1. Bat
Go up to the San Adrián tunnel
Declared a UNESCO heritage site
The trail up to San Adrián is a pleasant walk. The tunnel became a famous legend in the Middle Ages but now is a great spot for getting a panoramic view of our mountains. You can walk on a two-hour circular path or, even easier, take the car and hike the last 20 minutes to the 70 metre-long tunnel.
2. Bi
Walk, breath, listen, watch…
Walk around our 2 National Parks
Both Aralar and Aizkorri-Aratz National Parks preserve and showcase the most spectacular natural areas of the Basque Highlands, offering you more than 50 different trails.
3. Hiru
Experience rural life
Meet our shepherds & try our Idiazabal cheese right from the source
Get a fascinating look into how our shepherds raise their sheep and make the extraordinary Idiazabal cheese. Sheepworld is amazing, and our native Basque sheep are small and friendly. Book your visit to a dairy farm organised through the Cheese Tasting and Interpretation Centre.
4. Lau
Head to a cider house
Sample ciders made on site!
Experience a Basque traditional lunch in one of our 7 cider houses. Goierri produces an excellent variety of cider. Our cider houses and restaurants get to business, offering traditional Basque cuisine including Idiazabal cheese, t-bone steak (we call it txuleton), amazing vegetables, to name a few.
5. Bost
The oldest country on the Basque Country
500 years+
Every Wednesday since 1512, Ordizia holds a farmer´s market with endless varieties of vegetables and fruit, cheeses and typicial Basque products, like Gernika peppers, cakes and txakoli wine. A unique foodie show!
6. Sei
In search of the Goierri skyline
By car
In the Goierri you have surprisingly easy access to impressive panoramic views. The Basque Highlands are formed by a seemingly impenetrable landscape. From the highest peak in Euskadi, you have unique views typical of the Basque topography:
Spectacular views from the “Balcón/ Balcony of Goierri” look-out point in Olaberria, where you can see the Highlands of the Basque Country.
Aralar Natural Park in all splendor offers amazing views from the neighborhood of Lazkaomendi.
As you climb toward the small town of Gaintza, you will come face to face with the enormous Txindoki. Some say it looks like a giant pyramid, and others knickname it the Matterhorn of the Basque Country.
7. Zazpi
The best preserved medieval village
Travel back in time
This magnificent town, founded in the 13th century, is filled with palaces and medieval houses. On the weekend you can enjoy local life in the main square. Segura is definitely worth a visit!
8. Zortzi
Rural, rural, Zerain
A favourite village for lovers of the countryside!
Have you ever enjoy a drink in a prison? Let´s go to Zerain, one of the prettiest choices in the the Goierri, with a prison from the 18th century, a palace, a hydraulic sawmill and two old mines. Zerain has kept its essence, traditional culture and architecture intact. Come visit the Museum of Ethnography!
9. Bederatzi
Lords of Igartza and their palace
Lit up at night
Don’t miss the Dolarea Hotel, the XII century bridge, the palace, an old foundry, and a windmill. Igartza is magical by night!
10. Hamar
Outdoor play
Active families
Orientation games in the greenway, Lizarrusti, Segura and Zegama, hiking trails, basque bowls as well as bike paths. And, of course, horseback riding and petting our sheep.
GET TO KNOW THE BASQUE HIGHLANDS
