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pathways is also your responsibility. responsibility. your also is pathways
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part of the unique cultural landscape of our country. our of landscape cultural unique the of part
discover the villages, sights, traditions and people that are are that people and traditions sights, villages, the discover
diversity and beauty of our precious natural heritage, and and heritage, natural precious our of beauty and diversity
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SECTOR NORTHEASTERN PENINSULAR NATURE TRAIL PLAZAOLA. IMOTZ SECTION 1. The starting point of this nature trail is located in the 5. Running parallel to the A-15 highway and passing by the groves, with isolated stands of Monterey pine. In Latasa resting area of San Migeltxo, around kilometer 8.4 of municipal cemetery, the trail meets river Larraun again, you can see the old station (currently used for housing) the NA-1300 road connecting Lekunberri with Irutzun. whose particular head spring located in the town of and the adjoining building used to store goods. Before This first stretch of the trail goes along the aforementio- Iribas, at the foot of the Aralar Mountain Range, has continuing the route, it is advisable to take a detour to ned road on a gravel surface completely conditioned for given it the nickname of the Guadiana from Navarra. visit this small village, where the old royal path used trekkers and cyclists. After crossing the first walkway Leaving the service area of the A-15 highway on the to run along, connecting Pamplona and San Sebastian. over river Larraun, the trail plunges into a beech forest side, and once you have carefully crossed the NA-1300 Worthy of mention are the Church of San Esteban, with where hawthorns and hollies grow.” road, the trail runs along the sketch of the old railway of its Gothic doorway and its unique tower, its good quality manor houses, some of them showing a sixteenth-cen- 2. To the left, you can see part of one of the old iron and Plazaola. tury coat of arms on their façade, or the curious façade steel complex where iron ore coming from the Gipuzkoa At this spot you will find signposts from the Imotz- built in 1955. mines used to be transformed into metal. Basaburua Trekking Network (Herrien Arteko Xendak), 8. Going back to the nature trail, you will need to cross the 3. Following the route, you will come across another which is a network of old country tracks that have been NA-4130 road, go over river Larraun via a new walkway, walkway that will let you get around river Larraun. On recovered and which serve as a connection between di- carefully cross the NA-1300 road and go under the A-15 its banks, there is a riverbank woodland with numerous fferent towns. highway until you reach a crossroads with the NA-7503 willows, alder trees, blackberries and hawthorns. The 6. After passing through the non-illuminated tunnel about road leading to the town of Goldaratz, where you can water of this river is the home of an important trout 160 meters long, the route continues along a stretch that meet the path GR-21. The trail continues parallel to the community. River Larraun is part of the Upper Salmon crosses an original bridge of Plazaola, which is used to get NA-1300 road, offering good panoramic views of mount Region of Navarra, where a sustainable management around the Basaburua stream. From this spot, trail users Arriketa. You will cross this road a couple of times and, fi- of trout wildlife populations is carried away. A small can get a splendid panoramic view of the surroundings, nally, after a stretch down the valley next to the river, you wooden walkway over Regata Cesal leads to the first where the beautiful eighteenth-century single-span sto- will get to the resting area of Kaxarna. meadows of the trail. Their grass is enjoyed by the nati- ne bridge, the remains of the old ironworks of Pastaola ve latxa sheep, whose precious milk is used to produce 9. The area of Kaxarna is the perfect environment for res- and of a small hydroelectric power plant stand out. the famous Idiazábal cheese. ting and bathing. It is also the ending point of this nature 7. The trail continues alongside river Larraun towards the trail. From this spot, you can follow two different paths: 4. The trail continues alongside river Larraun. After lea- town of Latasa, through durmast and Pyrenean oak gro- the Senda de los Pescadores (SL-NA 140) or the Sendero ving it behind, in between the clearings of the dense ves, and small gardens and meadows, where flock of latxa de Aitxita (SL-NA 131). They both connect this nature trail woodland, you can make out the small town of Urritza. sheep can usually be found grazing. As the trail comes with Irurtzun, passing by an old ironworks and by the im- closer to Latasa, the oak forest leaves its place to beech pressive limestone narrow passage of Dos Hermanas.
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