play-Cultural area Within the Lau Haizeta Park and over the Borough of Oarsoaldea we find this natural viewpoint with an exceptional panoramic view of the Basque coast and the sea of mountains stretching away inland. The fort, built in 1888 on a former military location, is currently an attractive play-cultural area. It recreates the military activity by means of replicas of machine guns, canons, etc. 12 / Irun-Oiartzun. Aiako Harria Natural Park. The Ondartxo Maritime Culture Centre, located in Pasaia next to the former Jaizkibel stream dredger, brings craft techniques back to life that Basques have traditionally used to build their boats with ethnographic interest. 10/ Pasai Donibane This floating museum that comes and goes from port to port shows us part of our maritime history and how it has changed to the present day. The typically Basque boat would be used to fish for Tuna, built of wood in 1990, keeping the ancestral structure of traditional boats. Its original installations and the rehabilitation of its hold as an exhibition space allow visitors to immerse themselves in the world of Cantabrian fishing. Through workshops, thematic routes and different crossings, children and adults will get firsthand knowledge of how fishermen used to live, which fishing grounds they visited and the techniques they used. Víctor Hugo Museum House 12/ Irun-Oiartzun This is a typical 17th century house in Pasai Donibane where the romantic writer Víctor Hugo spent the summer in 1843. The museum-house is home to the permanent exhibition entitled “Víctor Hugo, a trip through time”, an extensive collection of furniture and decorative objects that belonged to the writer. The museum-house stands in Calle Donibane, a road parallel to the bay of Pasaia passing through light and shade, flanked by four houses that make small tunnels. It was declared a Natural Park in 1995 and has several points of interest. Its granite massif is unique in the Basque Country and its peaks offer impressive views over the Oiartzun Valley. The conservation of its oak, beech and mixed forests is outstanding. The quality of its habitats allows for significant animal life, such as the wild cat, boar, roebuck, vulture, falcon, salmon or the Pyrenees muskrat. Aiako Harria Natural Park COAST COAST 16 6 DONOSTIASan Sebastian 7 / Oiartzun. Arditurri Mining Reserve. 17 13 / Aia. Agorregi ironworks and mills complex. Pagoeta Natural Park. What to see ) Western coast 15 / Orio. St James’ Way Visitors Centre. 18 24 23 22 Mutriku Pagoeta Natural Park Located on the Gipuzkoa coastal chain, Pagoeta Park boasts eye catching ridges and limestone slopes, mixed woods of lush vegetation, conifers, pastures and scrubland. Man’s influence can be seen in the Agorregi ironworks and mill. This recreation of an 18th century hydraulic facility comprises an ironworks and four mills, plus the infrastructure of reservoirs, dams and canals. 14/ Orio Old Town 20 Deba 21 13/ Aia 18 / Getaria. St Salvador parish church. Lastur 19 Getaria 19/ Zumaia Zarautz Zumaia 16 17 13 Orio Zuloaga Museum DONOSTIASan Sebastian 14 15 St James’ Way Visitors’ Centre in Orio This is the only Visitors’ Centre for the St James’ Way in the Basque Country and provides complete information on the Jacobean route. The three floors of the former Iturriaga palace provide information on the history of the Way, what it means to go on a pilgrimage, the art of the way, the way in the present day, etc. The Centre also has interactive modules, audiovisual projections and educational material to find out in depth about what has been declared “Europe’s Top Cultural Itinerary”. 17/ Zarautz PhotomuseumPhotography and Film Museum Located in Zarautz, the museum offers its visitors a trip around the techniques and art of photograph from its beginnings to the present day, plus a chronological look back at the origins of cinema. This centre holds a wide ranging collection of cameras, optical instruments, primitive daguerreotypes and artistic photographs from all periods and trends. Lastur Historical centre The historical centre of the fishing town of Mutriku, declared a Monumental Complex, is one of the best preserved medieval centres in the Basque Country. From Txurruka in the upper part of town, down to the port via Beheko Square, we find palaces and towerhouses. The Galdona and Arrietakua houses, the Berriatua Tower and the Montalivet palace stand out. The former studio of the painter Ignacio Zuloaga used to be an inn for pilgrims on the Road to Santiago. Today it houses the art collection assembled by the artist, from oil paintings by Goya and El Greco to bronzes by Rodin, in addition to paintings by Zuloaga himself. 24/ Mutriku Nautilus: Geological Visitors’ Centre Basque Coast Geopark Iñurritza dunes and biotope The Old town of Orio, or “Goiko kale” is a labyrinth of cobblestone streets, at times graded with steps. The Parish Church of San Nicolás de Bari, which also had to adapt itself to the sloping terrain, imposes itself amidst them. The magnificence of its baroque main altarpiece emphasizes the image Saint Nicholas of Bari. 23/ Mutriku 20/ Zumaia-Deba-Mutriku 16/ Zarautz Gipuzkoa’s largest dune system is located between the eastern end of the beach of Zarautz and the outlet of the Iñurritza River into the sea. A walkway permits access to the biotope. The dune area, where the flora and fauna have adapted to the extreme living conditions, progressively turns into a marshland area, in the process of revitalization. 21/ Deba Hidden within the city limits of Deba and very near the coast, there is a green valley that was formed by the Lastur channel, whose karstic terrain is full of deep abysses, caves and drains. The valley is also famous for its bullfights, where bulls belonging to one of the oldest native species in Europe are fought in the plaza of San Nicolás. Aia 15/ Orio 22 / Deba. St Mary’s Church. 16 / Zarautz. Iñurritza dunes and biotope. 18/ Getaria St Salvador parish church The silhouette of the fifteenth century Parish Church of San Salvador towers over the medieval Old Town of Getaria. This gothic church manages to elegantly fit in its irregular and sloping terrain. Pay special attention to the images of the Agonising Christ the Dolorosa Virgin. Made up of the towns of Zumaia, Deba and Mutriku, this is the first geopark in Euskadi and the Cantabrian Cornice and since 2010 it has formed part of the European and Global Network of Geoparks. In addition to covering the spectacular cliffs along the coastline including the Flysch Route, the Geopark also covers inland areas through the Karst Route, where the Arno or Izarraitz limestone massifs hide real secrets and legends of the land. 22/ Deba St Mary’s Church The Church of Santa María monumental dimensions, almost more fitting of a cathedral, stand out amid the mountainous slope and the houses of the medieval Old Town. Built between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries, the poly-chromed portal and its cloister are two of its main points of interest. All the fossil materials exhibited in NAUTILUS form part of the collection held by Jesus M. Narvaez Amasorrain and Esperanza Azkarraga who over the last 30 years have been recovering and safeguarding the paleontological heritage that otherwise would have been destroyed by the erosive action of the sea. COAST COAST 18 19 Coast Practical information ) ACTIVE TOURISM Pasajeros del Viento Hondarribia Paraty Sup Eskola Pº Ulia, 117 - San Sebastian Tel.: 667 45 05 27 / 943 29 27 55 [email protected] Tel.: 615 76 99 44 Kostabela Sports Club Sailing School Tel.: 687 83 55 42 - Getaria Boat trips Boat trips WATER-BASED ACTIVITIES Scuba Diving Buceo Donosti Hnos. Berrotarán. Línea regular Pasai Donibane - Pasai San Pedro. Tel.: 630 44 88 13 Catamarán Higer. Paseo de Butrón s/n - Hondarribia Tel.: 639 61 78 98 Albamar Nautical Rentals C/ Igara, 53 - Donostia Tel./Fax: 943 31 23 13 [email protected] Zumaiako Kirol Portua. Tel.: 629 44 24 94 / 649 84 05 02 [email protected] www.todobarcos.com Buceo Navarra Getari Charter Minatera, 8 - Puerto Deportivo - Hondarribia Tel.: 609 41 91 14 [email protected] Buceo Euskadi C/Puerto, s/n - Mutriku. Tel.: 943 19 50 88 / Fax: 943 60 34 74 Móvil: 617 33 30 03 [email protected] www.buceoeuskadi.com www.grupobuceo.com K Sub Txoritompe kalea 34-35 - Getaria Tel./Fax: 943 14 01 85 Móvil: 627 93 03 30 [email protected] / www.ksub.net Alitan Aritzbatalde kalea, 2 bajo - Zarautz Tel./Fax: 943 13 26 47 [email protected] www.alitan-sub.com Txoritonpe kalea, 24 (Puerto de Getaria) Tel.: 676 50 93 12 / 627 93 03 30 [email protected] / www.getari.com Sailing trips Zarpar / Tel.: 696 57 02 17 [email protected] / www.zarpar.net Itsas Begi Tel.: 943 86 22 41 [email protected] www.itsas-begi.com / www.flysch.com Itsas Gela Apdo. correos, 61 - Pasaia Tel.: 618 81 42 25 [email protected] / www.itsasgela.org Canoeing, kayaking and sailing Santiagotarrak Zarautz / Tel.: 639 41 40 07 [email protected] Pº Real Union, 6 - Irun Tel.: 943 63 20 56 / Fax: 943 63 31 34 [email protected] www.santiagotarrak.com Itxas Jai Pasaia Kayak School Mollarri Sub Sokagin Kalea, 7 - Deba Tel.: 943 19 28 58 Móvil: 678 51 72 57 / 605 76 16 62 [email protected] www.itxasjai.com Olarru-sub scuba diving club Euskadi Etorbidea (Astilleros Lasa) Trintxerpe. Pasaia Tel.: 943 39 97 53 [email protected] Hondarribia Rowing Club Arraun Elkartea. Gernika ibilbidea, z/g - Zumaia Tel.: 675 00 77 86 Tel.: 943 64 01 61 www.hondarribiarraun.com Courses on the sea and guided tours Begi Bistan Donibane plaza, 5 Tel./Fax: 943 01 95 07 [email protected] www.surf-eskola.com La Escuela de Surf Zarautz / Tel: 661 09 13 96 / 679 49 34 48 www.laescueladelsurf.com Pukas Surf Eskola Lizardi, 9 - Zarautz Tel.: 943 89 06 36 (summer) ó 943 32 00 68 (rest of the year) [email protected] [email protected] www.pukassurf.com www.pukassurfeskola.com Moor Bañeru Kalea, 1. bajo - Zarautz Tel.: 943 00 53 69 [email protected] www.moorsurf.com Zarauzko Surf Elkartea Mendilauta, 13 - Zarautz Tel.: 943 89 02 25 / 607 42 45 56 [email protected] www.zarauzkosurfelkartea.com Gaztetape Surf Elkartea Playa de Gaztetape - Getaria Tel.: 615 76 12 64 Martime Sports Centre (15/06-31/08). Zumaiako Udala Itzurun Surf Taldea Larretxo kalea / Tel.: 664 40 72 28 Aosez Elkartea Itzurun Hondartza / Tel.: 679 32 12 53 Zurrunbilo Debako Kirol Elkartea C/ Nafarroa Plaza1-B - Deba Tel.: 660 83 76 12 / 655 701 024 Surfing and Body Board courses during the summer season. Tel.: 943 86 15 30 AIR-BASED ACTIVITIES Light aircraft Easo Flyers San Sebastian Airport Calle Gabarra, 22 - Hondarribia Tel.: 943 64 42 52 / 649 80 91 05 [email protected] www.easofly.com Aerial work and aviation school. Tel.: 943 86 22 41 (see company details in Trekking and Nature). Kayaks in Orio Paragliding and Ala-Delta Paseo Butrón s/n - Hondarribia Tel.: 639 61 78 98 [email protected] / www.jolaski.com Paseos por el Bidasoa. Centro de Deportes Marítimos Bº de Ibarla - Irun Tel.: 609 45 95 95 / Fax: 943 62 77 88 [email protected] www.bidasoavuelo.com Aquaturismo Eguisiers S.L. Tel.: 653 73 25 37 www.kukulak.com Jolaski, S.L C/ Santiago 41-1º - Hondarribia [email protected] www.aquaturismo.com Tel: 638 44 08 36 (15/06-31/08). Gernika ibilbidea, s/n. Zumaia / Tel.: 943 86 07 76 Kukulak Club deportivo Costabela Getaria (Abierto todo el año) Tel.: 687 83 55 42 Navegavela Tel: 610 40 55 54 / 648 18 30 37 [email protected] www.navegavela.com Itsasgela Environmental School Euskadi Etorbidea, s/n. Ed. Ciriza - Pasaia Tel.: 619 81 42 25 [email protected] / www.itsasgela.org Trips along the coast. Light sailing courses Hondarribia Nautical Club Ramón Iribarren s/n - Hondarribia Tel.: 943 64 27 88 / Fax: 943 64 28 94 [email protected]. Surf Central Surf Erlaitz, 3 - Irun / Tel.: 943 62 22 16 [email protected] www.centralsurf-irun.com Hondarribiako Surf Elkartea: Uhingain Bidasoa Delta-Parapente Flying School MUSEUMS www.albaola.com Sherpa. www.gipuzkoakomuseoak.net Mater Museum Boat Calle Santa Klara, 12- Errenteria Tel. / Fax: 943 51 61 92 [email protected] www.sherpamendia.com Jolas Golf Karakas. Escuela de Golf. Artadi Auzoa, 26 - Zumaia Tel./Fax: 943 86 04 35 Móvil: 605 71 52 73 Horse riding Jaizubia Riding Club Jaizubia hiribidea, 1. Apdo. 285 - Irun Tel.: 943 61 90 15 / Fax: 943 66 03 10 www.hipicajaizubia.com Listorreta Riding Club Oiasso Roman Museum Esloleta, 1- Irun Tel.: 943 63 93 53 [email protected] www.oiasso.com St Elena Hermitage Museum Ermita Kalea s/n - Irun Tel.: 943 63 93 53 [email protected] www.oiasso.com Alto de Orio, ferrería de Agorregi Tel.: 650 87 09 66 / [email protected] Horse riding, classes and Engish camps. Yeguada Olmedo Uranga Zelaitxo Alde, Bº Laranga - Mutriku Tel: 646 54 80 71 [email protected] Larretxipi, 5, bajo - Irun Tel.: 943 62 09 93 / 943 62 66 47 Igurutzeta Mining Reserve Photomuseum-Photography and Film Museum Algorri Visitors’ Centre Juan Belmonte, 21 - Zumaia Tel.: 943 14 31 00 Fax: 943 86 03 49 [email protected] / www.algorri.eu Quads EQA. Aita Lertxundi, 22 - Orio Herri Musikaren TxokoaPopular Music Centre Tel.: 664 25 95 65 / 664 25 94 39 [email protected] / www.quadorio.com Strategy games Jaizkiball Carretera de Jaizkibel, km 5-6 Pasai Donibane - Pasaia Tel.: 647 92 92 12 [email protected] / www.jaizkiball.com Paintball Debaventura Lastur-Deba. www.devabentura.com Tel.: 660 45 02 39 / 660 45 0245 LAND, SEA AND AIR ACTIVITIES Capitán Tximista Calle Tornola, 6. Bº Ergoien - Oiartzun Tel.: 943 49 35 78 [email protected] www.herrimusika.org Luberri. Geological Visitors’ Centre Pagoaldea pol. 41-42. Bº Ergoien - Oiartzun Tel.: 943 26 05 93 [email protected] www.luberri.org Arditurri Mining Reserve Arditurri bidea, 3 - Oiartzun Tel.: 943 49 45 21 [email protected] www.arditurri.com San Marko bidea s/n - Errenteria Tel.: 943 44 96 38 [email protected] www.oarsoaldea-turismo.net Bº Jaizubia, 14 (Goikoerrota) - Hondarribia Tel.: 943 64 38 84 Móvil: 606 95 85 83 / 699 95 62 58 www.capitantximista.com [email protected] Planetarium and Pasaia fishing nautical school Ondartxo. Maritime Culture Museum Txingudi Surf Eskola Club Mountain Bike Pasaia Trekking and Nature Tel.: 670 27 59 45 www.txingudisurfeskola.com Borda Enea 4 - bajo - Trintxerpe - Pasaia Tel.: 670 63 55 52 [email protected] www.trintxerpe.com Begi-Bistan Tel.: 943 86 22 41 [email protected] / www.begi-bistan.com (activities in Mutriku, Deba, Zumaia, Getaria and Orio) Elizaurre, 1 - Zarautz Tel.: 943 83 52 81 / Fax: 943 00 52 06 [email protected] / www.menosca.com Visitors’ Centre Txingudi Ekoetxea St Marks Fort Play-Cultural Area Zumaia tourist office Tel.: 943 83 53 89 - Aia [email protected] www.aiapagoeta.com Ibarla auzoa - Irun Camino Pierre Loti s/n - Irun Tel.: 943 61 93 89 / Fax 943 61 93 89 [email protected] www.euskadi.net/txingudi Tel.: 620 89 83 38 / 685 70 72 41 www.paintballmendaro.net LAND-BASED ACTIVITIES Pagoeta-Iturraran Natural Park Visitor’s and Information Centre Santa María La Real Monumental Archeological Complex Tel.: 604 40 16 00 www.sensacionparamotor.com Leaving from Donosti and Zarautz. Gelasio Aramburu, 6-bajo - Pasaia Tel.: 943 52 71 42 / 615 78 40 72 Fax: 943 34 10 84 [email protected] / www.globosoka.com Kale nagusia 17 - Orio Tel.: 943 83 55 65 www.oriodonejakue.net World Butterflies permanent exhibition Paintball Mendaro Soka St James’ Way Visitors Centre Pagadi Zalditegia Air Trips by Paraglider Balloon rides Kale Nagusia, 48 - Astigarraga Tel.: 943 55 05 75 [email protected] www.sagardoetxea.com San Ignacio 11 - Zarautz Tel.: 943 13 09 06 / Fax 943 83 18 23 [email protected] www.photomuseum.name Bike hire Higer bidea / Tel.: 608 73 72 86 www.clubindima.com Arma plaza, 9 - Hondarribia Tel.: 943 64 36 77 [email protected] Plaza Urdanibia, 5 - Irun (entrada por c/Vega de Eguzkiza) Tel.: 943 50 54 30 Tel.: 666 54 12 32 / 620 94 44 54 [email protected] / www.uhingain.com Surf Club Indima Hondarribia History Visitors’ Centre Menchu Gal exhibition room Agorregi Zalditegia -Guided tours: Kulturlan Bi. Tel: 943 13 14 18 Sagardoetxea (Cider Museum) Aldura, 55 - Errenteria Tel.: 943 51 03 99 / Fax: 943 51 59 10 [email protected] Riding classes, horse rides, ponies for children. Bº Urdaneta, Goiko Goroemana, s/n Tel.: 649 10 78 23 / [email protected] Horse rides and classes - Guided tours. From Tuesday to Saturday: 12:30 and 4.30pm Sundays and Bank Holidays: 16:30 Donibane, 63 - Pasai Donibane Tel.: 943 34 15 56 [email protected] www.victorhugopasaia.net Chalet Borda-gain, Barrio Jaizubia Apdo. 6. Hondarribia Tel.: 943 61 68 45 / Fax: 943 61 14 91 www.golfsansebastian.com Apdo. 82 - Zarautz Tel.: 943 83 01 45 / Fax: 943 13 15 68 www.golfzarauz.com - Bodega TalaiBerri. Tel.: 943 13 27 50 - Bodega Rezabal .Tel.: 943 58 08 99 -Conjunto Arqueológico Monumental Santa María la Real Víctor Hugo’s House Etxea R.G.C. de San Sebastian Marinos, 2 - Pasai San Pedro Tel.: 943 39 93 40 [email protected] Ondartxo pasalekua, 1 - Pasai San Pedro Tel: 943 39 24 26 [email protected] / [email protected] Zarautz -Txakoli wineries (on appointment) C/ Arraunlari-Torreatze (junto al embarcadero) - Pasai San Pedro Tel: 619 81 42 25 [email protected] / www.itsasgela.org Golf Real Club de Golf de Zarautz GUIDED TOURS Oarsoaldea District -Visits in Natural Areas: Guided tours through the Aiako Harria Natural Park (in the summer season). TrenberdeaOiartzun: Variety of ‘Green Train’ journeys that can be combined with the three museums in Oiartzun -Visits to Pasaia Bay: Blas de Lezo route, Bateleras route, Itsastarrak route, Zabarre route, Lafayette route and Victor Hugo route. -Educational visits, marine workshops, sea trips in Pasaia and trips on the Mater Museum Boat. -Visits in the museums: Luberri, Herri Musikaren Txokoa, Ondartxo, Planetario, Victor Hugo House, Arditurri Mining Reserve, Mater Museum Boat and St Mark’s Fort Play-Cultural Area. -Guided tours along coastal routes: La Plata lighthouse, environmental Jaizkibel, educational Ulía, discovering Alabortza. -Oarsoaldea Tourism Office Tel.: 943 49 45 21 / [email protected] -Listorreta-Barrengoloia Tel.: 943 44 96 38 Guide service in the Aiako Harria Natural Park (in summer) -Itsasgela Tel.: 619 81 42 25 [email protected] / www. itsasgela.org Bidasoa-Txingudi district 1. Monument Complex. 2. Ensanche (suburbs). 3. Vista Alegre-Santa Barbara Park. 4. Homesteads and Talaimendi Hermitages. 5. Zarautz Sculpture Heritage. Getaria -Visit to the historical centre and then boat trip along the coast to Zarautz. -Visit to txakoli wineries with prior reservation: Urki: 943 14 00 49 / 660 03 49 80 www.urkitxakolina.com Txomin Etxaniz: 943 14 07 02 www.txominetxaniz.com Ameztoi: 943 14 09 18 www.txakoliameztoi.com Gaintza: 943 14 00 32 www.txakoligaintza.com Zumaia -Cultural Zumaia Includes a boat trip along the River Urola, the Zuloaga museum and a visit to the parish of St Peter and the San Telmo seafarers’ guild. -Geological visit + boat trip. -Zumaia-Deba-Zumaia boat trips -Tidal plains. -Flysch Route and trekking -Kayak in the River Urola -Bird watching. - Zumaia Tourist Office. Ignacio Zuloaga Museum Goikoerrota Mill: Casa Santiago-etxea - Zumaia Tel: 943 14 33 96 [email protected] www.ignaciozuloaga.com Ibiltokia s/n - Zumaia Casa Kresala. Julio Beobide Tel.: 943 14 33 96 Bº Jaizubia, 14 (Goikoerrota) - Hondarribia Tel.: 943 64 38 84 Móvil: 606 95 85 83 / 699 95 62 58 [email protected] www.capitantximista.com -Trenberdea-Irun: Leaves San Juan Harri square and goes to the Hirugurutzeta Furnaces along the Ibarla valley. Opening Hours: work will be completed in March. Bentalekua Museum INFORMATION: -Lastur, natural paradise: Moila, 1. Kofradía Zaharra - Mutriku Tel. / Fax: 943 60 33 78 [email protected] / www.mutriku.net Hondarribia tours. Tel.: 943 64 54 35 [email protected] www.hondarribiatours.com Jolaski. Tel./Fax: 943 61 64 47 / 639 61 78 98. [email protected] Ortzi. Tel.: 650 78 94 76 [email protected] Guidatour. Tel.: 902 20 54 20 www.guidatour.net / [email protected] The route includes the St Nicholas hermitage, the former Plazaola mills and the rural centre. Orio Located in the Astigarribia district, we find the oldest church in Gipuzkoa, dating back to the 11th century. Julio Beobide Workshop Museum NAUTILUS: Mutriku Geological Visitors’ Centre Jose Antonio Ezeiza, 3 - Mutriku Tel.: 943 60 33 78 / 943 86 22 41 Móvil: 689 13 79 18 / [email protected] -Kayak trips along the River Oria -Orio – Donostia by boat -The history of Orio by boat Zumaia Tourism office. Tel.: 943 14 33 96 [email protected] / www. flysch.com Deba -Cultural visit: Focussing your attention on St Mary’s church. Mutriku -Visit to the historical and monumental centre -Visit to the Bentalekua museum -Visit to St Andrew of Astigarribia’s church. -Visit Nautilus and take a boat trip along Mutriku’s black Flysch Aia Trekking and boat trips to see the cliffs / www.flysch.com -Visits and guided walks in the Pagoeta Natural Park -Ironworks and mills in Agorregi Basque Coast Geopark (Pagoeta Natural Park). Visit to the botanical garden and the educational apiary. Flysch Route, Karst route and cultural visits. Zumaia, Deba and Mutriku tourist offices. Tel.: 943 14 33 96 / 943 19 24 52 / 943 60 33 78 COAST COAST 20 Zarauzko Surf Eskola Sports material rental 21 The only constant in Inland Gipuzkoa is the colour green and its thousands of variations: the green of the meadows, the pine forests and the riverside woods but also the green on the village fronton courts. The territory’s rural flipside is an amazing jumble of mountains, only structured by the course of the rivers and the towns, historical on the whole, that sprang up next to them. We will take a look at three parallel water courses, from east to west: Oria, Urola and Deba, all similar and yet different. They hold medieval treasures such as Segura, fabulous Italian Baroque art such as the Loiola Sanctuary or tiny valleys with singular beauty such as Kilimon... and that is just a taster. G ipuzkoa has a mountainous landscape. This uneven orography means that the villages and towns are grouped together in narrow valleys, always on the banks of a flowing river. We will travel down the Rivers Urumea, Oria, Urola and Deba from their mouths to the inland mountains where they first appear. River Oria On the banks next to the Urumea, Hernani is the ideal introduction to what is to come: its medieval past lives on in its urban area. WHat about an excursion in the surrounding area? Climb the humble – due to its diminutive size – mount St Barbara, inhabited by a small hermitage and a ruined fort. The views of the valley from the summit are worth the effort. We will drive through gentle meadows to reach Andoain. Beyond the charm of Goiko square and the baroque church of St Martin de Tours, the town is made attractive by its privileged location at the crossing point between two rivers: the River Oria and the River Leitzaran that comes from Navarre. Inland ) A thousand shades of the same green From now on, the N-I provides the backbone to the valley and will guide our steps. It will lead us to Tolosa, an illustrious town that used to be the capital of Gipuzkoa in the 19th century. Its old town stands on what was an island in the middle of the River Oria. What monuments can we see? Where should we start? How about St Mary’s church? It is so close to the river that it seems to about to snap off; or the Tinglado market, the essential reason to drop into Tolosa on a Saturday morning, when its weekly fair is held. A few kilometres up the river we find Ordizia, the first major town in the borough of Goierri – the Gipuzkoa high lands. It is a town of many flavours. Take for example the medieval feel in its narrow streets or the thousand and one delicious aromas from the D’elikatuz Centre, a museum that immerses us in the world of gastronomy and food. There is only one way to get to know Ordizia in all its splendour: visiting on a Wednesday, to see its weekly market, the oldest in Gipuzkoa. Beasain is the last of the industrial towns in this valley. Its most precious treasure is the Igartza Monumental Complex, a type of medieval oasis next to the River Oria. From Beasain we can take a diversion towards Navarre and visit the town of Ataun, the gateway to the Aralar Range that has a close relationship with Basque mythology; or to the west to Ormaiztegi, birthplace of the Carlist general Tomás Zumalakarregi, a fundamental character in modern Basque History. We should not forget to take a look at the lovely iron viaduct used by the MadridIrun railway line, also from the same period. Let’s get back to the towns close to the Royal Path, including Idiazabal, the town that gave its name to the delicious cheese with Protected Denomination of Origin. The Visitors’ Centre in the town explains the secrets of making this cheese. Lareo reservoir, in Ataun (Aralar). To get to Zerain, we have to come off the main road and climb up a hill. Its inhabitants laughed in the face of rural migration by turning the village into a Cultural Landscape where there is always something to see, be it the Ethnography Museum or the impassive Aizpea mining complex. A few kilometres away, we will find the last town on the trip: Zegama. Located on the skirts of the Aizkorri-Aratz Natural Park, on the border between Álava and Navarre, Zegama boasts significant natural and cultural heritage. River Urola Reaching Zestoa is like landing in one of the sweetest moments of the early 20th century, shortly after the Gran Hotel Spa opened in the town. Its attraction, now modernised and adapted to new times, is multiplied thanks to the town’s other treasure: the Ekain cave paintings, from Paleolithic times. Although the original cave is closed to the public to conserve it, its exact replica can be visited, Ekainberri. The Urola will be our very own Cicerone: you just have to follow its course upstream to reach Lasao, where it is not out of the question to come across a fully working steam train. This is the railway belonging to the Azpeitia Basque Railway Museum that climbs up to this small halt after a short – just five kilometres- and romantic trip. Azpeitia is another little town along the Urola, with simple streets, a gigantic church – whose foundations are linked INLAND INLAND 22 The River Oria follows us to Segura, housing one of the best preserved medieval historical centres in Gipuzkoa. It is still possible to make out the line of the old town walls or the vital importance that its Calle Mayor used to have as the usual passing place for traders and pilgrims. The town houses an interesting Visitors’ Centre on the Middle Ages. 23 Former Azpeitia Railway. Tourist Offices Mount Txindoki, in the Aralar Range, is one of Gipuzkoa’s most emblematic summits. Aizkorri-Aratz Natural Park. ) JANUARY AUGUST • LAZKAO • Astotxo eguna ZESTOA • Gipuzkoa Cross Country Championship St Agnes Festival (Iraeta district): Biathlon, country sports AZKOITIA • Livestock fair La Salle Etorbidea, 6 20140 Andoain • Tel.: 943 59 04 09 • [email protected] Parque de Mirandaola. Telleriarte, s/n 20230 Legazpi Tel: 943 73 04 28 • [email protected] • www.urolagaraia.com • C/ Areizaga, 12 - 20700 Urretxu Tel: 943 25 06 81 • [email protected] • www.urolagaraia.com Idiazabal Zestoa (Only open in the summer) FEBRUARY • Azkoitia is a hop, skip and a jump from Azpeitia, and can be reached by a pleasant walk alongside allotments and homesteads. Azkoitia is one of the noblest towns in Gipuzkoa and has a pedestrianised old town with outstanding stately homes such as Idiáquez, standing dark and monolithic. The landscape and the River Urola itself become capricious from now on: it starts bending whilst offering some of the most beautiful spots in rural Gipuzkoa, along the narrow valley leading us to Zumarraga and Urretxu. Separated by barely a street, these two towns are linked to Euskadi’s most industrial reverse side. In Zumarraga don’t miss the Antigua hermitage, a precious religious monument with a solid wood structure inside that will amaze everyone. After a short climb we reach Legazpi, a town that is also intrinsically linked to the world of iron. The town has been linked to transforming this mineral for centuries as illustrated perfectly by its tourist attractions: the Mirandaola ironworks or the Workers Route that shows how metal workers and their families used to live in the mid 20th century. Then we come to Eibar, another miracle of 20th century town planning. The village smoothly opens up another narrow valley, this time for the River Ego. One of the precursors of its growth was the gunsmith industry and activities derived from it damascene or even manufacturing bicycles as explained very well in the Gunsmith Industry Museum. The River Deba takes a break to lead us to Bergara. Its privileged location – at a crossroads between Castile and Europe – brought about a lively commercial life that materialised in small palaces and mansions. A recommendation? St Martin’s Next we find Oñati, a town boasting more than five centuries of monuments. Such as St Michael’s Church - flamboyantly Gothic and grandiloquent- with a cloister overlooking the River Ubao, or the Sancti Spiritus University, that seems to be a sister to the most sumptuous Renaissance buildings in Castile. Anyone visiting the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Arantzazu – ten kilometres away along a snaking yet spectacular road – will come across the greatest of all possible contrasts. Nagusia, 37. / Tel.: 943 18 82 03 www.museodelquesoidiazabal.com • [email protected] • • Ordizia Casa Barrenetxe. C/ Santa María 24 Tel.: 943 88 22 90 [email protected] • www.delikatuz.com • • • Ataun Lizarrusti gaina, 2 20211 Ataun • Tel.:943 58 20 69 • [email protected] • www.lizarrusti.com • Ormaiztegi Museo Zumalakarregi. Caserío Iriarte Erdikoa. Muxika egurastokia, 6 Tel.: 943 88 99 00 • [email protected] • www.zumalakarregimuseoa.net • Segura Casa Ardixarra. Kale Nagusia, 12 20214 Segura Tel.: 943 80 17 49 / 943 80 10 06 • [email protected] • www.seguragoierri.net Portale Kalea, 9 - 20740 Zestoa Tel.: 943 86 88 11 • [email protected] • www.urolaturismo.net • • Iraurgi Lantzen District Development Agency (only telephone or e-mail information) • Palacio Insausti, Julio Urkijo, 25 • Tel.: 943 85 11 00 • [email protected] • www.urolaturismo.net Oficina de Turismo del Santuario de Loiola Santuario de Loiola, Bº Loiola 20730 Azpeitia • Tel.: 943 15 18 78 • [email protected] • www.urolaturismo.net • Bergara (open from April to September) • Pl. San Martín Agirre s/n • Tel.: 943 77 91 28 / 61 • [email protected] • • Leintz-Gatzaga • • Zegama Plaza San Miguel 1-3 20530 Leintz-Gatzaga Tel.: 665 73 95 50 / 49 • [email protected] • • Andueza Etxea, Bº San Bartolomé Tel.: 943 80 21 87 [email protected] • www.zegama.net Oñati • • • • Zerain • Oficina de Turismo de Eskoriatza • • Herriko plaza s/n Tel.: 943 80 15 05 • [email protected] • www.zerain.com * The Goierri offices have the same location and opening hours as their respective museums. C/ San Juan, 14 - 20560 Oñati Tel.: 943 78 34 53 • [email protected] / www.oinati.net • Palacio Ibarraundi / Tel.: 943 71 54 53 [email protected] Tourist information point and Debagoiena Visitors’ Centre (Arantzazu) Santuario de Arantzazu (Open at weekends, Easter and summer) Company promoting and enabling • Tel.: 943 71 89 11 / 943 79 64 63 tourism in Goierri. • [email protected] (only telephone or e-mail information) • [email protected] • Industrialdea Pab. 18 - 20240 Ordizia • wwww.turismodebagoiena.com • Tel.: 943 16 18 23 / 610 40 51 49 • [email protected] Debagoiena • www.goierriturismo.com (only telephone or e-mail information) • Tel.: 943 79 64 63 • [email protected] • www.turismodebagoiena.com Goitur ARETXABALETA / ESKORIATZA • St Agueda’s Day • International Theatre Festival TOLOSA • Tolosa carnival MARCH AZKOITIA-AZPEITIA • Azkoiti-Azpeitia Half Marathon APRIL SEGURA • Holy Week Processions ORDIZIA • Shepherd’s Day SEPTEMBER IBARRA • Guindilla (Pepper) fair ASTEASU • Agricultural and livestock fair ZESTOA • Professional Pelota Tournament LEGAZPI • Gipuzkoako Artzain EgunaShepherd’s Day Zumarraga ZUMARRAGA • Early Music Cycle URRETXU • Euskal Jaia OCTOBER ANDOAIN • Flower and Plant Fair IDIAZABAL • Cheese Day and different activities related to Shepherding Sheep shearing exhibition. LEGAZPI • Mirandaola Pilgrimage ELGETA • Mundumira Festival ANDOAIN • Craft and Mushroom fair EZKIO-ITSASO • Cider week TOLOSA • ‘Tolosa Goxua’: baking competition and fair SEGURA • Euskal Herria Formal Dancing Championship ZUMARRAGA • Gastronomic fair Buzkantza competition ARRASATE-MONDRAGÓN • Maritxu Kajoi JUNE NOVEMBER MAY OÑATI • Corpus Christi Celebration TOLOSA • St John (24). Organic Farming Exhibition. Show, Procession and Bordon dantza JULY ATAUN • Baroque Organ Festival BEASAIN • Mountain marathon (Ehunmilak) AZPEITIA • St Ignatius festival District livestock and agricultural fair Baserritar Eguna ANTZUOLA • Moor Parade Festival. 3rd Saturday BEASAIN • Black Pudding Festival AZPEITIA • Euskadi Theatre Rally LEINTZ-GATZAGA • Craft Fair ‘Sanmillixanak’ TOLOSA • International Choir Competition ZEGAMA • St Martin Festival DECEMBER TOLOSA • Steak Festival ZUMARRAGA-URRETXU • St Lucia ELGOIBAR • Gabon Zahar Fair ARRASATE-MONDRAGÓN • Santamasak INLAND INLAND 24 River Deba The village of Mendaro is like a bonbon: small, prettily presented with a sweet surprise in the centre. This refers to the On leaving Mendaro, we go back up the Deba but the landscape does not give up: the water course continues to be very narrow and the mountains around it give us no pause for breath. This is how we see the worth of two villages with parallel histories, Elgoibar and Eibar, which underwent considerable growth thanks to industrial development in the last century. Elgoibar appears first. It has a very interesting Machine Tool Museum – its specialisation in this sector gave it prestige throughout Europe – but also with a Baroque spot in the middle of the town, in the form of its town hall and the magnificent church of St Bartholomew. Let’s leave Bergara and its monuments to continue through rural inland Gipuzkoa. Next stop: Arrasate-Mondragón, a thriving industrial town where the cooperative movement emerged in the middle of the last century and continues to drive its development. The town has preserved its historical centre in good condition, with recognisable medieval traits – arranged in a strange almond shape – and with considerable monuments such as the Baroque church of St John the Baptist. ) Urola Garaia Andoain square, where we find the houses of the Izagirre-Moia family, the Jauregi family or the Ondartza tower. Agenda Tel.: 943 69 74 13 [email protected] • www.tolosaldea.net • Mendaro-Sant Gerons Chocolate Factory, a traditional family firm that has been sweetening the landscape since 1850. The neighbouring Mount Arno is home to one of the broadest oak woods in Gipuzkoa and anyone who enjoys walking through the bowels of the earth should not miss the valley of Kilimon. St Lucy’s Market in Urretxu and Zumarraga. Tolosaldea Tour • to the order of the templar knights – and worldwide fame for being the birthplace of San Ignacio de Loiola. His Sanctuary is a Baroque surprise in the heart of the greenest Gipuzkoa. Bordon Dantza de San Juan (Tolosa). 25 Faktore 3 / Tolosa. Mariona, marioneta in the International Puppet Centre. 5 / Beasain. Igartza Palace. 9 / Zerain. Cultural Landscape. What to see ) Oria Basin DONOSTIASan Sebastian Andoain 1 Tolosa 3 2 7 5 Ormaiztegi Zerain 9 Ordizia Beasain Abaltzisketa 4 Segura 8 Ataun 6 2 / Tolosa 4 / Abaltzisketa Tolosa’s Palaces Txindokiko Itzala There are many palaces and ancient noble houses throughout Tolosa. Aranburu Palace, built in the 17th century, is an example of Basque Baroque style. Samaniego, the wellknown fable writer, lived in the Idiáquez Palace, built in the same century. The Andia Tower, the Atodo Palace and the Iturriza Palace stand out among the many unique buildings in Tolosa. 1 / Andoain Leitzaran protected Biotope 3 / Tolosa From Navarra to Andoain, the Leitzaran River crosses a narrow valley with cromlechs, dolmens and ruins of ancient foundries. The kingfisher, the Pyrenean Brook Salamander and the European Mink are some of the inhabitants of this natural area that can also be accessed via Berastegi, Gipuzkoa town on the border with Navarra. Topic. Tolosa International Puppet Centre 5 / Beasain The Tolosa International Puppet Centre is the only centre dedicated exclusively to the art of puppetry in the whole of Europe and it displays an outstanding collection of puppets from different countries around the world, composed of different techniques for handling puppets. The Centre also has an area devoted to temporary exhibitions on particular aspects of the puppet universe. The Igartza Palace (originally dating from the 13th century with several reconstructions) is the centrepiece of a group of buildings that take you on a trip through time to the Middle Ages. A water powered mill, a foundry, a cellar for cider production and the ancient homes of artisans are all preserved in the town of Igartza. www.igartza.net 6 / Ataun 8 / Segura Barandiaran Museum Old Town Segura was founded in the thirteenth century by King Alphonse X of Castille. The town still maintains its medieval urban layout within its Old Town, which has been declared a monumental site. The Guevara Palace, the Ardixarra wooden house (the Medieval Interpretation Centre is located here) and the Church of La Asunción, whose altarpiece has recently been designated Historic-Artistic Monument, stand out amid its streets. The museum covers the work of José Miguel Barandiaran, anthropologist and pre-historian who dedicated 70 years of his life to studying and broadcasting the Basque oral tradition. Barandiaran did not want old proverbs such as ‘Direnik ez da sinistu behar, ez direnik ez da esan behar’ (You don’t have to believe that they exist, you must not say that they don’t) to die out and he wrote them down so that these ancestral beliefs might last over time. Urola Basin DONOSTIASan Sebastian 10 Zestoa 11 12 13 Azpeitia Azkoitia 14 Urretxu Legazpi Zumarraga 15 Ezkio Itsaso 16 10 / Zestoa Thermal Baths of Cestona The thermal Baths of Cestona have been operating since 1804. A century later, a Spahotel was added. The interior of the building evokes the “belle époque” era with its grand salons but its modern facilities include the latest technology in hydrotherapy. Outdoors the surroundings are beautifully landscaped. 9 / Zerain Cultural Landscape Igartza Monumental Group 7 / Ormaiztegi Zumalakarregi Museum Starting from the figure of the Carlist general, the centre proposes an introduction to the 19th-century society in Gipuzkoa. The Iriarte-Erdikoa Homestead where Tomás Zumalacárregui spent his childhood, houses this exhibition. Zerain is fundamental to understand the history of Basque mining, thanks to 150 hectares that form the Aizpea mines. In a visit to this iron mountain, the visitor will find out more about the calcination furnaces, explore the Polvoriñe gallery and understand the impact that iron mining has had since the 11th century on society and the village economy. Zerain’s Cultural Landscape is completed with its Ethnography Museum, the Prison from 1711 and the Larraondo Sawmill. 11 / Azpeitia Basque Railway Museum Old steam, diesel and electric powered locomotives, as well as a collection of clocks and other elements related to railway history, are exhibited in a stationhouse that belonged to the no-longer operative Urola Railroad. The museum invites you aboard for a ride on one of the old trains. INLAND INLAND 26 On the skirts of Mount Txindoki, main entrance to the Aralar Natural Park, the district of Larraitz surprises its visitors with the Txindokiko Itzala centre: a spectacular natural area that hides a forest of adventures built on beech and oak trees that hold zip wires, hanging bridges, nets, etc. The centre also offers a service selling and giving you the chance to taste local products plus guided tours of the Aralar pastures and the Amezketa Mill. 11 / Azpeitia. Basque Railway Museum. 27 12 / Azpeitia. Loyola family tower-house. 14 / Zumarraga. Legazpi tower-house. 15 / Ezkio-Itsaso. Igartubeiti homestead. 18 / Eibar. Gunsmiths Industry museum. 19 / Eibar. Arrate Sanctuary. 23 / Aretxabaleta. Urkulu reservoir. What to see ) 12 / Azpeitia Deba Basin 15 / Ezkio-Itsaso Loyola family tower-house Igartubeiti homestead Saint Ignatius of Loyola was born in this house, also known as the “Casa Santa”, in 1491. A visit here will give you an idea of what 15th century everyday-life was like. The towerhouse is located within the Sanctuary of Loyola, built between the 16th and 17th centuries in honour of the founder of the Society of Jesus. Its basilica’s cupola is and impressive sight. This is a magnificent exponent of the Golden Age of the Basque homestead and the wooden architecture of the 16th and 17th centuries. The visit gives us the chance to find out about the environments, atmosphere, furniture and tools in a homestead of this period, in addition to seeing a beam press from the 16th century in operation. The visitors’ centre uses latest generation exhibition resources to show the history, uses, characteristics and evolution of the Basque homestead. Deba 18 / Eibar DONOSTIASan Sebastian 17 Elgoibar 19 Eibar 18 20 Bergara 22 23 24 Arrasate 21 Oñati Leintz-Gatzaga Legazpi Tower-house Sancti Spiritus University Balance and elegance are the features that distinguish this building, one of the most important Renaissance buildings in Gipuzkoa. Its rich stuccoed Mudejar ceilings, the cloister and a chapel with a plateresque altarpiece are outstanding. The University’s construction began in the year 1540, thanks to Oñati’s bishop, Rodrigo Mercado de Zuazola. 23 / Aretxabaleta Urkulu reservoir The dam that holds back the waters of the Urkulu River, set within the town limits of Aretxabaleta, forms a beautiful landscape that is surrounded by farmhouses and limestone cliffs. In addition to its fish-farming wealth, the Urkulu Dam is a great spot for bird-watching, especially to see the flight of the purple heron and other aquatic birds. 17 / Elgoibar Machine-Tool Museum 22 / Arrasate Old Town of Arrasate The Sanctuary of Arrate, very dear to the people of Eibar, was first mentioned in documents dating from as early as the 13th century. In it, we can see the 4 oil paintings by Ignacio Zuloaga that the Eibar-born painter donated. 20 / Bergara Old Town This museum is located in Elgoibar, the heart of the machine-tool industry in Gipuzkoa. It is a tribute to the pioneers who made the development of this industry possible, and it illustrates its historical evolution. One can see a mechanized workshop in operation, a blacksmith’s shop, and an exhibit of medieval machinery in each of the museum’s three halls. The extraordinary group of mansions and palaces built in the 16th and 17th centuries reaches a highpoint of splendour at San Martín de Aguirre Square, bordered on all sides by the Town Hall, the Jauregi, Izagirre and Ondartza Palaces, and by the Bergara Royal Seminary, an important cultural and scientific centre. King Philip V, Queen Isabel II and Queen María Cristina were guests at the Monterrón Palace, one of the marvellous buildings of ArrasateMondragón’s historic centre, where one can also enjoy the Church of San Juan, the baroque Town Hall or Okendo Mansion. 24 / Leintz Gatzaga Salt Museum Salt production has been the main industrial activity in Leintz Gatzaga (Salinas de Léniz) from the Middle Ages. The museum now shows the different systems of producing ‘white gold’ that have been used over the centuries and aims to recover the usual ways of salt mining, particularly the 19th century model. INLAND INLAND 28 This medieval tower-house, also known as Jauregi Haundia, is a national historical and artistic monument. Miguel López de Legazpi, coloniser of the Philippine Islands, was born here. This is a space intended for encounters with art and industry. The museum is centred on the relations between the sculptor Eduardo Chillida and the industrial environment, with the great forge by Patricio Echeverria de Legazpi and later with Sidenor in Reinosa. The former paperworks in Legazpi is the space that houses this museum where we can take a trip round Chillida’s creative universes through photos, video, projections and interactive resources and at the same time look in further depth at the real world of a factory. www.kulturweb.com 14 / Zumarraga 19 / Eibar Arrate Sanctuary 16 / Legazpi Chillida Lantoki Museum This set of fronton courts was designed by the architect Carlos López de Ceballos and the sculptor Antón Mendizábal and form part of the Euskal Herria Pelota Centre. They are dedicated to Jorge Oteiza who inspired them, in order to mention and praise the artist. The work is displayed as a gigantic sculpture where it is possible to feel the spaces and play with them. Opened in January 2007, The Gunsmith Museum houses one of the best collections in Europe. It proposes a route through the gunsmith history from the 15th century to our days, paying special attention to the importance it has in a locality with a long tradition in this sector, like Eibar. 21 / Oñati Aretxabaleta 13 / Azkoitia Jorge Oteiza Pelota Courts Gunsmiths Industry museum 29 Inland Practical information ) ACTIVE TOURISM More information: [email protected] www.debabarrenaturismo.com www.btteuskadi.net Experimental archeology Sastarrain activity centre (archery, discovering fire ... Prehistory camp, visit to caves, canoeing, climbing, paragliding, horse-riding, trekking, zip wires...) WATER-BASED ACTIVITIES Canoeing Kaxkardi Apdo. 104 - Tolosa Tel.: 652 75 23 35 [email protected] AIR BASED ACTIVITIES Paragliding Information: Oficina de Turimo de Oñati Tel.: 943 78 34 53 [email protected] www.oinati.org Apdo. de Correos 102 - Zestoa Tel./Fax: 943 14 81 15 [email protected] www.sastarrain.com Golf Barrio Olaeta, 6 - Zaldibia Tel.: 943 50 10 86 [email protected] www.kixkurre.com This is the first agro-shop in the region and it offers direct sales of Goierri homestead products. GUIDED TOURS Bedoña Auzoa Tel.: 696 37 93 66 [email protected] www.arrasatepaintball.com Segway Arraste Tel.: 617 46 95 46 [email protected] www.en-medio.com Tolosa - Historical Centre - Gorrotxategi museum - Red Bean Route (June-November) - Zerain ethnographical museum and prison from 1711 - Visit to San Adrián - Shepherd for a day - Ceramic route Txindokiko Itzala Tel.: 943 69 27 28 Zizurkil Campas de Larraitz, Abaltzisketa. (Accesible también desde Zaldibia) Tel: 650 00 97 20 / 628 94 72 53 [email protected] www.txindokikoitzala.com www.facebook.com/txindokikoitzala An adventure park built on beech and oak trees holding zip wires, hanging bridges, nets, etc... Lizarrusti Parketxea LEISURE Ordizia - Medival historical centre of Urretxu with Audiovisual on Iparragirre. - Mineral and Fossil museum. URRELUR Beasain Please make prior appointment. Telf: 943 03 80 88 / 943 25 06 81 / 943 73 04 28 Igartza Monumental Complex Zumarraga Guided tour inside the Palace, round the hydraulic mill, the ironworks, looking at a press for producing cider and homes where craftsmen would have lived. www.igartza.net Visit to the Aralar Natural Park For more information: 943 08 20 00 - Basque shepherd routes to find out more about the world of Basque shepherding: · Route 1: Basque homestead Visit to Gomiztegi to discover its origins and how it works. · Route 2: Basque Cheese Workshop making dairy products and Gomiztegi curd. · Route 3: Basque Shepherd Visits to the Duru homestead and meadows to find out about shepherds and see how they live. For more information: 943 25 10 08 [email protected] For more information: Oñati tourist office. Tel.: 943 78 34 53 www.oinati.org / [email protected] Arantzazu Sanctuary Tel.: 943 71 89 11 / 943 79 64 63 [email protected] www.turismodebagoiena.com Bergara Guided tours of the historicalmonummental centre Tel.: 943 77 91 28 / 943 79 64 63 [email protected] Elgeta Civil War in Euskal Herria. Themed route round Intxorta. Idiazabal Legazpi Leintz-Gatzaga Idiazabal Cheese Museum, Shepherd’s Hut and Aranburu Cheese factory. - Mirandaola Ironworks: - Salt museum - Guided tours of the medieval centre - Dorleta Sanctuary, patron saint of cyclists Segura - Historical Centre Ardixarra House - Ardixarra Etxea - Basque Iron museum Eco-museum focussing on Shepherding and Breadmaking Telf: 943 73 04 28 Tel.: 665 73 95 50 [email protected] - The Workers’ Route: A trip back to the 1950s. Prior reservation: 943 73 04 28. Debagoiena Oñati “Ezagutu Debagoiena” (Get to know Debagoiena). Tel.: 943 79 64 63 www.turismodebagoiena.com [email protected] - San Miguel Mill More information at the Tourist office 943 78 34 53 - Programme of visits Leitzaran visitors’ centre: Water interpretation centre - Leitzaran Valley Fishing School Leizotz auzoa, 48. (start of Leitzaran valley) Parque rural Otieta - Andoain Tel.: 943 30 09 29 [email protected] www.leitzaran.org Larraul Ecomuseum Plaza de Larraul - Larraul Tel.: 688 80 36 08. Fax: 943 67 62 13 [email protected] / [email protected] www.tolosaldea.net ‘Gorrotxategi’ Confectionary Museum Lechuga 3 - Tolosa Tel.: 943 69 74 13 / Fax: 943 67 62 13 [email protected] / [email protected] www.gorrotxategi.com www.tolosaldea.net TOPIC (Tolosa International Puppet Museum) Plaza Euskal Herria Tel.: 943 65 04 14 Fax: 943 69 80 28 www.topictolosa.com D’Elikatuz C/ Santa María 24 - Ordizia Tel.: 943 88 22 90 [email protected] www.delikatuz.com - Goierri Visitors’ Centre It contains the following section: Nature, Traditions and Folklore, art and history, routes round Goierri. - Visitors’ Centre for Gastronomy, Food and Nutrition Aralar Natural Park Visitors’ Centre (Lizarrusti Parketxea) Aia auzoa, 2 - Ataun Tel.: 943 58 20 69 / 669 67 25 75 [email protected] / www. lizarrusti.com This is the main entrance to the Aralar Natural park and to excursions to Lareo, Alleko, Berrenoa, etc… Iriarte erdikoa etxea Muxika egurastokia, 6 - Ormaiztegi www.zumalakarregimuseoa.net Tel.: 943 88 99 00 / Fax: 943 88 01 38 [email protected] www.zumalakarregimuseoa.net Igartubeiti Museum Homestead Aizkorri Gateway Visitors’ Centre Basque Iron Museum Anduetza etxea - Zegama Tel./Fax: 943 80 21 87 [email protected] www.zegama.net Parque Mirandaola - Legazpi Bº Telleriarte,s/n. Tel.: 943 73 04 28 www.lenbur.com www.urolagaraia.com Zerain Cultural Landscape Chillida-Lantoki Museum - Ethnographic museum - Larraondo Sawmill - Iron mountain (Aizpitta Visitors’ Centre) - Prison from 1711 Zerain Tourist Office Herriko plaza, s/n - Zerain Tel.: 943 80 15 05 / Fax: 943 80 16 06 [email protected] www.zerain.com Papelera. Azpikoetxe Kalea, s/n. Legazpi - Tel.: 943 73 12 10 [email protected] Medieval Interpretation Centre Aizkorri- Aratz Park Visitors’ Centre (Arantzazu Park-house) Casa Ardixarra, C/Mayor 12 - Segura Tel.: 943 80 17 49 [email protected] www.seguragoierri.net. Visitors’ Centre and Cheese Tasting Kale Nagusia, 37 bajo - Idiazabal Tel.: 943 18 82 03 [email protected] www.idiazabalgaztarenmuseoa.com Carretera Ezkio Km.1 - Ezkio-Itsaso Tel.: 943 72 29 78 Fax: 943 88 01 38 [email protected] www.igartubeitibaserria.net Arrikrutz Caves Visitors’ Centre Oñati Tel.: 943 08 20 00 / 943 25 10 24 [email protected] www.oinati.org Arantzazu. Oñati Tel.: 943 78 28 94 [email protected] MUFOMI. Mineral and Fossil Museum Bº Artetxe s/n - Elgoibar Tel.: 943 74 11 31 www.mufomi.com Ekainberri Machine Tool Museum Ekainberri information office: Portale kalea 9 - Zestoa Tel.: 943 86 88 11 [email protected] www.ekainberri.com Edificio IMH - Bº Azkue Auzoa 1 - Elgoibar Tel.: 943 74 84 56 Fax 943 74 41 53 [email protected] www.museo-maquina-herramienta.com Basque Railway Museum Gunsmith Industry Museum Julián Elorza 8 - Azpeitia Tel.: 943 15 06 77 Fax: 943 15 07 46 [email protected] www.euskotren.es. Bista Eder, 10 – 5º - Eibar Tel.: 943 70 84 46 / Fax. 943 70 84 36 www.armia-eibar.net [email protected] Loyola Sanctuary Azpeitia Tel.: 943 02 50 00 Palacio Ibarraundi - Eskoriatza Tel.: 943 71 54 53 Fax: 943 71 40 42 [email protected] Mineral and fossil Museum URRELUR Salt Museum Jauregi 19. Casa de Cultura - Urretxu Tel.: 943 03 80 88 / 943 25 06 81 Fax: 943 03 80 89 [email protected] www.urretxu.net Ibarraundi Museum San Antonio Auzoa - Leintz Gatzaga Tel.: 665 73 95 50 / 49 Fax: 943 71 46 21 [email protected] INLAND INLAND Frontón Beotibar - Arrikrutz Caves Visitors’ Centre (including visit to caves) Guided tours on specific days on prior reservation. For more information: Tel.: 943 79 64 63 / 943 71 89 11 [email protected] (Prior appointment: 943 73 04 28) www.gipuzkoakomuseoak.net - Guided tours to specific places or buildings: : all year round. Guided Tours: 11.00, 12.30 y 17.00 Tel.: 943 72 29 78 [email protected] We offer guided tours of both the Zumalakarregi Museum and the famous Ormaiztegi Viaduct. Groups must reserve in advance by calling 943 88 99 00. Tolosa Ezkio Itsaso - Sancti Spiritus University Church of San Miguel + palaces + Bidaurreta Monastery Igartubeiti Museum Homestead Ormaiztegi Frontón Municipal Information Tel.: 943 76 05 09 / 943 77 91 67 Visits to the “cathedral among hermitages” (Part of the three Temple route). Tel.: 943 73 04 28 / 943 25 06 81 - Sancti Spiritus University Church of San Miguel + palaces Lizarrusti Parketxea Aia auzoa, 2 - 20211 Ataun Tel.: 943 58 20 69 / 669 67 25 75 [email protected] Pelota Bergara Antigua hermitage Ataun Eibar Frontón Astelena Tel: 943 15 18 78 (oficina de turismo de Loiola) Tel: 943 69 74 13 In the same area of Araotz (Oñati) just before the climbing area. Pottok. Horse rides Azkoitia Historical Centre and Church of Santa María la Real Urretxu inevitable reference point. Aventure Azkoitia - Craftsmen and producers from the Tolosa region Lazkaomendi Riding Club The centre has 15 routes with different levels of difficulty. Guided tours are also available. Zumalakarregi Museum Larraondo Serrería and Aizpea mining complex. Paintball Arrasate Puenting Punto de acogida Mintxeta (Elgoibar) Tel.: 943 74 73 56 www.btteuskadi.net MUSEUMS - Zerain Cultural Park: Tel: 943 15 18 78 (Loiola tourist office) Horse riding Mountain bike centre Debabarrena Grupo Santa Barbara, s/n - Urretxu Tel.: 943 73 04 28 / Fax: 943 73 31 63 [email protected] www.aikur.com www.urolagaraia.com Zerain Parish of San Sebastian de Soreasu and Chapel of Solitude - D’Elikatuz Centre Aia auzoa, 2 - Ataun Tel.: 943 58 20 69 / 669 67 25 75 [email protected] www.lizarrusti.com AIKUR bee Museum Molino Larruntza, Bº San Gregorio, Ataun Tel.: 943 18 03 35 [email protected] Azpeitia - Historical Centre Hirigunea, 16 - Abaltzisketa Tel.: 673 89 57 35 Trekking routes and climbing courses. Barandiaran Museum For more information: 943 79 64 63 www.turismodebagoiena.com [email protected] Urtatza - Egialde Auzoa, 18. Legazpi. Tel.: 630 32 74 66 Araotz (Oñati) Top level climbing and Bizi-biziki - Gastronomy sessions: - Sancti Spiritus University Church of San Miguel Tel: 943 80 21 87 www.zegama.net Climbing Trekking, mountain bikes - Sancti Spiritus University See opening hours in the Medieval Visitors’ Centre. Zegama Bº San Esteban s/n - Andoain Tel. / Fax: 943 30 84 45 [email protected] www.goiburugolf.com Bº Elbarrena, s/n - Zaldibia Tel.: 943 88 05 76 / 629 48 78 68 [email protected] - Church of the Assumption Legazpi Paintball Goiburu Golf 30 Kixkurgune agro-shop Paintball En medio segway LAND BASED ACTIVITIES Shopping 31 José López de Zubiria Sole (Akelarre). Pigeon (Berasategui). The greatest proportion of Michelin stars per square metre in the world can be found in Gipuzkoa, with no less than 16 stars between nine restaurants. Pick your plan ) The gastronomic firmament, in Gipuzkoa ) A ROUTE THROUGH OUR MICHELIN STARS > www.gastronomiavasca.eu WITH THREE STARS Founders of the new Basque cuisine WITH TWO STARS The Aduriz phenomenon Three of the six Spanish restaurants awarded with the highest on the Michelin Guide are in San Sebastian and its surroundings: Arzak (Juan Mari Arzak), Akelarre (Pedro Subijana), and Berasategui (Martín Berasategui). Andoni Luis Aduriz occupated the fifth position in the world ranking of chefs in 2010, according to the prestigious London magazine ‘Restaurant’. Aduriz offers original and surprising dishes, which even include flowers as ingredients. An avant-garde cuisine that can be tasted in Mugaritz restaurant, a restored farmhouse located in a rural spot of the town of Errenteria. Arzak and Subijana were the inventors of the new Basque cuisine. 30 years later, they continue on the top of avant-garde cuisine and do not stop innovating in their San Sebastian restaurants. Martin Berasategui is younger, but he has the same boldness in the kitchen of his prize-winning restaurant in Lasarte-Oria, eight kilometres from San Sebastian. Five gastronomic proposals –three of them in San Sebastian– can be proud of having a Michelin star. The same prize, but five different styles. The veteran cook Hilario Arbelaitz leads Zuberoa restaurant, in Oiartzun. He is one of the cornerstones of modern Basque cuisine due to stay true to land flavours. His brother, José Mari Arbelaitz, creates traditional dishes with modern touches in Arbelaitz restaurant, in Miramon Technology Park (in San Sebastian). Continuing in the Gipuzkoa capital, at the Mirador de Ulia restaurant, chef Rubén Trincado has been able to preserve traditions and at the same time, take risks with vanguard cuisine. He was trained in the best French and Basque kitchens and now he’s letting his imagination run away with him without forgetting the foundations of haute cuisine: quality, innovation and commitment. In the heart of the Old Town, we find Kokotxa restaurant, where young Dani López also offers signature cuisine dishes. Another promising chef –Gorka Txapartegi– runs Alameda in Hondarribia –which finishes the list of the four restaurants with Michelin stars in Gipuzkoa. GASTRONOMY PICK YOUR PLAN 32 Fossilised salsify oyster plant seasoned with roe and a marine touch. WITH A STAR The chosen five 33 Going out for pinchos with your friends is a long-standing custom in Gipuzkoa. Gipuzkoa and particularly its capital San Sebastian is a world reference point for miniature cuisine, in both its traditional and more sophisticated form. Let’s go for some ‘pinchos’) THE BEST SUGGESTIONS TO DISCOVER MINIATURE CUISINE PLACES TO EAT PINCHOS For all tastes and budgets COMPETITIONS AND FAIRS On a plate San Sebastian is the ‘paradise’ for ‘pincho’ lovers. A route through the best bars in the city never forgets the Old Town and its many bars –from 31 de Agosto Street to Fermín Calbetón Street. Very near, crossing Kursaal Bridge, Gross Quarter hides some of the most awarded temples of this culinary speciality, as well as others that, as wineshops, offer miniature proposals combined with the best quality wines. ‘Pinchos’ have an increasing recognition within the gastronomy world. Several competitions take place in the territory, offering visitors the possibility to enjoy a tasting: the Basque Country Pincho Competition, Gipuzkoa Pincho Competition… In the city centre, near La Libertad Avenue, we will find deep-rooted ‘pincho’ bars in the streets of San Marcial and Etxaide. The popularity of these culinary delicacies has spread to the different districts of the city and the rest of Gipuzkoa, with outstanding examples in towns such as Hondarribia and Zarautz. FLAVOURS OF SAN SEBASTIAN Cultural and Gastronomic Tour The Flavours of San Sebastian Tour is an interesting initiative by San Sebastian Turismo which introduces visitors to the world of miniature cuisine accompanied by a professional guide. The blog www.gastronomiavasca.eu provides up-to-date information on all kinds of events and news related to the world of ‘pinchos’. The markets are the best showcase for Gipuzkoa’s high quality local produce. The Wednesday market in Ordizia is the most important and its prices are a benchmark for the rest of the province. The other not-to-be-missed weekly event is Tolosa market on Saturdays. Weekly markets in Ordizia and Tolosa ) WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR > www.gastronomiavasca.eu ORDIZIA FAIR The ‘Wall Street’ of markets TOLOSA MARKET Three stages This market goes back to the 11th-12th century, around the hermitage of St Bartholomew, as a meeting point for the primitive folk of Ordizia and producers from the surrounding area. Nowadays, the fair takes place in the town centre, in the Plaza Mayor (Main Square). Every Wednesday, the fair gathers buyers and sellers of agricultural and livestock products coming from the whole Goierri region, in a very lively and colourful atmosphere. Tolosa has always been a path for travellers coming from Navarre, Castile, and France, allowing an important commercial development. As an example of that, the town now holds a weekly market divided into three different places within town. In addition to ordinary markets, different special fairs are held throughout the year, such as the Basque Festivals in September and their prestigious Sheep’s Cheese Competition. This attracts gastronomists from all over the country, rounded off with an auction for the winning cheese that can hit figures over 7000 Euros. In December an exceptional fair is organised on the Wednesday after Christmas. Every Saturday, El Tinglado market witnesses the sale of local products, such as the highly esteemed Tolosa bean, the black pudding, the ‘mondejus’ –a variety of white pudding–, and the green chili peppers typical of the neighbouring village of Ibarra. SEASON PRODUCTS The best products from the orchard The orchards in the Basque Country –and specially those in Gipuzkoa–offer products that have been always praised for their quality. In Winter, beans play the main role in the different markets and, regarding desserts, the typical products are the ‘mamia’ (sheep milk curd), Errezil apples –roasted or in compote–, walnuts and chestnuts. Moreover, Winter also offers the new vintage of cider and txakoli (white whine). Spring proposes us the suckling lamb, Idiazabal cheese, anchovies and mackerels, little peas, little broad beans, artichokes, asparaguses, and chards. Summer comes with delicious fish like tuna, anchovies, or sardines, but also exquisite vegetables: peppers, tomatoes, and local bean pods. Autumn is the season for fungi and different local mushrooms –always in demand–, as well as for game meat. At the same time, visitors can also buy foreign products –in Euskal Herria Square– and flowers and plants –in Verdura Square. The town houses different gastronomy fairs throughout the year: Easter –Tolosa Gourmet–, Spring –Tolosa Goxua (sweet things)–, November –Bean Week–, and December –the Chuletón Festival (large T-bone steak). GASTRONOMY GASTRONOMY 34 On this itinerary, which lasts a couple of hours, you will visit bars in the Old Quarter of San Sebastian, which are a true references in the world of ‘pinchos’, in which you can try some of the most renowned creations accompanied by a drink of your choice. The pincho displays its most popular side in celebrations like the Día del Verdel (Mackerel Day), which is held in the seaside towns of Mutriku and Hondarribia, or the Tolosa Black Bean Pincho Contest. The weekly market in Ordizia, held every Wednesday, will celebrate its 500th anniversary in 2012. 35 In season, cider is tasted directly from the barrel on shouting “txotx”. The rest of the year it is drunk from the bottle. Although cider season runs from January to May, any time of year is ideal to experience lunch or dinner in some of the 70 cider houses spread throughout Gipuzkoa. Cider bars, all the year round ) ENJOY CIDER TRADITION OUT OF SEASON CIDER Its best moment THE RITUAL Serve yourself Cider bottling starts in May, finishing with cider making process, which begins in September with the gathering of the fruit. Out of season –from May to January–, cider is served in bottles and, as producers say, it offers its best qualities. Nevertheless, those who want to experience the ritual of serving cider directly from the barrels will be able to do it in some of the cider bars opening all year round. In cider bars, tradition says that one must eat standing up, although not all establishments follow this custom. In any case, all of them repeat the same ritual when it comes to taste cider. The guest serves directly from the kupelas (barrels) on a thin glass and with the necessary lean of the glass, so that cider “sparks”. The kupelas are usually placed in rooms near the dining room. That is why one can see a continuous ‘come and go’ of people from the tables to the cider cellar in a very lively atmosphere. Another interesting option for those visiting this area s is buying bottles directly to producers. > www.gastronomiavasca.eu THE MENU More options Cider bars offer their visitors the traditional menu made of T-bone steak, salt cod omelette, salt cod and green peppers, nuts, cheese, and quince. Nonetheless, if you go from May to January, some bars offer more possibilities, such as special menus, and visitors have the chance to choose among different dishes of Basque gastronomy –from meat and fish to delicious local vegetables. The menu is practically the same in all cider bars. Cod omelette, cod and peppers, T-bone steak, and, cheese, quince, and nuts as dessert. The txakoli vineyards carpet the mountains round Getaria. It is a young, white and fruity wine, ideal to accompany fish and seafood. Txakoli has long been considered to be a local wine but its consumption has spread of the last few years under the Getaria Denomination of Origin. The Txakoli Route, through the coastal towns of Aia, Zarautz and Getaria, has a few surprises in store for visitors interested in the secrets of how it is made. Txakoli, a wine made in Gipuzkoa ) GET TO KNOW THE QUALITIES OF THIS YOUNG, FRUITY WINE > www.gastronomiavasca.eu THE TXAKOLI ROUTE A walk through the vineyards ELABORATION Since the 12th Century DESIGNATION OF ORIGIN Txakoli from Getaria The Getaria D.O. Txakoli route can be driven, as it covers the 400 hectares of vineyards used to make this wine. The duly marked route offers visitors beautiful coastal landscapes and takes in wineries in Zarautz, Getaria and Aia that produce this drink, some of which can be visited on prior reservation. These ‘txakolindegis’ organise a tasting session, accompanied by delicious seasoned anchovies and exquisite fresh local tuna. Txakoli is poured from an inch above the glass, breaking it and releasing its aromas. It is the ideal drink to go with all types of starters, seafood, fish and white meat. Some experts maintain that Txakoli has been produced in Gipuzkoa since the 12th Century. In the modern era, for decades it was considered as a local wine, but thanks to the efforts of the Getaria DO winemakers, it has become one of the star products of Gipuzkoa’s gastronomy in the last thirty years. Both winemakers and the Basque Administration made great efforts to recover and improve the wine’s quality, a joint effort that was rewarded in 1989, when the Txakoli from Getaria was granted the Designation of Origin under the name “Getariako Txakolina” (Txakoli from Getaria). In 2007, this designation was extended to the whole Historic Territory of Gipuzkoa. This young and fruity wine is elaborated from two different local grape varieties, Hondarribi Zuri (Hondarribi White) –which means 95% of the production–, and Hondarribi Beltza (Hondarribi Black) –the remaining 5%. They are grown in trained vines and grape trellis. Aia, Zarautz and Getaria are the three Gipuzkoan towns with the highest rate of Txakoli production, although we can also find wineries and vine growers in other places, such as Hondarribia, Arrasate, Zumaia, or Oñati. The harvest starts at the beginning of autumn and the elaboration is carried out using the most modern pressing and fermentation technologies. The Regulatory Board for this Designation of Origin, located in Getaria, has the mission to watch over the origin of the local grapes, its careful elaboration and the quality control, so it all comes together to offer the consumer the highest quality of Txakoli from Getaria. GASTRONOMY GASTRONOMY 36 37 The D’Elikatuz centre in Ordizia brings together the very best cuisine. Gorrotxategi Confectionery Museum (Tolosa). Sagardoetxea, Cider Museum (Astigarraga). In Gipuzkoa there is an amazing calendar of fairs and gastronomic events with one common denominator: widespread use of local products and the best raw materials. An easy and pleasant way to get to know Gipuzkoa cuisine is to visit the visitors’ centres linked to its cooking and produce. Gipuzkoa through your palate ) LOCAL PRODUCT TASTINGS IDIAZABAL CHEESE INTERPRETATION CENTRE All you need to know The visit to this Centre, located in the village of Idiazabal, includes an introductory course on cheese tasting, paying attention to cheese aroma, colour, and flavour. Visitors experience three varieties of this exquisite product: new cheese, old cheese, and smoked cheese. The centre lets you in on the secrets of this cheese with denomination of origin made with raw milk from latxa and carranzana sheep. From cheese history to its making process, that can be enjoyed in live in the cheese factory J. Aramburu, if it is the appropriate season. In addition, the reproduction of a traditional shepherd’s hut displays the belongings and tools used in the past to produce this prestigious milk product. > www.idiazabalgaztarenmuseoa.com D’ELIKATUZ Health and flavours In D’ Elikatuz –the Centre for Food, Nutrition, and Gastronomy–, located in the town of Ordizia, the visitor can take part in tastings with quality local products, both sweet and salty. From the singular Goierri Cake, made of Idiazabal cheese (with Designation of Origin), to black pudding and season mushrooms. This activity is organised in groups and visitors can make the most of it if they discover first land textures and flavours in D’Elikatuz. The centre, aimed at both children and adults, offers a highly graphic and interactive way of showing the different sides of Basque gastronomic culture. Moreover, it deals with food from the point of view of health, balance diets, eating disorders… The vocation of D’Elikatuz is to become a reference centre in gastronomy and healthy food culture in Spain. > www.delikatuz.com > www.gastronomiavasca.eu Gastronomy events ) THE BEST SHOWCASE GORROTXATEGI CONFECTIONERY MUSEUM More than just sweet Located in Tolosa, a town of reference for Basque gastronomy, this museum opened its doors by the hand of the well-known Gorrotxategi family, master confectioners from Tolosa for several generations. This interesting space offers a review of the confectioner’s trade from the 15th century to the arrival of electricity at the end of the 19th century, as well as the traditional techniques for making chocolate and turrón (a type of nougat). > www.gorrotxategi.com SAGARDOETXEA, CIDER MUSEUM In honour of the apple SAN SEBASTIAN AND THE SURROUNDING AREA The great annual event in the area is San Sebastian Gastronomika (November), a Congress which brings together the best in the business from all over the world to find out about the latest culinary revolutions. Just as innovating, there is Cook & Fashion, held shortly afterwards, linking the world of fashion with haute cuisine. Larger crowds amass for the St Thomas Fair (December) where you can taste all types of typical products in a festive atmosphere. Close to Donostia, Astigarraga is the Basque cider capital: the most important dates in the production of this apple drink are September (Harvest Festival), January (start of the season) and July with Cider Day. DELICACIES ON THE COAST It is almost impossible not to eat well on the Gipuzkoa coast or not find a festival paying homage to some kind of food. In October Hondarribia holds the Euskal Herria Pincho Championship and in Orio, in July, they prepare dozens of grilled sea bream right in the street, during the festival held in its honour. In Getaria, a village smothered in vines bearing white grapes, they begin the year with Txakoli Eguna (January) announcing the annual harvest of this young, fruity wine that goes so well with seafood. Zarautz, in September, and Aia, in April, also hold their own Txakoli Eguna. Octopus goes perfectly with this wine and Zumaia dedicates a day to it in September whilst in Mutriku they do the same with ‘verdel’ in the spring. In January, the beach town of Deba hosts a significantly rural fair, Urteberriko Azoka. TRAVELLING UP THE DEBA AND THE UROLA Astigarraga, the Basque town with the highest number of cider houses, is home to Sagardoetxea, the Basque Cider Museum. In the enclosed museum area and in the open air apple orchard, visitors can find out about the past, present and future of the world of apples, cider and its cultural importance in Euskadi. The centre has a third area dedicated to tasting cider and a shop plus a documentation centre on the internet www.sagardoetxea.com/bilduma. The most inland and eastern part of Gipuzkoa provides a cuisine that it more intimately linked to the rural world. In Elgoibar they bid farewell to the year (31st December) with the Gabon Zahar gastronomy and livestock fair where the best meat, fruit and vegetables are put on display. In Azpeitia, also in December, they raise the rooftops on St Thomas’ day whilst Zumarraga and Urretxu get together to celebrate St Lucia’s Fair, the most important livestock event in Gipuzkoa. > www.sagardoetxea.com Euskal Herria Pincho Contest (Hondarribia). > www.gastronomiavasca.eu Steak Festival (Tolosa). GOIERRI & TOLOSALDEA Tolosa is one of the gastronomic epicentres of Gipuzkoa. Don’t miss Bean Week (in November); the sweetest baking fair (Tolosa Goxua, in the autumn) or the Steak Festival, in December. Ordizia also pays homage to traditional produce through extremely popular celebrations such as Shepherd’s Day (in April) or the Cheese and Wine Fair (in October) with its famous cheese competition. The town of Idiazabal is home to the cheese with the same name that has Protected Denomination of Origin, celebrated on a day in May. To find out all the secrets of making honey, it’s best to visit Zegama in April when Beekeeping Day is held. GASTRONOMY GASTRONOMY 38 Visit Orio to eat tasty sea bream. The best chefs in the world meet up at the International San Sebastian Gastronomika Congress. 39 16 beaches to ‘lose’ oneself ) …Or to find a cared, calm, accessible, and well-equipped coast, with spaces for enjoying not only the bath, but also sports, such as surf or diving. The Gipuzkoa beaches, always surrounded by green hills, invite us to enjoy the Cantabrian Sea. Donostia-San Sebastian Mutriku 16 15 14 13 Zumaia Deba 10 12 11 9 4 8 Getaria Zarautz 7 1 Hondarribia 2 3 Orio 5 6 PICTOGRAMS INTERPRETATION Zurriola Beach (San Sebastian). Hondarribia Zarautz Lifeguards in season Getaria Zumaia Deba Changing rooms In San Sebastian, the beauty of its three sandy beaches will make it hard to choose. The truth is there is no need to choose, you can take the liberty of visiting all three, as the distance between them is short. La Concha and Ondarreta will offer you beautiful views of the bay. Zurriola, slightly wilder, is the youngest and liveliest. Hondarribia Beach In addition to the beauty of the old quarters of the towns of Zarautz and Hondarribia are their sandy beaches with the best services for all the family. A good plan: afternoon on the beach and pinchos (bar snacks) for dinner. Next to the port, a breakwater separates the last beach in Gipuzkoa from the Bidasoa River mouth. The Hondarribia Beach offers a relaxing bath and a wide sandy area, since it is 800 metres long and has a recently re-urbanised setting. Before or after enjoying it, you can cross to the other side of the Txingudi Bay, to Hendaia. Good for surfing Good for diving Near restaurants Accessibility Malkorbe Beach Santixo Beach 7 www.gipuzkoa.net/hondartzak 1 Zarautz Beach This cute and quiet beach, with views to the close port and the ‘Getaria Mouse’, is medium-sized and has calm waters. 6 The biggest beach in Gipuzkoa extends alongside 2,500 metres. A lively very long maritime promenade appears over the colours of its peculiar tent cabins. Both bathers with their families and surfers go to the Zarautz Beach, which holds an international surf event in its waters. The dunes and the Iñurritza marsh, a site of ecological interest, are located at the East end of the beach. Orio It is perfect for watersports such as swimming, canoeing or sailing. 8 San Sebastian Antilla Beach 5 The main beach in Orio, together with its campsite, is usually very busy, but without failing to be comfortable. That is the reason why it has 3,500 square metres of sand from its recent improvements. Zurriola, or Gros Beach, is the youngest beach in San Sebastian. It is not only because the breakwater that enlarged it was built only a decade ago, but also due to its youthful and surfer atmosphere. The glasses of the Kursaal Conference Centre and Auditorium, designed by Rafael Moneo, act as an avant-garde setting. 12 Gaztetape Beach La Concha Beach 3 A classic. Its 1,370 metres of length draw a gentle curve and relates harmoniously to the mountains and buildings of San Sebastian. Queen María Cristina fell in love with La Concha and this beach still results essential in the summer of Gipuzkoa. This beach’s urban character is underlined by the fact that only an emblematic balustrade separates it from the city. Ondarreta Beach Located next to the marshes formed by the Urola River mouth and near the Zuloaga Museum, the biggest beach in Zumaia offers calm in a great sand area. Itzurun Beach 10 Wide and urban, this beach this beach, which has the ISO 14001 certification, is located next to the Deba River mouth and surrounded by a maritime promenade. It is one of the busiest beaches in the area. Sakoneta Cove 11 Located to the west of the town and open to the ocean, it is the ideal beach for surfing. This stimulant and beautiful space, to which we can get through a promenade to the West of Zumaia, offers waters with a high percentage of iodine. Cliffs and the ‘flysch’ phenomenon (limestone and sandstone rock sheets in vertical formation, like a millefeuille) frame its impressive morphology. This small cove is located between Deba and Zumaia. Like the close Mendata or Elorriaga beaches, it is ideal for nudists and for those who look for landscapes one hundred percent natural. 4 The Ondarreta Beach loops up the San Sebastian Bay protected by Santa Clara Island and Mount Igeldo. It is slightly apart from La Concha Beach by the Loro Peak, below the Miramar Palace. It is maybe the most beautiful and, in any case, the noblest of the beaches in Gipuzkoa. Its width allows it to exhibit its San sebastian elegance more calmly than La Concha Beach. Ondarbeltz 13 Ondarbeltz means ‘black sand’ in Basque and, in fact, the composition of its rocks makes the grains dark and thin. Although it belongs to Mutriku, it is near the Deba urban area. Mutriku Beach 14 This small urban (under restoration works) beach is located next to the Mutriku Port. Siete Playas 15 Those keen on diving and nudism value this wild succession of rocky coves, with no services but strongly beautiful. Saturraran Beach 16 The silhouette of its rocks makes the most western beach in Gipuzkoa unmistakable, with 300 metres that extend from Mutriku to Ondarroa (Bizkaia). Its good waves make of Saturraran a very popular beach among surfers. NATURE AND LEISURE NATURE AND LEISURE 40 2 Santiago Beach 8 Mutriku Zurriola Beach 9 More information in: 41 Oieleku Cromlech (Aiako Harria). Mount Txindoki. Natural Areas ) Agorregi Ironworks Waterwheel. Gipuzkoa offers alternatives for all levels to trekking fans. From the old Plazaola railway path (Andoain), a gentle route, passing along pleasant tracks surrounding the Aiako Harria massif (Oiartzun-Irun), the Pagoeta Nature Park with its beech trees, as far as the Aralar Nature Park, in the borough of Goierri and the Aizkorri range, on the boundary with Álava, with its imposing summits that stand 1300 and 1500 metres above sea level respectively. LEITZARAN RAILWAY ROUTE A charming railway path ENJOY EXTRAORDINARY LANDSCAPES AND BEAUTY SPOTS This 25 km itinerary leaves from the town of Andoain, located 15 km from San Sebastian, following the tracks of the former railway as far as the Navarrese town of Leitza. AIAKO HARRIA Between cromlech and thousand year old mining reserves The 6913 hectares of the Aiako Harria that stretch through the towns of Oiartzun, Irun, Errenteria, Hernani and San Sebastian give you the chance to enjoy many different excursions. Aiako Harria Pagoeta Leitzaran Aizkorri > www.arditurri.com ARALAR MOUNTAIN RANGE AIZKORRI MOUNTAIN RANGE Infinite meadows and imposing summits Gipuzkoa’s rooftops We find the Aralar mountain range (10,971 hectares) in southeast Gipuzkoa. It is one of the most emblematic mountain areas in Euskadi that also stretches out into Navarra. Its pastoral plateau, its woods and its many megalithic remains make it worth a visit. In addition to the majestic Mount Txindoki (1331 metres) which can be accessed from the town of Abaltzisketa, there are endless routes marked out criss-crossing the nature park, with outstanding spots such as the Lareo reservoir (Ataun). The gentle slopes of this track mean that many families can enjoy this track on their bikes. Lizarrusti is the Reception and Visitors’ Centre for the park, housed in the former Miquelet barracks fitted out with a sensorial experience room and another dedicated to trekking and a third recreational room. The centre houses a hostel with 36 bunks and a double room adapted for people with physical disabilities. St Adrian Roadway in the Aizkorri-Aratz Natural Park. PAGOETA NATURE PARK Walking through beech trees This is where we find the highest peaks in the whole Basque Country: Aitzuri, standing 1551 metres high and Aizkorri at 1528. The massif is a privileged place with views over both the south of Gipuzkoa and the Alava plain. The Oria, Urola and Deba rivers spring from the rocks on this great wall of limestone peaks that have been crossed by men since time and memorial, as proven by the many megalithic monuments or the St Adrian tunnel, drilling through so that pilgrims on the St James’ Way could pass through from Gipuzkoa to Álava. The Aizkorri mountain range has two gateways. There is natural access via the Oria basin at the town of Zegama with its Aizkorriko Ataria visitors’ centre, located in the Anduetza homestead. Anyone coming via the Deba basin will take the path leading to the Arantzazu Parketxe, located in the Gandiaga Topagunea building, a visitors’ centre for the Nature Park housing a permanent exhibition, educational rooms and interactive resources that tell us about the underground world, woods and livestock kept on the pasture. The ancient beech woods that carpeted the Pagoeta summits gave their name to this nature park that can be entered via Aia, between Orio and Zarautz. The park invites visitors to actively get in touch with nature, getting to grips with its secrets and observing its very last detail. The Iturraran homestead is the gateway to the park and introduces visitors to it via an anthropological-ethnographical and education exhibition. Close by, a hive shows how bees live and the Botanical Garden displays over 1000 specimens of plants, trees and shrubs. It is worth walking right down the valley, enjoying the woods splashed with oaks, maples, ash, etc until you reach the Agorregi ironworks, a recreation of an 18th century water-powered installation where you can see four water wheels working. NATURE AND LEISURE NATURE AND LEISURE 42 Aralar This might involve a pleasant 2.5 km stroll from the Oieleku megalithic station, where there is a play area, or climbing up to the crest formed by the summits of Hirumugarrieta, Txurrumurru and Erroilbide. At the foot of the massif we find the Arditurri Mining Reserve that can be visited through an entrance next to the visitors’ centre taking us back through its 2000 years of history. The trip through the mines takes place 800 metres underground showing us mines that go back to Roman times. The path goes through 32 tunnels and treats us to amazing views of the beautiful surrounding mountains. Visitors will find charming spots such as Unanibi bridge, popularly known as the Witches’ Bridge, over the River Leitzaran. Leitzaran Biotope. 43 Cover Gipuzkoa on foot and by bike ) INTER-CITY CYCLE LANES 1 Irun-Endarlatsa BY STEP AND PEDAL STROKES On the map, Gipuzkoa is an immense green area. On the ground, its realms come to life, form relief and are dotted with woods, valleys, gentle slopes and powerful massifs. The best way to get to know this other side of the province is to leave your car behind, put on some comfortable footwear or grease up your bike chain. On foot or by bike, Gipuzkoa is worth discovering. Four greenways GREENWAYS 11 Beasain-Lazkao 1 Leitzaran 2 Lezo-Errenteria 12 Idiazabal-Segura 2 Arditurri 3 Errenteria-Oiartzun 13 Segura-Zegama 3 Legazpi - Azkoitia (Urola) 4 San Sebastian-Lasarte 14 Azpeitia-Azkoitia 4 Ormaiztegi - Mutiloa 5 AstigarragaMartutene 15 Urretxu-Legazpi 6 Hernani-Urnieta 1 3 16 Arrasate-Aretxabaleta -Eskoriatza Mutriku 4 7 Zizurkil-Asteasu LEITZARAN This is one of the most suggestive routes in Gipuzkoa’s geography, not only due to the landscapes it shows but also due to the history this thick blanket of oaks, beeches and pines hides. At the beginning of the 20th century, the train transporting to Andoain the iron mineral extracted in the Plazaola Mines crossed the valley of the Leitzaran River. Years afterwards, the mining activity stopped and it became a passenger train between Pamplona and San Sebastian until the middle of the century. Then, the Plazaola train fell into oblivion until its gently sloping route was recovered, its many tunnels were illuminated and it began to be frequented by walkers and cyclists. In total, almost 25 kilometres within Gipuzkoa and a fantastic repertoire of forests and stone bridges. 8 Tolosa-Alegia 9 Alegia-Itsasondo 17 Soraluze-BergaraAntzuola 6 18 Elgoibar-Maltzaga 10 Ormaiztegi-Beasain 18 Zizurkil 14 > www.gipuzkoaoinez.net 17 > www.gipuzkoamendizmendi.net 8 Antzuola 9 Mintxeta Collection Point Tel.: 943 74 73 56 www.btteuskadi.net [email protected] UROLA This cycle lane recovers a section of the route that the passenger train linking Zumaia –a coastal locality– and Zumarraga –in Gipuzkoa’s green heart- formerly covered. After the disappearance of the railway, thirteen kilometres between Azkoitia and Zumarraga were conditioned. This gave birth to an almost flat greenway of compacted ground MUTILOA-ORMAIZTEGI The Mutiloa-Ormaiztegi Green Way, opened in December 2008, reveals the interesting mining past of the Goierri region. The cycle lane covers the old railway route linking Zerain and Mutiloa mine lands to Ormaiztegi’s North Railway Station. The mineral was transported from there to the Pasajes Port to be exported to different European destinations. Ordizia 16 populated pictures -such as Pasajes or Errenteria- and, next, we can get immersed into rural settings like Altzibar or Ergoien and the Arditurri Mines, which were already worked in Roman times. The Aiako Harria Massif, the huge granite crest acting as natural frontier between Gipuzkoa and Navarre, are the finishing touch of our route. with a great landscape beauty, squeezed among mountains and offering amazing views over the farmhouses on the banks of the Urola River. Some sections have been asphalted and the route has been recently signposted and linked to another cycle lane, which allows getting to the neighbouring Legazpi. Build at the beginning of the 20th century, the railway covered a distance of 4.5 kilometres with a width of 0.75 metres. Once the activity stopped in 1930, the railway became public and now it has been recovered for cyclists and hikers. 10 Mutiloa 11 12 13 Signposting for different routes in the Aralar Mountain Range. Zegama GR – LONG-DISTANCE ROUTES GR 283 GR 121 Tour through Gipuzkoa GR 21 Ignatius Route GR 120 Route of the Three Temples GR 9 Provinces’ Cattle Track or Bull Path GR 34 Donostia-San Sebastian - GR 11 Pyrenean Route GR 12 The Route of the Basque Country watershed GR 283 Cheese Route Arantzazu GR 35 Transhumance Route GR 20 Tour through Aralar MOUNTAINS AND PATHS FOR ALL TASTES The uneven and varied orography in Gipuzkoa makes this province the ideal place for trekking. Costal mountains such as Mendizorrotz or Jaizkibel, inland ranges such as Aralar or Aizkorri or medium sized peaks such as Izarraitz or Irimo give a few good examples of the kind of mountains dotted throughout Gipuzkoa. On the one hand, there are numerous trekking excursions suitable for all levels such as climbing Ernio, Adarra, Txindoki or Aizkorri, among the Gipuzkoa rooftops. You only really need a morning to get up one of them. On the other hand, a complex network of long distance tracks pass from North to South and from East to West of Gipuzkoa. They are the well-known GR routes - shown by two lines, one white, one red - that mark out more ambitious and complex paths that would require several days’ effort to finish in their entirety. Even so, they can be broken down into sections or shorter excursions. We should highlight the GR-121 that completely circumnavigates Gipuzkoa; the GR-20, that skirts round the entire Aralar Mountain Range or the GR-120 that gives us an excellent panoramic view inland taking in three architectonic and religious milestones: the Loyola Sanctuary, La Antigua hermitage in Zumarraga and the Arantzazu Sanctuary. We can also follow in the footsteps of the patron saint of Gipuzkoa along the Ignatius route of the GR-21 remembering the painful journey that St Ignatius of Loyola had to take after being injured in Pamplona; or go on a pilgrimage to Arantzazu from San Sebastian, crossing the province completely (GR-34), rediscover the migration path (GR-35) used by farmers or follow the Cheese Route (GR283) that combines nature, gastronomy and culture. NATURE AND LEISURE NATURE AND LEISURE 44 Debabarrena Mountain Bike Centre: ARDITURRI The route was originally covered by the train that transported the Arditurri Mines fluorspar to the Pasajes Port to provide a way out by sea for this good. In sum, twelve kilometres accompanied by the Oiartzun River that are characterised by big landscape contrasts: along the route, we find less rural and more 7 Asteasu > www.gipuzkoabizikletaz.net 15 TWO WHEELS AND MANY LANES Future belongs to two wheels. On one hand, San Sebastian, the capital city, enjoys a wide network of bidegorris -that is how cycle lanes are called in Basque language since they are marked in red (gorri)- interconnecting the different quarters of the city. On the other hand, the rest of localities in this historic territory are also joining this initiative, coinciding with the building of inter-urban lanes to structure all Gipuzkoa for both pedestrians and cyclists. We should also mention the cycle lanes -properly signposted and adapted- and the greenways that allow us to get in touch with nature without damaging the environment. The district of Debabarrena is the location of the only Mountain Bike Centre in Gipuzkoa. Located in Elgoibar, at the Mintxeta collection point, it offers information on routes and offers cyclists a new GPS hire service. 5 Astigarraga 45 Tidal plains. Flysch cliffs. Ekainberri. The cliffs and the coastal flysch that stretch between Zumaia, Deba and Mutriku give us a glimpse of several centuries of geological evolution. The tidal zone and the flysch cliffs ) HISTORY WRITTEN ON STONE Some call it the book of Earth History. They are right: the cliffs and the coastal flysch between Zumaia, Deba and Mutriku are a look at several centuries of geological evolution. This beautiful and singular landscape also hides one of the richest ecosystems in Gipuzkoa’s coast, with a unique biodiversity that cannot be seen in other parts of this territory. FLYSCH The flysch- German term meaning “flow” or “slide” - of the Gipuzkoa coastline is one of the most important and complex natural areas in Europe. For centuries, the continual action of the sea has taken its toll on the cliffs, wearing them down like a sugar cube and exposing a meadow of thousands of layers of stone. The plates that we see today in an almost vertical position thereby formed part of the horizontal seabed in the distant past. The results of nature’s incessant sculpting work can be appreciated in the black flysch in Mutriku, the cliffs surrounding Deba and the strata in Zumaia that you can walk over when the tide goes out. Thanks to studying this section of the coast, scientists from all over the world have found out about the intimacies of the planet since the Iberian Peninsula joined on to Europe and the later creation of the Pyrenees until the dinosaurs disappeared. Even so, the tidal plain is still alive. It is currently a biological sanctuary where diversity is the general rule, with over 200 species of all types living in the natural ponds and nooks and crannies. Zumaia, by means of the Itzurun beach, is the natural gateway, although there is also easy access along Sakoneta or Itxaspe beaches, close to Deba and Mutriku’s Seven Beaches. The Arditurri mines and the secrets they enclose, the replica of the Ekain cave, Ekainberri and the fascinating trip around Arrikrutz complete the journey into the depths of Gipuzkoa. Caves of Gipuzkoa BASQUE COAST GEOPARK The flysch route is not the only attraction in this first Euskadi Geopark and along the Cantabrian cornice which has been part of the European and Global Network of Geoparks since 2010. Very close to the coast, in the limestone massifs of Arno or Izarraitz, we find the Karst Route providing the greatest set of cavities with archaeological traces in Gipuzkoa. We should mention the Ekain caves and the beauty of the natural landscape that hides many secrets, legends and enigmas just waiting to be discovered by visitors. TWO MUST-SEES Information The Algorri Nature Visitors’ Centre, located in Zumaia, brings together all the information required on the tidal plane and the cliffs and it is the ideal educational support to find out about the phenomenon in its entirety. In Mutriku, in turn, the Nautilus museum houses a complete collection of fossils going back to the Secondary Age, all extracted from the town’s coastal profile. On the other hand, the tourism offices for these three towns offer a wide range of guided tours, either along trekking routes or by boat. Algorri Visitors’ Centre Juan Belmonte, 21. Zumaia Tel.: 943 14 31 00 / [email protected] www.algorri.eu Nautilus, Mutriku Geological Visitors’ Centre Antonio Ezeiza kalea, 3. Mutriku Tel.: 943 603 378 / 657 794 677 Flysch Route, guided tours by land and sea. More information at the Tourist offices of: - Zumaia: 943 14 33 96 - Deba: 943 19 24 52 - Mutriku: 943 60 33 78 > www.flysch.com CENTURIES OF PREHISTORY, SILVER AND ART ) ARDITURRI the Millennial Mine EKAIN Artists of the Past Within the domains of the Aiako Harria Natural Park –Aya Crags–, the Arditurri Mines remained working almost uninterruptedly for 2,000 years. In the Iron Age first and then during the Roman occupation in these territories, the complex became a valuable source of wealth. The depths of these rocky massifs kept roaring during the Middle Ages to feed the foundries that emerged near the region’s rivers during the following centuries. The intense activity stopped at the end of the past century with a crushing balance: its inside produced thousands of tons of materials such as iron, lead, silver, or fluorite. This continual exploitation favoured the creation of an amazing natural space in the heart of these rocky massifs; a space made of kilometres and kilometres of galleries, passages, and artificial small caves. When you get deep into it, it is easy to imagine the reason why a place like this, loaded with tons of valuable metals, captivated both the Romans and those who came after them. There are two different visits as well as an Interpretation Centre revealing the secrets and history of this place. Likewise, the old route of the mining railway -built at the beginning of the 20th century- shapes the Arditurri Green Way, frequented by hikers and cyclists and offering a route to know more about the setting of the mining complex. Ekain Cave was discovered in 1969 but its history began hundreds of years earlier. Considered as one of the prehistoric art treasures of the Cantabria coast and declared –together with important “sister” caves like Altamira or Tito Bustillo- a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO, Ekain has been the best kept underground treasure of the Basque Country. So much so that for decades it had to be protected from overcrowding to ensure that is paintings could be appreciated by future generations. Consequently, in 2008, Ekainberri was opened, a more than accurate reproduction of this cave inhabited in Palaeolithic times and situated very close to the original artistic sanctuary. Ninety percent of the Ekain paintings were reproduced, including those which were as important as the French cave of Lascaux, considered the great cathedral of cave art, and they simulated the folds and nooks and crannies of the original space, producing a replica that is so real and respectful of the surrounding area. Ekainberri also contains an exhibition room which covers the importance of José Miguel Barandiaran when studying prehistoric evidence in the Basque Country; the details of the discovery of the Ekain Cave and information about other Palaeolithic art treasures in the Basque. Information Information Tel.: 943 49 45 21 Portale Kalea, 9. Zestoa Tel.: 943 86 88 11 > www.arditurri.com > www.ekainberri.com ARRIKRUTZ Cave of Wild Animals Situated halfway between Oñati and the Sanctuary of Arantzazu, at the foot of the Aizkorri massif, Arrikrutz Cave is an underground universe formed by over a dozen kilometres of galleries. In 2007, the work was completed to fit out 500 metres of the cave to enable visitors to discover its secrets via a platform and a complex lighting system. Beyond the audiovisual merits of the route, Arrikrutz is a kind of Baroque underground cathedral that Nature has incessantly crafted over the centuries, creating impossible shapes and slender stalactites. The space, which is crossed by an underground river, the Aldaola, acted as a refuge for wild animals as bears, panthers or lions. Traces of all of these animals were left inside Arrikrutz which can be viewed now, in an hour-long visit to the Earth’s core. Before entering the underground world, visitors can familiarise themselves with the caves in the Arrikrutz Visitors’ Centre, drop by drop sculpture. The centre houses a permanent exhibition with several photographs and information panels explaining how Arrikrutz emerged and the history of caving in Oñati, palaeontology, fauna in the cave, the evolution and formation of the limestone rock and the 15 kilometres of inter-connected galleries that make up the Karstic system of Gesaltza, Arrikrutz and Jaturabe. The exhibition is completed by two replica craniums of a lion and a cave bear.. Information Raise to Arantzazu. Detour to barrio de Araotz, Oñati. Tel.: 943 08 20 00 > www.oinati.net/turismo NATURE AND LEISURE NATURE AND LEISURE 46 AN OPEN BOOK Arditurri / Arrikrutz. 47 During the cosmopolitan Belle Époque, Gipuzkoa had up to eleven spas opened at the same time. Among them, the Cestona Spa is the only one that has remained without stopping. The discovery of the therapeutic effects of Zestoa’s springs is attributed to the dogs of the Marquis of San Millán. According to tradition, in 1760 they cured from mange after having a bath in some natural pools with warm water. Now the Gipuzkoa tradition of thermal springs is making a comeback in the form of recently-built, modern facilities. Thalassotherapy-Spa) ENJOY ALL THE BENEFITS WATER HAS TO OFFER Heir to the original La Perla Health Resort, this emblematic building looming up to La Concha Beach hides 5,500 square metres for our health anda enjoyment. In addition to its Fitness Spa Circuit, the largest city-centre thalassotherapy centre in Europe offers a swimming pool with cardiovascular machines and a Health and Beauty Centre with thalassotherapy treatments, massages, facial and body beauty treatments and personalised programmes. La Perla also has a gymnasium and a café-restaurant. Information Located in a building facing the sea, the Hotel Aisia Orio has one of the largest thalassotherapy centres in Euskadi, covering 1250 square metres. CESTONA GRAND HOTEL-SPA Since two centuries ago, Zestoa is the capital of water culture. The only spa in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country offers endless techniques: “hidrogym” with pressurised water and air jets, thermal pool, air-water “multi-jets” pool, microbubble seats and beds pool with underwater massages, foot-baths; jet showers, circular showers, massage showers, and Scottish showers; massages; Turkish, steam baths and saunas. Moreover, we cannot forget the hydropinic cure, with two thermal fountains with water to drink. The Cestona Spa, with the Tourist Quality “Q”, attends to 213 people in a beautiful place of the UrolaRiver. AISIA DEBA ZELAI THALASSOTHERAPY Opened on the Deba seafront during the summer of 2004, Hotel Aisia Deba has a thalassotherapy centre dedicated to relaxation and specialised in slimming programmes. Over a surface area of twelve hundred square metres, it houses facilities for hydrotherapy, a recreational pool, thermal springs, jacuzzi, massage and beauty cabins, wrapping rooms, etc. It also offers the most advanced technology in Photontherapy. The water in the Itzurun beach, in Zumaia, is known due to its high concentration of iodine. That seawater, at 37 degrees of temperature, is the core of a facility offering programmes under the evocative names: “Beauty and Vitality Treatment”, “Weight-Loss and Slimming Treatment” or “Relax and Well-being Cure”. After having these stimulating treatments, the client can have a walk through the amazing Itzurun Beach, to which the hotel looms up. Information Information Information Calle Markiegi, 6 20620 Deba Tel.: 943 60 80 52 [email protected] Larretxo, 16 (Itzurun beach) 20750 Zumaia Tel.: 943 86 51 00 / 943 86 51 78 [email protected] Paseo de San Juan, 30 20740 Zestoa Tel.: 943 14 71 40 [email protected] > www.aisiahoteles.com > www.talasozelai.com > www.balneariocestona.com Paseo de La Concha s/n Edificio La Perla 20007 San Sebastian-Donostia Tel.: 943 45 88 56 / Fax: 943 46 99 27 [email protected] > www.la-perla.net MARÍA CRISTINA HYDRA WELLNESS-SPA Stainless steel pool at 34 degrees, with water beds, bubble seats, cascade and jets, Turkish bath, Scottish shower, Vichy shower, relax area...and offering spa treatments like wraps of chocolate, cherry, restyling programmes and facial rejuvenation with gold which are some of the latest temptations. Occupying one thousand square meters of the cellars of María Cristina, the elegant five star hotel in San Sebastian. On the first floor there is a water circuit (current pool, jacuzzi, water bed, cold pool, warm pool with bubbles, etc.) and changing rooms. Whilst the top floor houses an area for treatments with seaweed wraps, mud, massages, sauna with colour-therapy, humid sauna, hydro-massage, jet showers, 3 season showers, floating cabin, relax area and beauty area. Information Hondartza Bidea, 1 20810 Orio Tel.: 943 89 44 40 [email protected] > www.aisiahoteles.com Information Calle Okendo, 001 20004 Donostia-San Sebastian Tel.: 943 42 22 37 / Fax: 943 42 52 87 [email protected] > www.hydra.es NATURE AND LEISURE NATURE AND LEISURE 48 AISIA ORIO LA PERLA SPA & SPORT CENTRE 49 Eduardo Chillida. Mentioning Eduardo Chillida’s figure means evoking one of the most international and respectable contemporary artists, but also remembering a man who is closely tied to the land where he was born and where he died. His sculptures are, as his own person, indebted to the virtues of the environment. This is the reason of the close relationship between his work and the territory of Gipuzkoa. He was the artist who dared to tame steel, create spaces of air and establish dialogues with stone. The museum devoted to him, Chillida-Leku, catalyses an important part of his work, however, it is also distributed around San Sebastian, his home town. Eduardo Chillida) THE ARTIST WHO SHAPED GIPUZKOA Loyal to the philosophy that he confessed in his life, Eduardo Chillida was a tree with the roots in his birthplace and the branches opened to the rest of the world. His work, deeply rooted to his environment and linked to its circumstances, followed the same course and has finally designed a universal legacy. Gipuzkoa is the starting point for discovering the fruits of Eduardo Chillida’s fifty years of creative activity. His sculptures are not only an indissoluble part of our living space, but also of our sentimental memory. That is why most of his works refer to places and landscapes in Gipuzkoa. The sculpture material remind us the iron tradition; the lurras (clays) evoke the cult of nature, prevailing since megalithic times, and spaces like the Wind Comb inform on the artist’s commitment to marry art and nature. This way, to have a deep knowledge of his work, we need to travel through Gipuzkoa’s historic territory, comparing valleys, discovering sculptures in their natural environment and, finally, visiting the museum that the sculptor dreamed to house his works. Mirandaola Ironworks. Legazpi, a town that was the iron capital for centuries with as many as fifteen ironworks, now displays its close relationship with this metal through an interesting network of museums. CHILLIDA-LEKU’S LEGACY As if it were one more work, the museum exhibiting Eduardo Chillida’s legacy was the fruit of a long, pondered and passionate process. The artist visited the green spots surrounding the Zabalaga Farmhouse, in the locality of Hernani, during almost twenty years, in order to plan the achievement of his dream. A perfect place for the marriage of his works and nature or, as he himself said, “A space where my sculptures can rest and where people can walk among them like if it was a forest.” The terrains of this 16th century farmhouse, dotted with beech trees, magnolias and oak trees, shelter 40 sculptures of different sizes. These make up a space that walks between fantasy and reality and that changes depending on the season of the year. The works exhibited in this space can be touched and are the invitation card to take part in the games of light and air proposed by the Donostian artist, who always ran away from straight shapes. The Zabalaga Farmhouse, restored according at the sculptor’s will, houses reduced-format works, made in alabaster, terracotta, plaster, wood, steel and paper; as well as a hall for temporary exhibitions tackling the most intimate creative processes of Eduardo Chillida. Far from becoming a static space, Chillida-Leku has been a source of multidisciplinary cultural activities from the beginning. In harmony with the philosophy of the artist who conceived it, the museum periodically houses classical music and jazz concerts, dance performances, plastic art workshops and educational programmes to bring Chillida’s art, life and work near the visitors. Temporarily closed Valley of Iron ) LEARNING FROM THE PAST BASQUE IRON MUSEUM AND MIRANDAOLA IRONWORKS Only when you visit this museum, located in the old foundry, can you understand the importance of metal in the Urola Valley and its capacity to mutate the landscape and the towns’ customs. This space uses information panels, audiovisual presentations and old tools to explain the iron industry in all its complexity. The visits are completed with live demonstrations, on Sundays, at the Mirandaola Ironworks –scene of a famous miracle– on a journey back to the 14th century to discover how the labourers of the time worked and the spectacular mechanism that made it possible to work the iron. The museum is also a valuable source of information to articulate themed routes around the district with this mineral as the focal point. Mirandaola Parc, barrio Telleriarte (Legazpi). Legazpi’s Iron culture reached its height in the 20th century. It was then that the face of the town was transformed to adapt to the demands of the growing metal industry. The new urban landscapes which arose at that time, in the 1950s, now provide an interesting route through the ins and outs of the workers’ world. It is a trip not only through time but also through Legazpi, discovering all the infrastructures created to house the workers and their families, from the largest -the industrial buildings, the workers’ housing estates, the company store, the dispensary…- to more intimate spaces like the villa where the industrial businessman lived, the typical proletarian home, the chapel or the classrooms where the children were taught. These last three places –perfectly recreated and set, as if time had stopped– can be visited to appreciate the details of that window open onto the past. Mirandaola Parc, barrio Telleriarte (Legazpi). CHILLIDA LANTOKI MUSEUM * > www.museochillidaleku.com A TRIP TO THE 1950S: THE WORKERS’ ROUTE Museo Chillida Lantoki. Legazpi recently opened a new museum area where visitors can find out firsthand about the town’s close relationship with iron and, therefore also the relationship between the artist Eduardo Chillida –who models this metal like no other– and Patricio Echeverria, one of the most important businessmen in Gipuzkoa who turned rural Legazpi into an industrial town, creating thousands of jobs. The museum is a place created for art and industry to come together, opening up Chillida’s creative worlds through photos, video, projections and interactive resources. Former Paperworks. (Legazpi) Igaralde-Goena homestead. Breadmaking museum. SHEPHERDING ECOMUSEUM AND BREADMAKING MUSEUM Whilst the metal revolution took place, rural work continued in the outskirts of Legazpi or in villages such as Zumarraga that kept their rural essence and the solitary homesteads which work as small independent agricultural exploitations. We can find out more about this rural tradition through the Igaralde-Goena homestead or Breadmaking museum that go into greater depth on Gipuzkoa’s milling and bread-making tradition, explaining the process from sowing the wheat seed to when the dough, comes out of the oven, already cooked. The Shepherding Ecomuseum, on the other hand, covers the world of sheep, grass and Idiazabal cheese and offers firsthand knowledge on the cheese manufacturing process. The Igartubeiti Homestead - in Ezkio-Itsaso- is essential in the Basque rural landscape as a typical 16th century Basque house turned into a museum that reflects how homesteads used to look, how they worked as farms and the cider production procedure. - Breadmaking museum/ Barrio de Brinkola. (Legazpi) - Shepherding Ecomuseum/ Caserío Erreizabal. Bº Telleriarte. (Legazpi) - Igartubeiti Homestead. (Ezkio-Itsaso) > www.lenbur.com / Tel.: 943 73 04 28 CULTURE CULTURE 50 The Wind Comb is probably Eduardo Chillida’s most emblematic work, as well as one of the landscape icons of San Sebastian. Beached in the western end of La Concha Bay and perpetually facing the sea fury, this site includes three sculptures showing rust due to the passing of time that perfectly illustrate the marriage between human spirit and natural beauty. It does not matter if a storm lashes the coast or if a gale-force wind comes here to soften: the work created by Chillida and the architect Luis Peña Ganchegui is visited everyday by local and foreign people. The Wind Comb is not only one of the city’s romantic spots, but also an unavoidable appointment for those who want to get deeper into the Basque sculptor’s particular universe. Igartubeiti Homestead. www.kulturweb.com Chillida-Leku. 51 The Loyola Sanctuary (Azpeitia) bears similarities to St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. The Dome of the Loyola Sanctuary measures 20 metres across. The route passes by three of the most exquisite temples in Gipuzkoa, the Loyola Sanctuary in Azpeitia, La Antigua hermitage in Zumarraga and the Arantzazu Sanctuary in Oñati. Irun Errenteria Deba The Three Temples ) LOYOLA SANCTUARY Song to the Baroque The tour starts at the foot of Mount Izarraitz, in Azpeitia, where the old town is structured around the solid Renaissance church of San Sebastian. Inside, in addition to the baptismal font where St Ignatius of Loyola, patron saint of Gipuzkoa, was baptised, there are delightful mural paintings from the 16th century kept hidden for decades in the Solitude chapel. The imposing Loyola Sanctuary was built halfway between Azoeitia and neighbouring Azkoitia. This illuminated work from Baroque times surrounded what was the birthplace of Built in the foothills of Aizkorri and kept by Franciscan monks, the Arantzazu Sanctuary boasts impressive modernism. DONOSTIASan Sebastian Zarautz WALK THROUGH THE LAND OF SAN IGNACIO The Hermitage of Our Lady of La Antigua (Zumarraga) is one of Gipuzkoa’s artistic treasures. Hernani Elgoibar Azpeitia Azkoitia Loiola Bergara Tolosa Zumarraga ARANTZAZU SANCTUARY The Laboratory of the Arts La Antigua Oñati Eskoriatza the Saint, a tower with a clear defensive purpose that houses a permanent exhibition on the life and times of St Ignatius. The Sanctuary built in his honour bears an obvious likeness to St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican as it was designed in the 17th century by Carlo Fontana, a disciple of the architect Bernini, who was courageous enough to construct a dome with a diameter of 20 metres which some thought would not hold its own weight. Despite its moderate dimensions inside, the temple is an example of all the virtues of the baroque movement, from the Solomonic columns and the proliferation of gold to the large carved wooden doors brought over from Cuba, and the pink marble or the impressive Bohemia crystal chandelier. The Churrigueresque style is perhaps the best legacy that we have been left by the religious community, set in the impressive Great Altar, as a work created within the protection and excesses of the CounterReformation that aimed to fight off the Protestant theses that Luther was sowing through half of Europe. The dome has been recently restored and so it now looks as it would have done when it was finished in the 18th century. Legazpi Beasain Ordizia Arantzazu LA ANTIGUA CHAPEL The Miniature Cathedral A few centuries before, in the Early Middle Ages, the walls were erected on a building intended for war, making the most of a privileged natural terrace on Mount Beloki. It was designed to monitor the crossroads although over time this small fort with barely any windows or external decoration became one of Gipuzkoa’s artistic treasures, the hermitage of our Lady of La Antigua. Located in the town of Zumarraga, the beauty of La Antigua - popularly known as the “cathedral of all hermitages” - revolves around its monolithic pose, its privileged location surrounded by centenary oaks and walls that seem to groan and yet hiding a monumental treasure trove that surprises everyone. Inside, a parsimonious structure made of oak gracefully holds up the ceiling of the building which seems to float, protecting the venerated statute of the Virgin, created in the Gothic period. This is a singular work of carpentry, an unbeatable example of Basque craftsmanship at the service of a complex architectonic framework that, after different restorations, has made it to our times intact. Some beams hide surprises, shaped as female heads, enigmatic figures that link the temple up with copious Basque mythology. In fact, next to the door leading to La Antigua, on the right hand side, you can see strange notches in the stone. Popular tradition swears that they are actually the finger prints of gentiles, the giant pagans from Basque mythology that, according to legend, lived in the caves of Aizkorri. La Antigua can claim to be one of the key temples in terms of spreading Christianity, primitive at the time, through Basque lands, in addition to a cohesion factor between villages and the numerous homesteads dotted around. > www.tierraignaciana.com The 14 apostles on the facade of the Arantzazu Sanctuary were the work of Jorge Oteiza. The first impression is always surprising because the Aranzazu Sanctuary is above all a daring complex of buildings, ahead of its time and completely ground-breaking. Although the first stone in the complex was laid in 1950, this spot could already claim several centuries of religious fervour. It all began at the end of the 14th century when, according to the Mariana legend, the Virgin of Arantzazu appeared to a shepherd on a hawthorn bush. The shepherd, surprised, only managed to asked her “Arantzan zu?” in Basque (Are you in the hawthorn?) giving the origin of the name by which we currently know the statute presiding over the church’s apse. Given that the place of the apparition was not the best place to build a sanctuary, the faithful moved the sculpture to a parish church in the Valley of Oñati, but the Virgin always went back to the complicated cliffs of Mount Aloña, where it was decided to build the Sanctuary. Fire was one of the great protagonists of the history of Arantzazu and was the reason why, in the 20th century, it was decided to carry out an almost complete reconstruction of a complex in which the gothic and baroque parts had been damaged by the flames. This way, in 1950, Arantzazu -situated just ten kilometres north of Oñati became a kind of architectonic and artistic laboratory, a project that was too daring for that period which was not free from controversy. This way, whilst the architects Sainz de Oiza and Laorga decorated the building with its The apse over which the Virgin presides was designed by Lucio Muñoz characteristic walls with diamond-shaped stones, it was enriched with contributions from artists like Lucio Muñoz –who was responsible for the apse presided over by the Virgin- or various representatives of the last trends in Basque contemporary art. Native son of Orio, Jorge Oteiza created the 14 apostles on the façade, whilst Eduardo Chillida and Néstor Basterretxea crafted the doors and the walls of the crypt, respectively. CULTURE CULTURE 52 53 The yellow arrow guides pilgrims all along the St James’ Way. Santiago Matamoros, in the Segura Parish. Through Gipuzkoa towards St. James ) In the Church of El Santo Cristo, in Lezo, they worship a wooden Christ. It has an unusual Gothic style, since its face has no beard. San Adrián Tunnel, meeting point between Álava and Gipuzkoa. FRANCIA 1 N- Donostia San Sebastián Alabaster Carving of the Apostle, that can be admired in the Diocesan Museum of San Sebastian. Irun Oiartzun Hondarribia Astigarraga FRANCIA Hernani Urnieta Pilgrims heading for Santiago de Compostela reached our land and chose between two paths, the Coastal Route and the Inland Route, that continue offering two ways of getting to know Gipuzkoa nowadays. Mutriku Deba THE INLAND ROAD Getaria 8 A- Orio 70 E- Legorreta This route, also known as the Royal Road, was already one of the backbones of the territory before the pilgrimages to the Apostle’s tomb increased in the 11th century. This road was used since Roman times. It goes deeper into the Green Gipuzkoa, through the Oria River Valley, up to getting to the plain of Álava-Araba in the direction of the Castille plateau. Segura Stage 1: Tunel de San Adrián [ ] THE COASTAL ROAD Ordizia Dating from prior to the inland route, the coastal route seems to be one of the most primitive. In the 9th and 10th centuries, as yet without the road improvements linking Gipuzkoa with Castile, it was the pilgrims’ favourite route as they had to face the “swollen fury of the Ocean’s arms all around them” (Hugo de Oporto, Portuguese bishop in 1120). Beasain Zegama N-1 Stage 2: Andoain Beasain (36,6 km.) ALAVAARABA From Andoain, the Inland Road follows the Oria River course, passing among highways and areas of farmhouses through Villabona, Anoeta and the small village of Hernialde until we get into Tolosa. Tolosa was one of the villages founded by Alphonse X the Wise and, afterwards, it became the capital of Gipuzkoa. The OspitalZaharra (Old Hospital), which gave refuge to the pilgrims, the Idiakez Palace and the Parish Church of Santa María are some of the points we should stop in. From here, the road goes into a more mountainous area, through the Santa Marina Quarter of Albiztur and the foot of Mount Murumendi, the geographic centre of Gipuzkoa. On descending towards Beasain, we will find the Igartza Monumental Site. Stage 2: San Sebastian – Zarautz (25 km.) Stage 3: Beasain - Zalduondo (Álava) (34,3 km.) From Beasain, the road climbs the Olaberria Height, from which we can observe all the Goierri, and it approaches the Hermitage of Kurutzeta, in Idiazabal. The following point will be Segura, where the Historic Quarter, declared monumental site, preserves its medieval structure. We will pass near the Santa Bárbara Hermita-ge before reaching, after several going-ups and downs, Zegama, whose pilgrim hospital was located in the present Las Nieves Hermitage. We will climb among forests, with the hermitages of Iruetxea and Sancti-Spiritus as reference, until we reach the hill that crowns the San Adrián Tunnel, a pass bored into the crag since time immemorial. Further away, Álava-Araba awaits. of its Santiago Square. We will cross to Pasai San Pedro on boat, from where we can climb another mount, Ulia, that separates it from the capital. After greeting La Plata Lighthouse, the walker can enjoy a beautiful stroll with views across to the sea, until descending to San Sebastian. Stage 1: Irun – San Sebastian (25 km.) From the Santiago Bridge, we will walk through the road up to Hondarribia, with a beautiful walled Old Quarter that is a National HistoricArtistic Monument. Charles V’s Castle (at present a Government owned hotel) dominates the Armas Square. The Guadalupe fort and sanctuary (15th century) are located in the ascent to Mount Jaizkibel. Following a path we will go through all the coastal Mount Jaizkibel getting down to Lezo, where we go past the Basilica of El Santo Cristo, famous due to its beardless Christ. The way continues towards Pasai Donibane, the most picturesque district of those facing the Bay of Pasaia, with the typical fishing houses On the other side of La Concha Bay, the route gets to the top of Mount Igeldo and to its extension, Mendizorrotz. Already in Orio we find the hermitage of St Martin de Tours. After crossing the Oria River mouth and Mount Talaimendi, Zarautz awaits the walker. Besides its long beach, we must visit the Church of Santa María la Real, with its ‘Pilgrim’s Tomb’. Stage 3: Zarautz – Deba (where a hostel for pilgrims is located) (22 km.) The old road that linked Zarautz and Getaria is located through the Height of Meagas. The trees in the Vista Alegre Park and the Santa Bárbara Hermitage show us the way. On going down towards Zumaia, the pilgrims usually stopped in another church devoted to San Martín de Tours, the Church of Askizu. In Zumaia, the Coastal Road went deep into the inland, through the Urola River and a path among farmhouses, in order to reach another milestone for the pilgrim, the Church of Itziar, with its 13th century image of the Virgin. A path passing by the San Roque Hermitage guides us to Deba, with its parish church devoted to Santa María. Stage 4: Deba – Markina-Xemein (Bizkaia) (29 km.) From Deba, the route starts crossing the only bridge over the estuary that will lead us to the Laranga Quarter, located already in the municipality of Mutriku. From here, the path will guide us through Mount Arno (included in the Natura 2000 Network of Areas of Special Interest) to the territory of Bizkaia. The end of this stage is located in the Collegiate Church of Zenarruza, 6 kilometres from Markina-Xemein. > www.caminosantiagogipuzkoa.com > www.oriodonejakue.net St. James’ Way Interpretation Centre (Orio) > www.caminosnorte.org CULTURE CULTURE 54 Zumaia Zarautz BIZKAIA Anoeta Tolosa Irun - Andoain (30,9 km.) Through the Santiago Bridge, we can cross the Bidasoa River and get into Gipuzkoa through Irun, a village that preserves the Romanesque engraving of the black Juncal Virgin in the parish of Nuestra Señora del Juncal. After going past the Gurutze Quarter, the route uses several rural paths of Oiartzun until it reaches Astigarraga, famous due to its cider bars. 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Trueba, 1 T: 943 29 80 49 www.hotelgranbahiabernardo.com ZALDUA Pº Hipódromo, 8 (Zubieta) T: 943 36 66 20 / F: 943 36 12 67 www.hotelzaldua.com [email protected] ZARAGOZA PLAZA Plaza Zaragoza, 3 T: 943 45 21 03 / F: 943 44 65 02 www.hotelzaragozaplaza.com [email protected] [email protected] H * AIDA Iztueta, 9-1º T: 943 32 78 00 / F: 943 32 67 07 www.pensionesconencanto.com [email protected] P ** ALAMEDA Boulevard, 16 – 2º T: 943 42 64 49 T: 943 42 72 07 F: 943 43 30 15 www.pensionalameda.com [email protected] [email protected] P ** IRENAZ RESORT Pº Oriamendi, 94 T: 902 73 39 17 / 943 30 81 49 T: 690 85 08 09 / F: 943 30 92 65 www.irenaz.com www.irenazsansebastian.com [email protected] LA GALERIA Infanta Cristina, 1-3 T: 943 21 60 77 / 943 31 75 59 F: 943 21 12 98 www.hotellagaleria.com [email protected] H ** LEKU EDER Pº de Cristóbal Balenciaga, 2 T: 943 21 09 64 / 21 01 07 F: 943 21 97 91 www.lekueder.com [email protected] H ** ALDAMAR Aldamar, 2-1º T: 943 43 01 43 / F: 943 42 36 95 www.pensionaldamar.com [email protected] P ** ALEMANA San Martín, 53-1º T: 943 46 25 44 / F: 943 46 17 71 www.hostalalemana.com [email protected] P ** ALTAIR Padre Larroca, 3 (entlo.Dcha.) T/F: 943 29 31 33 T: 609 34 47 74 www.pension-altair.com [email protected] P ** AMETZAGAÑA Camino de Uba, 61 T: 943 45 63 99 / 45 90 92 943 47 27 78 www.ametzagana.com [email protected] [email protected] P ** ANOETA Avda. de Madrid, 13 – 1º izda T/F: 943 24 52 88 T: 943 45 28 44 / 676 47 81 97 www.pensionanoeta.com [email protected] P ** ARTEA San Bartolomé, 33- 1º izda T: 943 45 51 00 / 629 43 09 36 www.pensionartea.com [email protected] P ** BASIC CONFORT San Lorenzo 12-2º T: 943 43 01 32 / 943 42 25 81 F: 943 42 25 81 www.basicconfort.com [email protected] P ** BASIC CONFORT II Puerto 17- 2º T/F: 943 42 25 81 www.basicconfort.com [email protected] P ** BELLAS ARTES Urbieta, 64-1ºD T: 943 47 49 05 / 620 80 01 67 F: 943 46 31 11 www.pension-bellasartes.com [email protected] P ** BIKAIN Triunfo, 8 - Entresuelo T: 943 45 43 33 / F: 943 46 80 74 www.pensionbikain.com [email protected] P ** URUMEA Getaria, 14 - 1º T/F: 943 42 46 05 www.hostalurumea.com [email protected] P ** GRAN BAHÍA BERNARDO P Embeltrán, 16-1º dcha. ** T: 943 42 02 16 / F: 943 42 82 76 www.pensiongranbahiabernardo.com [email protected] HOSTAL BAHIA San Martín, 54 bis T: 943 46 92 11 / F: 943 46 39 14 www.hostalbahia.com [email protected] P ** ITXASOA San Juan, 14 - 2º T: 943 42 01 32 / 43 00 86 F: 943 42 01 32 www.euskalnet.net/itxasoa [email protected] P ** KAIA Puerto, 12- 2º T: 943 43 13 42 www.pensionkaia.com [email protected] P ** KURSAAL Peña y Goñi, 2 - 1ºD T: 943 29 26 66 / F: 943 29 75 36 www.pensionesconencanto.com [email protected] P ** LA CONCHA San Martín, 51- entlo. izda T: 943 45 03 89 / 943 46 08 93 www.pensionlaconcha.net [email protected] P ** LA PERLA Loyola, 10 -1º T: 943 42 81 23 / 610 68 67 56 www.pensionlaperla.com [email protected] P ** LOREA Alameda del Boulevard, 16 -1º T/F: 943 42 72 58 www.pensionlorea.com P ** MAITE Avda. Madrid, 19-1ºB T: 943 47 07 15 www.pensionmaite.com [email protected] P ** BENTA ALDEA Ctra. Anoeta-Tolosa, s/n T: 943 65 40 79 P ** > Arrasate-Mondragón MONDRAGON H Biteri Etorbidea, 16 *** T: 943 71 24 33 / F: 943 71 23 43 www.hotelmondragon.com [email protected] New! SANTA ANA Uribarri 37 T: 943 79 49 39 [email protected] www.santaanamondragon.com H *** New! ARRASATE Biteri Etorbidea, 1 T: 943 79 73 22 / F: 943 79 14 16 www.hotelarrasate.com [email protected] H ** URIZAR Ferrerías, 15 T: 943 79 12 93 P ** UXARTE Bº Udala T: 943 79 12 50 F: 943 77 15 62 P ** > Astigarraga BEIZAMA Bº Ergobia, s/n T: 943 55 00 42 / 33 29 77 P ** REGIL P Easo, 9-1º ** T/F: 943 42 71 43 / T: 615 17 81 43 www.pensionregil.com [email protected] [email protected] P ** > Elgoibar New! DOLAREA H Nafarroa 57 **** T: 943 88 98 88 / Fax: 943 88 38 89 www.hoteldolarea.com [email protected] TXARRIDUNA Ermuaran bide, 3 T: 943 74 87 78 / F: 943 74 87 79 www.hoteltxarriduna.com [email protected] IGARTZA Oriamendi, 41 T: 943 08 52 40 / F: 943 08 52 41 www.igartzahotela.com [email protected] H * SALBATORE Bº Salbatore, s/n T: 943 88 83 07 / F: 943 88 83 62 www.hotelsalbatore.com H * > Bergara P ** > Bidegoian IRIARTE JAUREGIA H Eliz-Bailara, 8 **** T: 943 68 12 34 / F: 943 68 12 35 www.iriartejauregia.com [email protected] OLAZAL HOTELA New! Goiatz diseminado, 36 T: 943 68 12 28 www.hotelolazal.com [email protected] H * > Azpeitia LOIOLA Loiolako Inazio hiribidea, 47 T: 943 15 16 16 / F: 943 15 16 18 www.hotelloiola.com H ** New! ARRUPE Loiola Auzoa Nucleo, 8 (Santuario de Loiola) T: 943 02 50 26 F: 943 02 50 33 www.hotelarrupe.org H * LARRAÑAGA Urrestilla bidea, s/n T: 943 81 11 80 / F: 943 15 15 17 www.hotel-larranaga.com [email protected] H * > Errenteria BERRI-VERSALLES Alto de Capuchinos, 9 T: 943 51 20 45 / F: 943 51 66 16 www.hotelberriversalles.es [email protected] H ** TRINTXERA Letea, 14 T: 943 68 12 06 / F: 943 68 12 16 www.trintxera.com [email protected] H ** > Eskoriatza ORMAZABAL H Barrenkalea, 11 ** T/F: 943 76 36 50 www.gratisweb.com/hotelormazabal [email protected] ARIZNOA Telesforo Aranzadi, 3 T: 943 76 18 46 H ** > Errezil H ** > Deba > Azkoitia LARRAMENDI TORREA San Juan, 6 T: 943 85 76 66 / F: 943 85 76 65 www.larramenditorrea.com [email protected] > Beasain GUREGAS H Carretera Nacional 1, km 419 ** T: 943 80 54 80 F: 943 80 57 61 [email protected] www.hotelbeasain.com > Anoeta DONOSTIARRA P San Martín, 6-1º ** T: 943 42 61 67 / F: 943 43 00 71 www.pensiondonostiarra.com [email protected] New! SAN IGNACIO Iztueta, 5 principal T: 656 60 42 50 / F: 943 27 67 63 [email protected] www.pensionsanignacio.com P ** AISIA DEBA Markiegi, 6 T: 943 60 80 52 / F: 943 19 24 00 www.aisiahoteles.com [email protected] H *** KANALA ITZIAR Itziar T: 943 19 90 35 / F: 943 19 93 64 www.hotelkanala.com H ** ZUMARDI Marinel, 12 T/F: 943 19 23 68 [email protected] P ** > Eibar ARRATE Ego Gain, 5 T: 943 20 72 42 / F: 943 70 00 74 www.hotelarrate.es [email protected] H *** KRABELIN Bº Arrate, s/n T: 943 20 27 27 / F: 943 20 89 91 www.hotelkrabelin.com [email protected] H ** AZKOAGA ENEA Gastañadui, 4 T: 943 71 45 66 / F: 943 71 45 69 www.hotelazkoagaenea.com [email protected] H *** MENDIGOIA Polígono ind. Torrebaso, 8 T: 943 71 57 00 / F: 943 71 54 10 www.hotelmendigoia.com [email protected] H *** > Getaria ITURREGI Barrio Azkizu T: 943 89 61 34 F: 943 14 04 18 www.hoteliturregi.com [email protected] H **** SAIAZ – GETARIA San Roke kalea 25-27 T: 943 14 01 43 / F: 943 14 03 45 www.saiazgetaria.com [email protected] H ** AZKUE Alto de Meagas, 2 T: 943 13 31 52 / 943 83 05 54 F: 943 13 05 00 www.hotelazkue.com [email protected] H * ITXAS GAIN San Roke, 1 T: 943 14 10 35 / F: 943 14 10 33 www.hotelitxasgain.com [email protected] H * GETARIANO Herrerieta kalea, 3 T: 943 14 05 67 F: 943 14 05 67 www.pensiongetariano.es [email protected] P ** IRIBAR Aldamar, 23 T: 943 14 04 51 P ** KATRAPONA Katrapona, 4 T: 943 14 14 09 www.katrapona.com [email protected] P ** ACCOMMODATION ACCOMMODATION 56 H **** NICOL’S Camino de Gudamendi, 21. Igueldo T: 943 21 57 99 / F: 943 21 17 24 www.hotelnicols.com [email protected] TRYP ORLY Pza. Zaragoza, 4 T: 943 46 32 00 / F: 943 45 61 01 www.tryporly.solmelia.com www.solmelia.com [email protected] URKIA Urbieta, 12 - 3º izda T: 943 42 44 36 www.pensionurkia.com [email protected] 57 > Hernani TXINTXUA Zikuñaga, 76 T: 943 33 17 50 / 943 33 36 80 F: 943 33 18 35 www.hotel-txintxua.com [email protected] ZINKOENEA Mayor, 57 - 1º T: 670 39 08 97 / F: 943 55 20 80 H * P ** > Hondarribia JAIZKIBEL Baserritar Etorbidea, 1 T: 943 64 60 40 / F: 943 64 08 42 www.hoteljaizkibel.com [email protected] H **** PARADOR EL EMPERADOR Plaza de Armas, 14 T: 943 64 55 00 / F: 943 64 21 53 www.parador.es [email protected] H **** RIO BIDASOA Nafarroa Behera, 1 T: 943 64 54 08 / F: 943 64 51 70 www.hotelriobidasoa.com [email protected] H **** JAUREGUI Zuloaga, 5 T: 943 64 14 00 / F: 943 64 44 04 www.hoteljauregui.com [email protected] HA *** OBISPO Pza. del Obispo, 1 T: 943 64 54 00 / F: 943 64 23 86 www.hotelobispo.com [email protected] H *** SAN NIKOLAS Plaza Armas, 6 T: 943 64 42 78 / F: 943 64 62 17 www.hotelsannikolas.com [email protected] H ** PALACETE Pza. Guipúzcoa nº5 T: 943 64 08 13 / F: 943 64 62 69 www.hotelpalacete.net [email protected] H * ALAI Alto de Etxegarate, s/n T: 943 18 70 58 / 76 55 F: 943 18 71 17 [email protected] H * ZEPAI Calle Mayor, 43 T: 943 18 71 98 / 676 07 18 43 F: 943 18 71 72 www.hotelzepai.com [email protected] H * TRYP URDANIBIA Jaizubia Hiribidea s/n T: 943 63 04 40 / F: 943 63 04 10 www.solmelia.com [email protected] H *** H ** AITANA Iparralde, 51 T: 943 63 57 00 / F: 943 63 24 24 www.hotelaitana.com [email protected] H * IBIS IRUN Letxunborro, 77 T: 943 63 62 32 / F: 943 62 58 16 www.ibishotel.com [email protected] H * P ** > Itsasondo P ** H ** H * H **** LINTZIRIN Ctra. N-1, Madrid-Irún PK. 469 T: 943 49 20 00 / F: 943 49 25 04 www.hotellintzirin.com [email protected] H *** H ** SORANETXEA Santiago, 3 T: 943 71 53 98 / F: 943 71 44 20 www.soranetxea.com www.hotelpalaciosoran.com [email protected] H ** GURE AMETZA Alto de Arlabán T: 943 71 49 52 P ** SINDIKA Bº Aránzazu, 30 T: 943 78 13 03 H * GOIKO BENTA Arantzazu auzoa Tel: 943 78 13 05 www.goikobenta.com [email protected] P ** ATXEGA JAUREGIA Aitzerra, 1 T: 943 37 66 66 / F: 943 37 67 71 www.hotelatxega.com [email protected] H * H *** H *** XALOA Estropalari, 24 T: 943 13 18 83 / F: 943 89 04 17 www.xaloa.com [email protected] P ** > Ormaiztegi P ** SANTUARIO DE H ARANZAZU *** Bº Aranzazu, 8 T: 943 78 13 13 / F: 943 78 13 14 www.hotelsantuariodearantzazu.com [email protected] SORALUZE Bº Uribarri T: 943 71 61 79 / F: 943 71 60 70 www.soraluzeostatua.es [email protected] H ** ETXE AUNDI Torreauzo, 9 T: 943 78 19 56 / F: 943 78 32 90 www.etxeaundi.com [email protected] H * ONGI Kale Zaharra, 19 bajo T: 943 71 82 85 / F: 943 71 82 84 H * KARLOS ARGUIÑANO H Mendilauta, 13 **** T: 943 13 00 00 / F: 943 13 34 50 www.hotelka.com [email protected] ZARAUZ H Avda. Navarra, 26 *** T: 943 83 02 00 / F: 943 83 01 93 www.hotelzarauz.com [email protected] ALAMEDA Avenida de Gipuzkoa s/n T: 943 83 01 43 / F: 943 13 24 74 www.hotelalameda.net [email protected] [email protected] H ** NORTE Amezti kalea, 1 T: 943 83 23 13 www.hotelnorte.net [email protected] H * OLATU Ipar kalea, 10 T: 943 00 55 22 / F: 943 50 41 67 www.olatuhotela.com [email protected] H * ROCA MOLLARRI Avda. Zumalakarregi, 11 T: 943 89 07 67 / F: 943 89 49 10 [email protected] www.hotel-rocamollarri.com H * > Zestoa P ** AROCENA Pº San Juan, 16 T: 943 14 70 40 / F: 943 14 79 78 www.hotelarocena.com [email protected] H *** EKIA Elizaurrea, 3 T: 943 01 06 64 / 650 93 61 13 F: 943 01 06 68 www.ekiapentsioa.com [email protected] H *** IPAR Amezti, Km. 1 T: 943 83 23 13 / F: 943 83 23 13 www.lasonet.com/ipar [email protected] P ** GRAN HOTEL BALNEARIO DE CESTONA Pº San Juan, 30 T: 902 10 48 41 / 943 14 71 40 F: 943 14 70 64 www.relaistermal.com [email protected] LAGUNAK San Francisco, 10 T: 943 83 37 01 / F: 943 13 46 56 [email protected] P ** MUSIKA PLAZA Kale Nagusia 7, 2º Tel: 943 83 53 57 Fax: 943 83 37 31 [email protected] www.musikaplaza.com P ** ORIA Oria, 2 T: 943 65 46 88 / F: 943 65 36 12 www.hoteloria.com [email protected] H * ORIA II San Francisco, 20 T: 943 65 46 88 / F: 943 65 36 12 www.hoteloria.com [email protected] H * > Zumarraga P ** > Zumaia TALASOTERAPIA ZELAI Larretxo, 16. Playa Itzurun T: 943 86 51 00 / F: 943 86 51 78 www.talasozelai.com [email protected] H * ZUMAIA Alai, 13 T: 943 14 34 41 / F: 943 86 07 64 [email protected] www.zumaiahotela.com H * ETXE-BERRI San Cristóbal-Etxeberri T: 943 72 02 68 / 943 72 12 11 F: 943 72 44 94 www.etxeberri.com [email protected] [email protected] H ** BALENTIÑA Urola, 8 T: 943 72 50 41 P ** UROLA Antonio Oraa T: 943 53 30 08 F: 943 53 30 46 www.pensionurola.com [email protected] P ** ZELAI Legazpi, 5 1º T: 670 26 49 22 / F: 943 72 92 37 www.zelai.org P ** Apartments LER-ARGI Otzaran, 15 T: 943 33 13 34 / F: 943 33 19 88 www.lerargi.net [email protected] H ** GURIA Idiazabal, 46 bajo T: 943 00 56 50 / 688 63 84 71 F: 943 00 56 46 www.pensionguria.com [email protected] P ** OIANUME Ergoyen, 18 T: 943 55 66 83 / 943 33 25 05 F: 943 55 63 14 www.oianume.com [email protected] P ** VILLA DE URNIETA Dendategi, 4 T: 943 33 38 66 P ** MIRACONCHA 24 SAN SEBASTIÁN Miraconcha, 24 T: 943 44 41 30 / 647 35 41 07 F: 943 46 78 97 [email protected] A New! A SAN MARCIAL SAN SEBASTIÁN San Marcial, 28 T: 943 42 40 16 www.sanmarcial28.com [email protected] JÁUREGUI HONDARRIBIA. Zuloaga, 5 T: 943 64 14 00 / F: 943 64 44 04 www.hoteljauregui.com [email protected] HA *** USASKU-BERRI USURBIL. Kale Zahar, 58 T/F: 943 36 11 95 A APARTAMENTOS TALAIMENDI ZARAUTZ. Talai Mendi, 708 T: 943 13 00 02 / F: 943 89 02 72 www.talaimendi.com [email protected] A EPOTX-ETXEA GETARIA. Eizaga auzoa, 2 T: 943 14 03 89 / 637 73 82 95 [email protected] www.epotx-etxea.com A H * ITXASPE A DEBA. Barrio Itxaspe-Itziar T/F: 943 19 93 77 www.campingitxaspe.com TOMÁS ZUMAIA Pza. Eusebio Gurrutxaga, 12 T: 943 86 19 16 / 615 72 13 33 A GAZTAINUZKETA LEINTZ-GATZAGA Alto de Arlaban s/n T: 943 71 51 64 A Hostels Visit the website www.gipuzkoa.net/albergues > Urretxu SANTAKUTZ Santa Bárbara s/n T: 943 72 59 59 / F: 943 75 98 84 www.hotelsantakutz.com [email protected] > Zegama ZEGAMA San Martín, 3 T: 943 80 10 51 > Tolosa > Urnieta ZEZILIONEA P Herriko Plaza, Olaberria ** Tel: 943 88 58 29 / Fax: 943 88 41 69 www.hotelzezilionea.com [email protected] H * > Zarautz AISIA ORIO Hondartza Bidea, 1 T: 943 89 44 40 / F: 943 83 17 44 www.aisiahoteles.com [email protected] ITXUNE Gabirialde, 14 T: 639 23 88 89 / F: 943 16 11 46 www.itxune.com [email protected] ELIZALDE Iparralde Etorbidea, 1 T: 943 49 25 86 / F: 943 49 38 79 www.hotelelizalde.com [email protected] CASTILLO Ctra. N-1, Madrid-Irun, km 417 T: 943 88 19 58 / F: 943 88 34 60 www.hotelcastillo.info [email protected] > Usurbil ACCOMMODATION ACCOMMODATION H *** USATEGIETA Maldaburu bidea, 15 Barrio Gurutze T: 943 26 05 30 / F: 943 26 06 75 www.hotelusategieta.com [email protected] GURUTZE BERRI Bizardia Plaza, 7 T: 943 49 06 25 / 943 49 10 37 F: 943 49 37 23 www.gurutzeberri.com [email protected] www.hotelongi.com [email protected] > Orio > Oñati > Legazpi MAULEON Nafarroa, 16 T: 943 73 08 70 / 943 73 09 48 F: 943 73 18 45 www.hotelmauleon.com H * > Olaberria > Lasarte-Oria TXARTEL Pº del Circuito, 1 T: 943 36 23 40 / F: 943 36 48 04 www.hoteltxartel.com [email protected] JARTXA ETXEA Atxitxin, 6 T: 656 70 49 18 [email protected] www.jartxaetxea.com > Oiartzun EUROPA P Avda. Iparralde, 59 ** T: 943 62 21 44 / F: 943 63 24 24 www.pensioneuropa.com [email protected] IZASKUN Nagusia, 10 T: 943 88 00 12 P ** > Mutriku New! ATALAIA Aritz Ondo, 69 T: 943 62 94 33 / F: 943 63 17 23 www.hotelatalaia.com [email protected] LOS FRONTERIZOS Estación, 7 T: 943 61 92 05 / F: 943 61 92 05 > Mutiloa PENSIÓN MUTILOA New! Herriko Plaza, s/n T: 943 80 11 66 > Leintz-Gatzaga > Irun 58 H *** IBILTZE Antxota, 3-4 T: 943 36 56 44 / F: 943 36 67 46 www.hotelibiltze.com [email protected] > Idiazabal ALCÁZAR Avda. Iparralde, 11 T: 943 62 09 00 / 943 62 04 90 F: 943 62 27 97 www.hotelalcazar.net [email protected] ETH IRUN Komete Sarea, 5 (Zaisa 2) T: 943 63 41 00 / F: 943 62 19 98 www.hoteleth.com [email protected] 59 LAMAINO ETXEBERRI Bº San Martzial T/F: 943 76 35 06 T: 657 79 53 62 www.nekatur.net/lamaino [email protected] Rural accommodation > Abaltzisketa NAERA HAUNDI Naera Haundi Baserria, s/n (Gi-3670 PK. 2,300) Bº Sasiain T: 943 65 40 33 www.naerahaundi.com [email protected] > Aduna > Aia C C BEGOÑA Bº Urdaneta, 21 (A 5 km. de Zarautz-Ctra. Abedaño) T: 943 83 18 29 / 659 62 05 79 F: 943 83 18 29 www.nekatur.net/begona C ERROTA Olazkoegia, s/n T: 943 83 54 65 / 608 77 37 80 C C C INDATE BERRI Urdaneta, 12 T/F: 943 13 30 58 T: 667 86 30 23 www.nekatur.net/indate [email protected] C C C PAGOEDERRAGA Santio Erreka, s/n T: 943 13 10 96 / 686 45 00 04 www.nekatur.net/pagoederraga [email protected] C > Amezketa TOLARE Laurgain, 7 T: 943 83 43 13 / 659 57 92 05 www.toprural.com/casaruraltolare C > Andoain TXANGILUENEA ETXEA Gozategi plaza, 20 T: 606 10 24 23 / F: 943 13 41 04 www.toprural.com/txangiluenea [email protected] C TXERTOTA Goiburu T/F: 943 59 07 21 www.txertota.com C C LANDAGARRE Cº Agarre-Basarte, s/n T: 943 85 33 30 / 609 42 40 13 www.landagarre.com [email protected] MITARTE GARAI Areantza Elizaurrea T: 943 79 17 51 / 676 20 59 19 www.nekatur.net/mitarte [email protected] C C ZABALDO Zubialde, s/n T: 677 40 59 11 ARTEAGA Garagartza, 37 T: 943 71 18 81 / 943 71 18 82 www.arteagalandetxea.com [email protected] C C > Asteasu SASKARATE Bº Upazan (Gi-2631 PK. 9-10) T/F: 943 69 04 46 www.nekatur.net/saskarate [email protected] C C C > Errezil > Bergara C C ZELAIETA BERRI Itxaspe, s/n T: 943 74 28 56 / 653 06 96 71 [email protected] www.zelaietaberri.com C KANPOEDER Aingeru zaindaria, 58 T: 943 31 07 54 / 606 27 94 64 www.kanpoeder.com [email protected] C LASKIN-ENEA Camino de Uba, 50 T/F: 943 45 72 87 / T: 659 47 16 46 [email protected] www.nekatur.net/laskin C MADDIOLA Padre Orkolaga, 161 T: 652 70 31 28 www.agroturismomaddiola.com [email protected] MAR Y MAR Agiti bidea, 44 T: 943 31 73 77 [email protected] www.marymaragroturismo.es New! TORREA Camino de Marrus, 13 T: 943 10 62 77 / 607 82 53 92 F: 943 45 97 58 www.agroturismotorrea.com [email protected] ZELAI EDER Ibaeta Bidea, 41. Igueldo T/F: 943 31 47 08 / T: 699 71 74 00 www.nekatur.net/zelaieder [email protected] > Eibar TXINDURRI-ITURRI Mardari, 12 (N-634 PK. 34) T: 943 19 93 89 / 699 68 44 90 www.txindurri.com [email protected] BAZTARRETXE Aiztunalde, s/n T/F: 943 68 33 86 [email protected] C C TXERTURI GOIKOA Bº Itxaspe (A-8 salida nº13 N-634 PK.38) T/F: 943 19 91 76 www.nekatur.net/txerturigoikoa [email protected] ARGIÑENEA Eldua. Cº Argiñenea, 21 T: 638 18 29 98 / 943 68 33 71 www.nekatur.net/arginenea [email protected] ANDURI Ubera, 13. (GI- 2632 km, 29) T: 943 77 70 50 www.nekatur.net/anduri [email protected] IZEN EDER GOIKOA Bº Landarbaso (GI-2132, PK. 10) T: 943 51 08 34 / F: 943 52 84 78 www.izeneder.com [email protected] [email protected] SANTUARAN BEKOA Bº Mardari, s/n (N-634 PK. 36) T: 943 19 90 56 / F: 943 19 94 73 www.nekatur.net/santuaran [email protected] PAGORRIAGA Ctra. Tolosa-Azpeitia, 22 (GI-3720 KP 8,500) T: 943 58 20 71 / 656 73 01 84 www.nekatur.net/pagorriaga [email protected] > Berastegi > Arrasate-Mondragón DONIBANE Itziar • Egia . (N-634 PK. 39,900) T/F: 943 19 15 54 / T: 617 68 63 37 www.nekatur.net/donibane [email protected] PERLAKUA SAKA Bº Arriola, s/n T: 943 19 11 37 / 615 73 94 32 www.sakabaserria.com [email protected] > Beasain > Aretxabaleta C GOIKOLA Lastur beia, s/n • Lastur (Gi-3292 PK.5) T: 943 19 90 82 www.goikola.com [email protected] ZULUETA Bº Izarraitz, 77 T: 943 85 35 49 / 617 28 76 69 F: 943 85 35 49 www.nekatur.net/zulueta [email protected] IBARRE Irimo Goena T: 943 76 63 10 www.ibarre.com [email protected] ITURRITXO Padre Orkolaga, 66 T: 696 78 22 25 www.iturritxolandetxea.com [email protected] ERROTA BERRI Itziar • Bª Itxaspe (N-634 PK.35,200) T: 943 19 94 23 www.nekatur.net/errotaberri [email protected] > Azkoitia > Antzuola ARRUAN HAUNDI Lastur Beia • Lastur T/F: 943 60 37 04 / T: 686 20 00 50 www.lastur.net [email protected] LARRE AUNDI Aldura gunea, 6 T: 943 51 57 63 / 659 39 59 60 F: 943 76 82 21 www.agroturismolarreaundi.es www.oarsoaldea-turismo.net www.nekatur.net/larreaundi [email protected] C SOSOLA Mandiola Balle, s/n T: 943 20 81 76 / 635 71 13 09 www.sosola.com C C > Elgeta BARRENENGUA Barrenegua, 22 Bº Egoetxeaga T/F: 943 76 82 21 T: 649 97 37 20 [email protected] ETXEBERRI Etxeberri, 1. (Gi-2634 PK.15) T: 943 81 29 92 / 649 00 12 54 F: 943 83 51 13 www.nekatur.net/etxeberri [email protected] [email protected] C C C C C C C BELAZARTE Pagoaga Bailara, 10 T: 943 33 15 69 / 619 76 93 56 www. belazarte.com [email protected] C PAGOAGA Caserío Pagoaga, 1 T/F: 943 33 20 73 C PARDIOLA Osiñaga Bailara, 29 T: 943 33 36 79 / 656 73 41 39 F: 943 33 60 41 / 943 33 36 79 www.euskalnet.net/euskotel [email protected] C C C C C > Hondarribia AROTZENEA Bº Jaitzubia, s/n T: 943 64 23 19 / 679 49 25 43 [email protected] www.arotzenea.net C C > Getaria ABETA Alto de Meagas T: 943 13 24 96 / 615 74 49 02 www.abetaetxea.com C ABETA BERRI Abeta Berri baserria s/n T: 943 13 39 60 / 635 75 39 55 www.aberricasarural.com [email protected] C ABETA-ZAHARRA Meagas nº 27 T: 943 83 30 41 / 635 70 44 94 www.nekatur.net/abetazaharra [email protected] XABIN ETXEA San Prudentzio, 2 T: 943 14 00 67 / 669 25 80 61 F: 943 14 05 44 www.nekatur.net/xabinetxea [email protected] > Hernani > Ezkio-Itsaso MANDUBIKO BENTA Mandubia, s/n T: 943 88 26 73 www.nekatur.net/mandubiko C USOTEGI Akerregi auzoa, 32 T: 943 14 04 07 / 688 64 91 49 www.urkitxakolina.com [email protected] > Eskoriatza AREANO Mendiola Elizatea,10 (GI-3345 PK. 2,200) T/F: 943 71 44 70 www.nekatur.net/areano [email protected] C URKI Bº Askizu T: 943 14 00 49 / 607 73 28 73 [email protected] IZARRE Errezilgo s/n T: 943 81 35 24 / 629 34 95 26 F: 943 15 18 98 www.izarre.biz LETEA Letea, s/n. Ctra. Tolosa-Azpeitia GI-2634 PK: 13 T: 943 81 28 87 / 695 77 90 92 www.nekatur.net/letea GURE AMETSA Orrua, s/n. N-634 Pk: 26,5 T: 943 14 00 77 [email protected] www.nekatur.net/gureametsa ITSAS LORE ETXEA Eitzaga, 14 T: 943 14 06 19 / 665 73 89 44 www.itsaslore.com [email protected] AÑARRE ZARRA Zamalbide auzoa, 108 T/F: 943 52 37 51 www.nekatur.net [email protected] C C C > Errenteria IRIGOYEN Petritza Bidea, 4 D. Zubieta T: 943 36 67 99 / 617 56 91 22 www.nekatur.net/irigoyen [email protected] ELEIZONDO San Nicolás, s/n. Lastur-Itziar T: 943 19 93 33 / 943 19 90 33 T: 636 00 68 23 www.nekatur.net/bzulaika [email protected] ALDARRETA San Martin. Ota-mots s/n T/F: 943 18 03 66 www.nekatur.net/aldarreta C EKOIGOA Behekoetxezaharra Baserria T/F: 943 14 83 86 www.nekatur.net/ekoigoa [email protected] SEGORE ETXEBERRI Santa Marina Bailara T: 943 58 09 76 / 610 46 07 51 www.nekatur.net/segore C > Ataun HAUNDIKOA Larraitz bidea, 2 T: 943 67 25 31 T/F: 943 65 48 64 www.haundikoa.com [email protected] > Albiztur C ARTOLA Bº Santiagomendi T: 637 03 56 79 / 943 55 72 96 www.nekatur.net/artola C AGOTE AUNDI Bº Askizu, s/n T/F: 943 14 04 55 / T: 659 63 41 03 www.nekatur.net/agoteaundi [email protected] C ART AND RELAX Jaizubia, 17 T: 943 64 05 55 www.artandrelax.com [email protected] [email protected] C C ARTIZARRA Zimizarga, 46 T: 655 72 18 34 F: 943 64 23 37 www.nekatur.net/art [email protected] C ARTZU Montaña, s/n. (Gi-3440 PK. 14) T: 943 64 05 30 www.euskalnet.net/casartzu [email protected] HARITZPE Zimizarga, 49 T: 943 64 11 28 / 635 72 71 28 [email protected] C C ACCOMMODATION ACCOMMODATION LEKU EDER Bº Urdaneta (Acceso por Zarautz PK.5,5) T: 943 13 23 73 / 635 74 70 48 F: 943 83 49 08 C ARRIOLA TXIKI Arriola, s/n T/F: 943 19 20 00 T: 606 52 21 47 www.nekatur.net/arriolatxiki [email protected] ARRASPIÑE Santio Zeharra, s/n T: 943 33 13 19 www.nekatur.net/arraspine [email protected] BUENABISTA Ermaña Berri,2 T: 943 33 02 05 656 70 07 26 / 629 02 15 60 [email protected] ARISTONDO Pillotegi, 70 • Igeldo T/F: 943 21 55 58 T: 600 52 40 37 www.aristondo.com [email protected] ARRASKETA Lastur Beia, s/n • Lastur T/F: 943 60 40 71 www.nekatur.net/arrasketa > Astigarraga OLAGI New! Altzaga bidea, 1 T: 943 88 77 26 / 618 93 00 21 www.nekatur.net/olagi [email protected] SARASOLA ZAHARRA Sarasola Zaharra Baserria T: 943 14 77 74 [email protected] C LETE Alkiza (Gi-3630 PK. 4,800) T/F: 943 69 12 64 www.nekatur.net/lete [email protected] > Altzaga LARRAXKO Etxabe, s/n T: 943 14 78 29 / 685 79 65 49 LANDARBIDE ZAHAR 2 Laurgain Auzoa, 26 T/F: 943 83 10 95 www.landarbide.com [email protected] > Alkiza ELGETA San Roke, 26 T: 943 78 91 07 / F: 943 78 91 06 [email protected] > San Sebastian > Deba UGARTE Bº Bebailara, 31 T: 943 69 27 22 www.nekatur.net/ugarte [email protected] URRUZOLA Aldapa Bailara s/n (Gi-3630. P.K. 6,100) T: 943 69 27 71 www.urruzola.com > Aizarnazabal LANDARBIDE ZAHAR Laurgain, 26 T/F: 943 83 10 95 T: 655 72 06 82 www.landarbide.com [email protected] 60 C SAGARMANETA Carretera Zarautz-Urdaneta T: 943 13 30 94 / 630 90 00 50 [email protected] www.nekatur.net/sagarmaneta AZKUE Arrutiegia,1 (Gi-3710, PK 9,000) T: 943 13 10 28 www.nekatur.net/azkue LOKATE Olaskoegia, 12 T/F: 943 89 07 15 www.nekatur.net/lokate [email protected] MAÑARINEGI Santio Erreka T: 943 13 50 65 / 650 82 51 90 / 626 49 49 47 www.manarinegi.com [email protected] C ORORTEGI Arrutiegia, s/n T: 943 83 08 04 / 656 77 33 68 www.nekatur.net/orortegi AGERRESORO HAUNDI Andatza, 21 T: 943 83 50 53 www.nekatur.net/agerresoro IZARRA Urdaneta, s/n T: 943 13 18 67 / 634 45 89 19 F: 943 83 51 13 C OLASKOAGA GOIKOA Olaskoegia, s/n (Acceso por Orio)(Gi-3171) T: 943 58 08 14 / 607 23 38 24 www.nekatur.net/olaskoaga [email protected] ZABALE Bº Goiburu (Gi-3610 PK. 2) (NI-PK.443) T: 943 69 08 25 / 657 73 01 08 AGOTE TXIKI Bº Elkano. Acc. Zarautz T/ F: 943 13 37 49 www.agotetxiki.com [email protected] MAILAN Arratola, 18 T/ F: 943 89 03 45 T: 669 78 19 63 www.casaruralmailan.com EGUZKITZA ETXEA C C BºLarragibel, 83 T/F: 943 78 90 84 / T: 679 41 66 97 www.nekatur.net/eguzkitza ZUBELTZU-TORRE Zubeltzu-Torre T: 943 19 90 21/ 637 90 51 64 www.nekatur.net/zubeltzutorre [email protected] 61 HIGERALDE Akartegi, 37 T: 679 84 77 27 / F: 943 64 39 16 www.higeralde.com [email protected] C C > Legorreta > Oiartzun IKETXE Arkolla-Santiago, s/n T/F: 943 64 43 91 www.nekatur.net/iketxe [email protected] C BARTZELONA Esnaola, 7 T: 943 80 62 06 / 651 70 89 09 www.nekatur.net/bartzelona AITZARRI Karrika auzoa Errotaurre Etxadia, 11 T: 943 49 17 10 T: 669 74 98 39 www.aitzarri.es [email protected] C > Leintz-Gatzaga ATERBE Caserío Zelaikoa, s/n T: 943 71 50 37 / 686 55 40 15 www.aterbe.com [email protected] MAIDANEA Arkoll. Caserío Maidanea, s/n T/F: 943 64 08 55 www.nekatur.net/maidanea MONTAÑENEA Bº Akartegi, 28 T: 943 64 38 12 / 609 66 55 89 [email protected] C C POSTIGU Semisarga, s/n T/F: 943 64 32 70 www.nekatur/postigu C TXENDUNEABEAZPI Semisarga, 47 T: 943 64 32 09 / 658 75 95 34 F: 943 64 00 21 www.txenduneabeazpi.com www.nekatur.net/txenduneabe [email protected] EIZAGUIRRE C/ Olaberria, 12 T: 646 15 63 98 / 605 76 90 29 www.caserioeizaguirre.com [email protected] [email protected] C C MENDIOLA Ventas-Landetxe, 33 T: 943 62 97 63 / 637 94 08 83 www.nekatur.net/mendiola [email protected] PALACIO SAN NARCISO Bº Olaberria, 88 izquierda T/F: 943 63 53 79 / T: 629 49 03 15 www.nekatur.net/sannarciso [email protected] C C C C C C ORUE Ergoena, 28 T: 943 80 19 00 / 661 54 25 07 [email protected] [email protected] C C C > Mutriku HAITZALDE Galdona. Casa Elorreta, s/n (Paraje Eskimera) 943 60 48 65 / 626 91 39 00 www.haitzalde.com [email protected] C C C C C C ENBUTEGI Enbutegi Goikoa, 2 T: 943 55 37 97 / 628 52 39 22 www.nekatur.net/enbutegi www.enbutegi.com [email protected] BERAZADI-BERRI Talai mendi, s/n T: 943 83 34 94 www.berazadiberri.com GAIKOETXE Bº Urteta, s/n T: 943 13 29 00 / 686 26 51 22 www.nekatur.net/gaikoetxe [email protected] ARRATZAIN Arratzain bide, 21 T: 943 36 66 63 / 628 88 33 44 www.agroturismoarratzain.com [email protected] > Orio IBARROLA Kale-zahar (N-634. PK. 2,200) T: 943 36 30 07 [email protected] AIZPERRO Sección, 1. Km. 13 N-634 T/F: 943 83 54 19 / T: 636 27 58 93 www.nekatur.net/aizperro ILLUMBE Caserío Txoko Alde, 20. T: 943 36 14 36 / 666 88 49 01 www.nekatur.net/illumbe [email protected] KAROBI Camino de Petritza s/n T/F: 943 36 06 35 / T: 605 70 48 13 [email protected] AMALUR Bº Ortzaika, s/n T: 943 83 28 88 / 686 43 78 58 www.amalur.es [email protected] C C ZABALEA San Esteban, s/n • (N-634 PK.4) T: 630 56 25 88 / F: 943 36 12 61 www.nekatur.net/zabalea [email protected] > Villabona AKULEBI Legarreta, s/n T: 943 69 30 34 / 943 69 11 84 T: 639 907 818 www.nekatur.net/akulebi LAZKAOETXE Aiestaran Erreka, s/n T/F: 943 88 00 44 / T: 615 74 59 24 www.nekatur.net/lazkaoetxe [email protected] AGERRE GOIKOA Agerre Goikoa Baserria (N-634-17,5). T/F: 943 83 32 48 www.nekatur.net/agerregoikoa > Usurbil BARAZAR Berridi, 10. Zubieta T/F: 943 36 33 58 www.nekatur.net/barazar [email protected] > Zegama C C OIHARTE Irukarate-Gain, s/n T: 680 17 12 91 www.oiharte.com [email protected] LANDARTE Ctra. De Artadi, 1 T/F: 943 86 53 58 www.landarte.net [email protected] GOIZALDI Mendibailara, 59 T: 943 69 27 82 / 943 36 37 73 www.nekatur.net/goizaldi AGIÑA Aizarna s/n T: 943 14 79 09 www.nekatur.net/agina [email protected] C C C C SANTA KLARA Arritokieta. Santa Klara, 2 T/F: 943 86 05 31 T: 639 87 96 11 www.agroturismosantaklara.com [email protected] > Zizurkil > Zestoa C ARAKAS ZAHAR Artadi, 26 T: 943 86 17 36 www.nekatur.net/karakas [email protected] [email protected] ZELAIKOA Sansinenea, s/n (Gi-631 PK.1,5) T/F: 943 14 74 92 / T: 679 25 71 96 www.zelaikoa.net [email protected] TELLERINE Aizpea s/n. T/F: 943 58 20 31 www.nekatur.net/tellerine > Zumaia JESUSKOA Oikia, 45 T: 635 75 88 49 www.jesuskoa.net [email protected] TOLARE BERRI T/F: 943 14 82 63 T: 649 51 89 71 www.nekatur.net/tolare [email protected] > Zerain ARANBURU Aizarna, 4 T/F: 943 14 80 05 www.nekatur.net/aranburu [email protected] C KORTAZAR Xiriboga Auzoa 14, bajo T: 943 86 00 00 / 943 14 85 05 606 97 02 65 www.kortazar.com [email protected] ARRIETA HAUNDI Bº Arrietaldea, s/n T/F: 943 80 18 90 / T: 656 72 12 65 www.euskalnet.net/arrietahaundi [email protected] > Zarautz MONTEFRÍO Goiburu, 46 (Gi-131 PK. 3) T: 943 55 71 58 www.agroturismontefrio.es [email protected] ARREGI Garagaltza, 19. T/F: 943 78 08 24 / T: 943 78 36 57 www.casaruralarregi.es [email protected] IGELDO Erdiko Borda, 68 T: 645 72 25 37 www.igeldoturismo.com [email protected] IRIZAR AZPIKOA Urreta, 17 T/F: 943 88 77 18 / 679 07 82 88 www.nekatur.net/irizar KOSTEGI Oztaran, 30 D. T/F: 943 36 56 88 www.kostegi.com > Oñati AZKETA ERROTA Caserío Azketa-Errota, 38 T: 617 19 37 28 / 658 74 51 18 [email protected] www.nekatur.net/azketaerrota > Zaldibia ALTZIBAR BERRI C C Goiburu, 33 T/F: 943 55 70 97/ T: 626 55 14 29 www.altzibarberri.com [email protected] > Olaberria ERRETZABAL TXIKI Ortzaika, s/n. T: 679 62 72 63 [email protected] www.nekatur.net/erretzabal MATZURI Bº Galdonamendi T/F: 943 60 30 01 KORTETA San Esteban, 70 T: 943 24 02 43 / 639 48 98 33 F: 943 24 02 43 www.agroturismokorteta.com [email protected] > Urnieta BORDA Errekalde T/F: 943 16 06 81 / T: 630 89 32 95 [email protected] www.nekatur.net/borda LIERNI GARAKOA Lierni auzoa, s/n T: 943 80 16 99 / F: 943 80 15 07 [email protected] [email protected] PIKUA Laranga, 26 T: 629 10 57 33 www.pikua.es [email protected] C AROXKENE Aroxkene, 7 (Ctra. Artikutza PK.3,5) T: 943 49 46 92 / 652 76 28 15 www.aroxkene.es.vg www.oarsoaldea-turismo.net [email protected] PELUAGA Arkale bidea, 31. (N-I Madrid-Irun) T/F: 943 49 25 09 www.peluaga.com [email protected] C URRESTI Bº Amasa, s/n T: 943 69 04 44 www.urrestiamasa.net [email protected] > Tolosa ARKALE ZAHAR Arkaleko bidea, 21. BºGurutze T: 943 49 00 65 www.oarsoaldea-turismo.net IRAGORRI Sorondo bidea, 2 T: 943 49 26 38 / 652 73 59 56 www.oarsoaldea-turismo.net www.nekatur.net/iragorri [email protected] > Mutiloa KOOSTEI Artzain Erreka, s/n T: 943 58 30 08 / 659 78 04 44 www.nekatur.es/koostei [email protected] C ERRETEGI HAUNDI Erretegi bidea, 2. Bº Iturriotz T: 645 71 05 25 / 943 49 46 29 www.erretegihaundi.eu www.oarsoaldea-turismo.net [email protected] ATXURI Bº Garagarza. T: 943 85 04 41/ 699 76 01 54 [email protected] KILIMON Arana Erreka, 9 T/ F: 943 75 51 05 / 655 70 05 51 www.kilimonetxea.com [email protected] C ONDARRE Caserío Ondarre T: 943 80 16 64 www.acvmultimedia.com/ondarre [email protected] ITULAZABAL Camino Urteta, 321 T: 943 13 30 53 / 619 97 17 12 www.itulazabal.com C C ZIASORO Buztin Bailara T: 943 69 31 43 / 629 58 33 66 [email protected] www.nekatur.net/ziasoro C Campsites C FARO DE HIGUER 2ª HONDARRIBIA Paseo de Faro, 58 T: 943 64 10 08 / F: 943 64 01 50 www.campingseuskadi.com/faro [email protected] PLAYA DE ORIO 1ª ORIO Playa de Orio T: 943 83 48 01 / 943 13 34 33 [email protected] www.oriora.com/kanpina JAIZKIBEL 2ª HONDARRIBIA Ctra. Guadalupe, Km. 22 T: 943 64 16 79 / F: 943 64 26 53 www.campingjaizkibel.com [email protected] ZINGIRA 2ª AIA Olaskoegia, s/n (N-634 km 13) T: 943 13 20 79 [email protected] OLIDEN 2ª OIARTZUN Ctra. Gral. Madrid-Irun N-1, Km. 470 T: 943 49 07 28 www.campingseuskadi.com/oliden [email protected] IGUELDO 1ª DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIÁN Pº Padre Orkolaga, 69. Bº Igeldo T: 943 21 45 02 / 943 21 78 41 F: 943 28 04 11 www.campingigueldo.com [email protected] GRAN CAMPING ZARAUZ 2ª ZARAUTZ Monte Talai-Mendi T: 943 83 12 38 / F: 943 13 24 86 www.grancampingzarautz.com [email protected] TALAI-MENDI 2ª ZARAUTZ Ctra. Madrid- Irún, km. 19. N-634, km. 17,5 T: 943 83 00 42 [email protected] www.campingseuskadi.com/talaimendi ITXASPE 2ª DEBA Autop.A8, Sal.13 - Itziar N-634 Bilbao- S.S., Km. 38,5. T/F: 943 19 93 77 www.campingitxaspe.com AITZETA 3ª MUTRIKU Ctra. Deba-Gernika, Km. 3,5 T: 943 60 33 56 F: 943 60 31 06 GALDONA 2ª MUTRIKU Ctra. Deba-Gernika, Km. 57,8 T: 943 60 35 09 www.campingseuskadi.com/galdona SANTA ELENA 3ª MUTRIKU Ctra. Deba-Gernika, Km. 5 T: 943 60 39 82 www.campingseuskadi.com/santaelena SATURRARAN 3ª MUTRIKU Ctra Deba-Gernika km. 60, Saturraran T: 943 60 38 47 www.campingseuskadi.com/saturraran LAKIOLA (CAMPING RURAL) 3ª LEGAZPI Urtatza-Egialde, 18 T: 649 57 74 42 ACCOMMODATION ACCOMMODATION 62 PASTAIN Telleriarte, 1 T: 943 73 06 72 www.nekatur.net/pastain ENDARA Sagasti Bailara, 13 (GI-2638 PK. 3,8) T: 609 17 94 70 www.endara.eu www.oarsoaldea-turismo.net [email protected] > Mendaro C > Legazpi > Lezo JUANMARTINDEGI Sagasti Bailara, 15 T: 615 70 96 56 www.oarsoaldea-turismo.net www.nekatur.net/juanmartindegi [email protected] ANTXOTEGI Meaka, (Crta. Ibarla), 118. Ctra. Parque de Peñas de Aia por Irun km. 13 T: 943 62 21 39 www.adimedia.net/antxotegi [email protected] [email protected] LIZARGARATE Lazkaomendi, 8 (GI-3491, km 18) T: 943 88 19 74 / 619 45 64 76 www.lizargarate.com www.nekatur.net/lizargarate [email protected] [email protected] C C > Irun > Lazkao C ALUSTIZA Amasa s/n T: 943 69 03 61 / 690 03 21 04 www.nekatur.net/alustiza [email protected] > Segura 63 Bizkaia Donostia San Sebastián GIPUZKOA Álava-Araba Information www.gipuzkoaturismo.net Online Tourist Reservations Tel.: 902 443 442 // 0034 943 21 77 17 www.reservasguipuzcoa.com