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Zubieta in the Basque Pyrenees

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Georgina Howard
Wednesday, 17 August 2022 / Published in Basque Culture and Tradition, Basque Mythology, Ituren carnivals, The Basque Language, Visit the Pyrenees, Walking in the Pyrenees, Zubieta carnivals
Typical farmhouse in Zubieta
Zubieta is a traditional Basque village in the Pyrenees, its contrasts and contradictions, values of equality, honour and 'hard graft' are typical of Basque mountain life.
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Hiking in the Pyrenees – stunning scenery and ancient Basque traditions

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Georgina Howard
Thursday, 14 December 2017 / Published in Basque Country Walking, Baztan Valley, Visit the Pyrenees, Walking in the Pyrenees
Hiking in the Pyrenees: the Baztan and Bidasoa Valleys
Hiking in the Pyrenees If you are thinking of hiking in the Pyrenees, be aware of the wonderful diversity of landscapes found from one valley to the next. There is no one-shot – one-size-fits-all ‘Pyrenean Experience’. Every valley offers its own unique flora and fauna, history, culture and gastronomy. The Pyrenees from east to west.
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The Comet Line

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Georgina Howard
Sunday, 05 April 2015 / Published in Baztan Valley, Walking in the Pyrenees
The Comet Line used Xan Mihura's farm Jauregiko Borda as the first stop over the border on the Baztan Route.
The Comet line escape route, which we cover on our Guided Walking Tours, was a famous resistance network which operated between 1941 and 1944 during the Second World War. Its aim was to help grounded allied pilots and officers to safety over the Bidasoa river into Spain. This escape route has been pieced together with the
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The origins of our Self-Guided Walks in the Pyrenees

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Georgina Howard
Friday, 12 December 2014 / Published in Visit the Pyrenees, Walking in the Pyrenees, Wildlife of the Pyrenees
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The Telephone Call Our self-guided walks in the Pyrenees were pitchforked into action after a phone call from a Houston lawyer around Christmas 2012. Steve was heading to the Basque Country with a group of lawyer friends and wanted me to design 6 days of self-guided walks in the Pyrenees to lead them over the
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The Camino de Santiago via the Baztan Valley

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Georgina Howard
Wednesday, 05 March 2014 / Published in Visit the Pyrenees, Walking in the Pyrenees
Baztan Valley Walks and Traditions
Several stretches of the Camino de Santiago lead walkers over the passes of the Pyrenees into the old kingdom of Navarre. The most popular and commercialised crossing point is the Camino Francés which leads pilgrims from St. Jean Pied-de-Port over the mountain pass of Ibañeta (1066 m) into Roncesvalles and on to Santiago de Compostela.
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Spanish language course and Walking holidays – Green (and Blue) Exercise Boosts Mental Health

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Georgina Howard
Monday, 02 August 2010 / Published in Exercise and Learning, Learning Spanish in Spain, Walking in the Pyrenees
John, Paul, Sonja and David after a dip in the river near Arizkun
In defence of the Spanish language and walking holidays we run in the Pyrenees I remember an article on how living  near green spaces can be shown to improve mental health. Thanks Paul for routing it out for me!  Add these findings to those of a  previous article on my blog on how exercise is shown to aid mental agility and memory and it therefore makes
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    Zubieta in the Basque Pyrenees

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    The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo

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    Basque Children of the Resistance

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    Comet Line Crossing of the Pyrenees

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