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Stage 2

Roncesvalles to Zubiri stage

km 21,5

Time 05H 15’

Difficulty Medium

Hostels 8

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Information about the stage 2: Roncesvalles to Zubiri stage

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Points of interest in the stage 2: Roncesvalles to Zubiri stage

17 Albergue de Peregrinos de Zubiri
16 Albergue Zaldiko
15 Puente de la Rabia de Zubiri
14 Spectacular descent to Zubiri
13 Sale of the Port
12 Alto de Erro
11 Church of San Saturnino
10 Arrival in Lintzoain
9 Church of San Pedro
8 Rewarding hayedo tranche
7 Save to Our Lady of Roncesvalles
6 Church of San Bartolomé
5 Asphalt track and view of Espinal
4 Recia popular architecture
3 Church of St. Nicholas of Bari
2 Chapel of Santiago and Silo de Carlomagno
1 Real Colegiata de Roncesvalles

The route

Km 0. Roncesvalles (Hostel. Bar-Restaurant. Tourist Office)

From the Itzandegia hostel we go to the N-135 to take a path that is born next to the right arches and runs through the forest of Sorginaritzaga or Bruges robledal. After a hundred meters you can see on the other side of the road the cross of the Pilgrims, a Gothic cruise that was moved to this place in 1880 by the Prior don Francisco Polite. The bucolic walk ends when we arrive next to the ships of the Ipetea polygon, where we turn left to go to the N-135 and enter Auritz/Burguete.

Km 2.8. Auritz/Burguete (Hostels. Casas Rurales. Bars. Store. Health Center. Pharmacy. ATM)

St. Nicholas Street and the road are all one, so through it we cross the town, as there is no arcén between the sturdy blasphemed houses and the asphalt. In the population there are a couple of bars that open early, the first by church and another hundred meters later. After passing the parish of St. Nicholas we turn right next to a bank branch to cross a walkway on a stream that goes down to the Urfing River. We continue on a runway, flanked by some ships and extensive stocked cattle meadows and deciduous sheet sketches. After bypassing several streams of water by rudimentary stone vados and solving a repecho, we left a paved runway from which we already appreciate the frosty roofs of Espinal, the first town in the Erro valley. We entered the urban area to go to the N-135 to the height of the modern church of San Bartolomé

Km 6.5. Aurizberri/Espinal (Hostels. Hostel. Casas Rurales. Bar. Store. Office)

We turn right (here we have a bar and then a bakery) and we continue down the sidewalk. Right after a walk of pedestrians we turn left and on tracks of different floors we climb up to the top of Mezkiritz. Next to the arcén is a carved image of the Virgen de Roncesvalles (Km 8.2). When we cross the road, look! Because we can wake up and take the path it is not. There is one that leads to the Altos de Errebelu but we must follow the Jacobean path. A metal cancelling encourages us to enter the impressive hayedo, where the understory of boj, acebos and ferns guides us to the next population. A final section, paved to keep the mud away, leaves us by the road, where an artificial path leads to Bizkarreta, end of stage in the 12th century thanks to the existence of a pilgrim hospital.

Km 11.4. Bizkarreta/Gerendiain (Rural Cottage. Bar. Store. Office)

At the entrance, on the left hand side, we found a bar. We leave the town by the Tiendica de Biskarret and head to Lintzoain, almost two kilometres away.

Km 13.3. Lintzoain (Bar. Posada)

Once in Lintzoain we passed by the fronton and turned right to take a very steep cement cartilage. It is followed by a gravel trail - a cairn takes care of reminding us of the four remaining kilometers to the top of Erro - and continues through a narrow path. The first ramps are the hardest, but the slope cedes and the path widens. There are even good sections on a clear descent, like the one that leads us to the very top of Erro, where we cross the N-135.

Km 17.8. Alto de Erro (Bar-van in season)

Between April and the end of October there is a mobile bar that works with solar panels. It has soft drinks, fruit, energy bars and pastries and in spring it also serves hot drinks

We take a trail and at seven hundred meters we set aside the place where the Sale of the Port was located, the old inn from which there are no more than remains today. Then the descent becomes more evident, leads us to open and close a pair of portilles and we are surprised by some step section. In the end, we are at the Rabies Bridge over the Arga River, a construction through which we access Zubiri and the Steribar Valley.

Km 21,5. Zubiri (All services)

The difficulties

Remarks

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What to see, what to do

AURITZ/BURGUETE:"When
we reach the end of the hill, we see the red roofs and the white houses of Burguete, scattered over the plain". This quote is from Ernest Hemingway, the American writer who immortalized Burguete in his work Fiesta. As reflected in his 1926 novel, besides living with passion the Sanfermines liked to come to Burguete to fish and relax from the bustle of the city. Burguete is a town of vertebrate passage around San Nicolás Street, populated left and right by blasphemed houses of the 18th and 19th centuries.
- Church of St. Nicholas of Bari:
  The Renaissance facade was laid in 1699 by Beratarra Juan de Miura. Inside the temple stands out the largest baroque altarpiece.
VALLE DE ERRO:
Past Burguete, the Camino de Santiago penetrates into the domains of the pyrenean valley of Erro. Among its 12 population groups, the Jacobean itinerary enters the urban hulls of Aurizberri/Espinal, Bizkarreta/Gerendiain and Lintzoain. In the port of Erro, the boundary between the Atlantic and the sub-Mediterranean climate, the valley is abandoned to descend to the Steribar valley.
- Aurizberri/Espinal:
  Espinal, founded in 1269 by King Navarro Teobaldo II (1253-1370), is the largest town in the valley of Erro. Like Burguete, it is a service village divided by the N-135. His church in San Bartolomé was built in 1961.
- Bizkarreta/Gerendiain (Biskarret):
  Back in the 12th century, the old Biscaretum was a pilgrim's hospital but today there is no trace of that. The church of St. Peter, reformed profusely at the end of the 18th century, still retains its Romanesque cover of the 13th century.
- Lintzoain:
  Lintzoain is the geographical centre of the valley and its administrative capital. Her church of San Saturnino of rosacea stone is Romanesque from the 13th century and was reformed in the 16th. It houses two late 17th and 18th centuries. It is located at the top of the town and you have to divert about 150 meters to visit it.
ZUBIRI:
Zubiri, a bridge town in Euskera, is the first town in the Steribar Valley on the Camino de Santiago. It is also the largest core and administrative capital of the valley. In Zubiri, the pilgrim has the first encounter with the river Arga, which will accompany him for two more stages until Puente la Reina. It is precisely on this river that a two-eyed medieval bridge known for the nickname "of Rabies" was erected, as animals were forced by tradition to pass through the central pillar to heal from this disease. The Church of St. Martin is a new plant since the old one was used during the Carlist war as a barracks and was destroyed in 1836 during the conflict.