GV espacios 08ING.qxd - Euskadi
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N T A B R I C O<br />
DONOSTIA-<br />
SAN SEBASTIAN<br />
• Igeldo<br />
Antiguo<br />
Ayete<br />
• Urgull<br />
Aldapeta<br />
Morlans<br />
Añorga<br />
Gros<br />
Amara<br />
Anoeta<br />
Ulía • Ulía<br />
Egía<br />
Loyola<br />
Martutene<br />
Ategorriet<br />
Intxaurrondo<br />
GI-131<br />
P<br />
Pet<br />
entenario<br />
Rezola<br />
GI-3401<br />
GI-2132<br />
Jauregi<br />
Ergob<br />
HERNANI<br />
amaburu Sta. Bárbara<br />
Akerregi<br />
Zikuñaga<br />
Lastaola<br />
a<br />
URNIETA<br />
Otsiñaga<br />
Ergoien<br />
ntza<br />
GI-131<br />
GI-3722<br />
Xoxoba<br />
GI-4721<br />
Lategi<br />
R.<br />
Fa<br />
• Oind<br />
547<br />
Besategi<br />
The granite massif of Aiako Harria<br />
shapes the most characteristic<br />
silhouette of the landscape in the<br />
populated region which extends from the<br />
East of Donosita-San Sebastián-Irun.<br />
Its unmistakable outline is also remarkable<br />
because of its height which, although<br />
moderate in absolute terms (833 m) is<br />
considerable if we take account of the fact<br />
that it is so near the coast (less than 10 km<br />
away as the crow flies).<br />
The Aiako Harria (the Basque name for Peña<br />
de Aia) massif stands in both Gipuzkoa and<br />
Navarre (it marks the boundary between<br />
the two provinces), and one of its far ends<br />
also lies on the border with the French side<br />
of the Basque Country, known as Iparralde<br />
in Basque. In fact, the north-eastern part of<br />
the park reaches as far as the river Bidasoa.<br />
Among the mountains in the Basque<br />
Autonomous Community, the Aiako Harria<br />
massif enjoys the singularity of standing at<br />
the end of the Pyrenean Cordillera.We will<br />
no longer find plutonic rock (granite and its<br />
metamorphic aureole) towards the west on<br />
leaving behind the Aiako Harria and its area<br />
of influence.We are therefore talking about<br />
a geological singularity in the context of our<br />
province, i.e., the fact that the oldest land<br />
dates from the Primary or Paleozoic Era.<br />
Karrika<br />
Otieta<br />
GI-3091<br />
R.<br />
A.<br />
A.<br />
Leizotz<br />
Ibarrola<br />
Leizarán<br />
Goiri<br />
This rocky mass of solidified magma has<br />
given rise to veins of different metals which<br />
have been exploited since very ancient<br />
times, some since Roman times, and the<br />
number of wells and mining galleries dotted<br />
over the massif can be counted in dozens. It<br />
has been calculated that there is a total<br />
tunnel length of some 15-18 km.<br />
A.<br />
Onlloko<br />
The coast forms a part of the neighbouring<br />
scenery, with in the foreground the bay of<br />
Txingudi, an important enclave on the<br />
migration paths of aquatic birds; the towns<br />
of Hondarribia, Irún and Hendaye, Mount<br />
Jaizkibel, the Oiartzun valley... But the<br />
Nature Reserve extends southwards,<br />
• Adarra<br />
816<br />
• Zaburu<br />
776<br />
Ollokiegi<br />
TO KEEP YOURSELF BUSY<br />
The Irusta waterfall<br />
Hill-walking:<br />
There are several well-indicated<br />
paths leading up to the three<br />
summits of the Peña de Aia. The<br />
most common way is through<br />
Aritxulegi pass.<br />
The little Aiztondo river is<br />
particularly interesting with its<br />
waterfall of over 100 m in height.<br />
Rock-climbing:<br />
Make the most of the park’s natural<br />
resources while enjoying yourself to<br />
the full.<br />
Ask for more information at the<br />
TOURIST OFFICE IN OARSOALDEA:<br />
Tel.: 943 49 45 21<br />
Organised activities:<br />
The company GIDAIDE organises<br />
guided visits through the natural<br />
park and its surroundings.<br />
Information number:<br />
Tel.: 943 26 11 08<br />
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A.<br />
GI-3671<br />
A.<br />
AIAKO HARRIA<br />
Cabo Higuer Playa<br />
El Molino<br />
Artzuko Errota<br />
ASTURIAGA<br />
ISLA AMUITZ<br />
de los<br />
Frailes<br />
KAI BERRIA<br />
Pasai S. Pedro<br />
a<br />
olígono 27<br />
tritegi<br />
ia<br />
Epele<br />
gollaga<br />
Altza<br />
Putzueta<br />
•<br />
San Marcos<br />
278<br />
Zamalbide<br />
•<br />
Txoritokieta<br />
318<br />
GI-2132<br />
Ereñozu<br />
PASAIA<br />
ASTIGARRAGA<br />
A.<br />
Epele<br />
Pasai<br />
Donibane<br />
Pasai-Antxo<br />
Beraun<br />
ERRENTERIA<br />
• Matxintxola<br />
320<br />
• Igoin<br />
454<br />
LEZO<br />
GI-3672<br />
A.<br />
GI-2132<br />
Ventas de Astigarraga<br />
Xenpelar<br />
GI-3440<br />
Altamira Lintzirin<br />
•<br />
Aldura<br />
542<br />
Punta Turruia<br />
GI-2134<br />
A.<br />
Punta<br />
Biosnar<br />
A.Gaztarrotz<br />
Ardalakuntza<br />
Gaintxuriz<br />
Ipintza<br />
Larzabal<br />
Ugaldetxo<br />
Iturrieta<br />
GI-2638<br />
Lanbarre<br />
Sarobe<br />
•Jaizkibel<br />
545<br />
Altzibar<br />
Karrika<br />
J A I<br />
GI-2134<br />
R.<br />
GI-3633<br />
Z K I<br />
GI-3440<br />
N-1<br />
Landetxe<br />
Pagoaga<br />
Karrika<br />
Justiz<br />
B E<br />
Gurutze<br />
Arragua<br />
OIARTZUN<br />
Elizalde Ergoiena<br />
Jaizubia<br />
S. Narziso<br />
Oiartzun<br />
Altzibar-Karrika<br />
GI-3633<br />
L<br />
Mendi Auzoa<br />
Akategi<br />
HONDARRIBIA<br />
Bekoerrota<br />
Jaizubia<br />
MENDELU<br />
N-1<br />
GI-3420<br />
Anaka<br />
A.<br />
Jaizubia<br />
Mugondo<br />
Malkorreko<br />
A.<br />
i<br />
Penadeg<br />
A.<br />
Pikoketa<br />
A-8<br />
Olaberria<br />
Arkoll Kosta<br />
GI-4361<br />
Amute<br />
Mendelu<br />
GI-3451<br />
Arditurri<br />
Arditurri<br />
•<br />
Aritxulegi<br />
503<br />
PLAYA DE<br />
HONDARRIBIA<br />
A.<br />
Bahía de<br />
Txingudi<br />
Estebenea<br />
Estebenea<br />
A.<br />
Ibarla<br />
Gorostiaga<br />
498<br />
A<br />
•<br />
GI-3452<br />
IRUN<br />
Ibarla<br />
Meaka<br />
GI-3631<br />
• Peña de Aia<br />
Aiako Harria<br />
833<br />
Puerto de Aritxulegi<br />
Alto de Bianditz<br />
FRANCIA<br />
HENDAIA<br />
Isla de los Faisanes<br />
N-1<br />
Behobia<br />
Bidasoa<br />
Erlaitz<br />
498 Pagogaña<br />
483<br />
•<br />
•<br />
A.<br />
N-121<br />
Endara<br />
Embalse de San Antón<br />
Río Bidasoa<br />
Ibaia<br />
Classification<br />
Municipalities<br />
Area covered<br />
Height<br />
How to get<br />
there<br />
Information<br />
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS<br />
Natural Park<br />
Donostia-San Sebastián, Errenteria, Hernani, Irún, Oiartzun.<br />
6,913 ha<br />
The two highest summits are: Irumugarrieta (806 m) and<br />
Txurrumurru (821 m) and Erroilbide (834 m)<br />
Bilbao-Behobia motorway: Oiartzun or Irún exits. From<br />
Oiartzun, y the subsidiary roads to Irún (GI-3631), Lesaka<br />
(GI-3420), and the reservoir of Artikutza (GI-3633), and<br />
also from Irún by the abovementioned road.<br />
The GI-3410 from Hernani to Goizueta and the Irún-<br />
Pamplona road via Belate run along the north and south<br />
boundaries of the park.<br />
• OARSOALDEA TOURIST OFFICE:<br />
Tel.: 943 49 45 21 • turismo@oarsoaldea.net<br />
www.oarsoaldea-turismo.net<br />
• AIAKO HARRIA NATURE PARK MANAGEMENT<br />
GIPUZKOA PROVINCIAL COUNCIL. RURAL<br />
ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT.<br />
Tel.: 943 26 11 08 /696 149 733<br />
naturguneak@gipuzkoa.net<br />
• LAPURRITURRI AND LISTORRETA INFORMATION<br />
OFFICES: Tel.: 943 26 11 08 / 696 13 37 11.<br />
Information and guided visites. Summertime,<br />
10:00 - 16:00.<br />
NOT TO BE MISSED...<br />
i<br />
Urumea<br />
Etxolaberri<br />
GI-3410<br />
• Antxista<br />
833<br />
Pagoaga<br />
Leuneta •<br />
878<br />
• Urdaburu<br />
601<br />
Okillegi<br />
NAVARRA<br />
through a landscape of summits and<br />
passes along the whole boundary with<br />
Navarre:Aritxulegi, Bianditz,Aldura,<br />
Urdaburu, etc.<br />
If Aiako Harria stands out for its rocks,<br />
although we will still find the occasional<br />
impressive forest at the bottom of its<br />
gullies, such as the Endara oak wood or<br />
the Oieleku beech forest the area is<br />
generally home to vast forests of both<br />
autochthonous (beech on the highest<br />
areas, oak further down, or the oak and<br />
beech trees at the Añarbe source) and<br />
allogenic trees.<br />
Water from the terrain of this Nature<br />
Reserve runs off into three rivers with<br />
independent basins: that is, from north<br />
to south, the rivers Bidasoa, Oiartzun<br />
and Urumea. Mentioning the Bidasoa<br />
reminds us of the salmon that make<br />
their way up the river each year to<br />
spawn.<br />
But the park contains other remarkable<br />
fauna and flora.To give an example of<br />
one group, we could quote the vulture<br />
colony on Aiako Harria, and the<br />
extremely rare endemic plant related to<br />
very dark and shady earth and<br />
environments: Soldanella<br />
villosa, which we will find<br />
again in the nearby<br />
and likewise<br />
protected valley of<br />
Leitzaran.<br />
The most<br />
common way up<br />
to the summits<br />
of Aiako Harria is<br />
from Pikoketa,<br />
leaving from the<br />
towns of either<br />
Oiartzun or Irún.<br />
From Irún we can<br />
also get to<br />
Bianditz pass,<br />
located at the centre of this<br />
Nature Reserve and which<br />
offers an excellent panoramic<br />
view.This is moreover an area<br />
rich in megalithic monuments. In<br />
fact the same can be said of the<br />
whole area, where over 10 stone<br />
circles have been listed, as have<br />
no less than seven dolmens and<br />
the occasional tumulus; in another<br />
part of the park,Aizpitarte, there<br />
are moreover important prehistoric<br />
remains.<br />
PASAI DONIBANE<br />
The lovely fishermen’s houses found in this<br />
pretty village give a special feeling to the area,<br />
which is best reached by ferry from Pasaia San<br />
Pedro. A walk along San Juan’s single street<br />
brings us to one of the most charming squares<br />
on the coast, that of Santiago.<br />
TXINGUDI,ORNITHOLOGICAL PARK<br />
This wetland stands at the mouth of the river<br />
Bidasoa and is a magnificent spot for watching<br />
the birds that greatly increase in number at<br />
certain times of the year.<br />
HONDARRIBIA<br />
A predominantly tourist area which, due to its<br />
strategic location, has an extremely interesting<br />
historic past. In its old town we will find several<br />
buildings of great artistic value: the Palace<br />
of Carlos V,now a Parador Nacional,the Parish<br />
Church, Zuloaga Mansion, etc<br />
GUADALUPE<br />
The spurs of Mount Jaizkibel house a sanctuary<br />
dedicated to the Virgen de Guadalupe. The<br />
surrounding views over Txingudi Bay are simply<br />
breathtaking.<br />
MEGALITHIC MONUMENTS<br />
The Aiako Harria Nature Reserve has been a<br />
human settlement since prehistoric times.<br />
Dozens of megalithic monuments have been<br />
listed,as have important prehistoric cave sites.<br />
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