Villages
Zerain
Located at the foot of Aizkorri mountains, Zerain has many trekking itineraries available for you to enjoy. In the urban area you can find notable buildings: the parish church, the Jauregui Palace, the Museum of Ethnography and a prison from the 18th century.
Next to the tourist office there is a store with local products like natural cider, artisan cheese, beans, a local variety of apples, jam, pottery… In one of the rooms of the museum, they organise tastings and pairings between Idiazabal cheese and natural cider, all locally produced in the farms of the area.
There’s also the possibility of visiting the hydraulic sawmill of Larraondo. Just 5 minutes away from Zerain you can visit the old mines of Aizpea, with its own Centre of Interpretation to learn everything about this industry. They would extract ore in their quarries from the 11th century to the first half of the 20th century, so visiting the facilities is quite an experience!
CULTURAL LANDSCAPE
Zerain
Opening time:
- LOW SEASON (during the year)
- Monday to Thursday, Sundays and holidays: 10:30-14:00
- Friday and Saturday: 10:30-14:00 and 16:00-18:30
- HIGH SEASON (Easter, July and August, long weekends and public holidays)
- Monday to Sunday: 10:30-14:00 and 16:00-18:30
Ticket:
• Adults 3€
• Kids 2€ (5-14 years)
• Schools 1,5€
• Other groups (more than 15 people) 2€
Address: Herriko plaza z/g.
Phone: 943 80 15 05
E-mail: turismobulegoa@zerain.eus
Web: www.zerain.eus
Available plans and visits: slideshow, Museum of Ethnography, old prison, hydraulic sawmill, shepherds and beekeepers, the mountain of cheese and cider, nature routes..
Zerain tourist office
IRON MOUNTAIN
Opening time:
• We offer guided tours on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Starting at 12am from the Zerain tourist office, you will visit the hydraulic sawmill of Larraondo and the Aizpitta (Iron Mountain) mines. Visitors will need to travel in their private cars.
Languages: Euskara, Español, English, Français
Tickets:
•Adults 7€
•Children 4€ (5-14)
•Groups (more than 15 people)5€/each
Address: Barrio Aizpea
Phone: 943 80 15 05
E-mail: turismobulegoa@zerain.eus
Web: www.zerain.eus
Plan your trip
accommodation and places to eat
Weekend in Goierri Part 2
Do you want something new, surprise your family or escape with friends to a rural house? Explore an unknown land: the Goierri.
Arama-Altzagarate- Arama PR-Gi 1
This itinerary, the first to be approved in Gipuzkoa, begins on the A-1, but soon, ascending slowly and without great unevenness
Path around Aralar: Arkaka – Lizarrusti GR 20 E06
Stage of the Path around Aralar that goes from Arkaka to Lizarrusti
Enirio path PR-Gi 2010
Igaratza and Enirio are very significant places in Aralar. Places closely linked to grazing, have always linked the Goierri valleys with the highest points of Aralar
Alotza path PR-Gi 2009
The route between Igaratza and Pikueta crosses one of the most special places in Aralar, the Alotza plateau
Ausa – Gaztelu trail PR-Gi 2004
The tour will bring us closer to the remains of the existing fortress on the top of Mount Ausa-Gaztelu
Arkaka – Lareo trail PR-Gi 2003
Trail that crosses important landmarks related with water in Aralar
Round to Intsusti PR-Gi 2002
Path that takes place around the geological structure called the Dome of Ataun
Osinberde Trail SL-Gi 2009
Fantastic trail that runs through a purely rural environment clinging to the course of Amundarainerreka river
Amundarainerreka Trail SL-Gi 2008
Fantastic trail that runs through a purely rural environment clinging to the course of Amundarainerreka river
Sara Trail SL-Gi 2007
This tour is closely linked to the figure of Jose Miguel Barandiaran, father of the basque culture
Sara Trail II SL-Gi 2006
Going up the bed of the Agauntza river, listening to the sound of the water and feeling the freshness of the river, we leave the urban nucleus of San Gregorio to enter a wonderful area of farmhouses
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