Navarra trips
The “Camino de Santiago” of Baztan
Discover a different way of walking the Way of St. James along the ancient route that connected France and Spain through the mountains. A land of witches and wizards, a land of shepherds and cheese makers, farmhouses and villages with large manor houses typical of the Original Basque territory. A place where the ancestral rites, traditions, folklore, architecture and way of life of the Original Basque territory are shown in all their splendour and where Basque is the mother tongue. Enter the territory governed by the mythical Basajaun, lord of the forests, from the border with France to Pamplona, capital of the old kingdom of Navarre, where the roads that follow the route to Compostela converge.
Nature
You are in the greenest part of Navarre, in the forests that hide the secrets of the Original Basque culture, full of characters that delve into the mystery of the beech and oak forests. Mountains, hills, rivers, waterfalls and meadows that will take you from the Pyrenees to the capital of the Kingdom of Navarre through the territory that smugglers used to cross.
Culture
Travel through the territory where the ancestral culture of the Original Basque originated. Get to know its myths, legends, the Basque language or ‘lingua navarrorum’ and its ancient traditions. From carnival to rural sports or herri kirolak with their harrijasotzailes and aizkolaris, from the witches’ caves and their akelarres to the palaces that mark out the Baztan.
Gastronomy
We propose a journey from mountain gastronomy, with its cider houses and steaks, its lamb and black beans to the banks of the Arga, with exquisite vegetables and great wines. Visit the fairs, buy directly from the producers and choose between restaurants with traditional or contemporary cuisine where the slowfood pablara takes on its full meaning: pure Km 0.
Villages
There is not a single village in the Baztan Valley that is not worth a visit. Its huge, emblazoned farmhouses, where families lived with their livestock and kept the grass and grain, retain all their essence, some of them converted into hotels and rural houses. Palaces that bear witness to a glorious past add splendour to villages and towns. Medieval bridges, streams and rivers flow through villages surrounded by green mountains with tightly packed forests and meadows for grazing.
