* ITUREN WOODS TOUR - J2

Tresanea

Start at Tresanean bar. Turn right at the car park and head east between modern houses.

Tile kiln

Walk through fields and through gate into a shady grove with an 18th century tile kiln. Bear right.

Intersection

When you come to a rental house on your left, turn left at the corner of the house and up a path lined by a dry-stone wall.

Waypoint

Go ahead and bear left at the top of the path along a rough, slightly overgrown path. The stone wall to your right.

Tiny stone bridge

The tiny bridge before you ascend a small path through the woods with a row of distinctive plane trees to your right.

Intersection

When this immense, derelict farmhouse comes into sight, turn left just before you reach it along a flat, wider path.

Waypoint

Follow the paths up to this barn, usually with some distinctive bracken stacks in the yard.

Waypoint

Walk past this slightly renovated home as you climb toward a T junction and turn right. This bear right again by an immense oak tree up a steep but short rise until you come out at a tarmacked road. (If it is rainy or muddy look at the map and make your way up to the road via the longer more circuitous tracks to your left).

Intersection

Cross over the road putting a long, low borda to your left behind high hedges. walk ahead towards a gate which leads back into the woods.

Gate

Go through gate and straight through mixed woods of oak and chestnut.

Bridge and waterfall

Possibility to turn left after bridge to shorten the walk. (Look at map) For a slightly longer route bear right and follow the stream up hill through woods before bearing left at the top of the wood towards a stone wall.

Stone wall

Bear left and follow the wall, now also on your left.

Intersection

Bear right when you come to the next track, heading uphill

Intersection

Bear left downhill at the next track.

Aurtitz hamlet

Views of Aurtitz hamlet down to the right

Ituren Church St Martin

Views of Ituren Church

Ituren Church St Martin

Religious site

Ituren Graveyard

Ituren Graveyard

Stories of murders abound in Ituren graveyard - not quite what one would expect in such a small, quiet village.

Intersection

Walk down the road to Aurtitz hamlet

Aurtitz

Aurtitz

Good drinking fountain

Turn left downhill towards the village bar (ostatua)

Autizko ostatua

At the village bar turn left, past the fronton towards the main road, where you turn left for just 50 meters.

Intersection

Turn right on the bend off the main road towards the river

Aurtitz bridge

Cross bridge onto the river path (el camino del agua) which runs alongside the river and links the villages of the valley. Turn right to Zubieta or left to return to Ituren.

Panorama

Latsaga fountain

If you want to head into Ituren continue straight ahead and back towards the plaza. If you want to head home to Ameztia, turn right just before the fountain and follow the E - ITUREN (ASCENT A) uphill and back to Iaulin Borda in Ameztia.

Intersection

Turn left and cross river

Doctors surgery

Tiny bridge

Turn right just behind the doctor's surgery and head straight ahead back to the bar Tresanea