Due to the old fueros (laws) of Navarre, the medieval landscapes of the Spanish Basque Pyrenees have changed little over the centuries and are notably different from those of the French Basque Country just over the border.
Our relaxed walks into the Pyrenees follow a labyrinth of paths forged by shepherds, peddlers, pilgrims and smugglers, winding between the summer pastures higher up the mountain slopes and the many traditional villages along the rivers on the valley floor.
Crumbling barns, chestnut groves, vegetable gardens, water mills and 15th-century churches dot our route, presenting us with a different vignette of Basque mountain life at every turn.