372 Bizkargi
594
Gerekiz
564
Ntra. Sra. de Erdotza
Markina-Xemein
300 200 100 0
6,6 km
Iruzubieta
Iruzubieta
Gorontzugarai
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400
Ziortza
Bolivar Iruzubieta
Markina-Xemein
187 Billikario
Muxika
Deba
Cobarón
Playa de la Arena
Ortuella
Euskalduna
500
Gernika-Lumo
3,2 km
Iru
Pozueta Roman road, Ziortza BI-3448
4 km
Sestao
Landotz
Bolibar
BI-633
S. Esteban de Gerekiz
Pepiena
A- 8
Puente Bizkaia
BI-2121
Gerrrikaitz
Burgogana Zarra BI-635
Ajangiz
Gernika-Lum o
Elexalde-Arratzu
Gernika-Lumo Collegiate Church of Ziortza
Santurtzi
Guggenhei m Bilbao Museoa
Catedral de Santiago
Bilbao
Portugalete
Ziortza
Morga
Baba
Mi ken e
Ziortza
12,8 km
Motrollo
BI-2224
3 km
Erkinko Aretxabalaga
Gorontzugarai
6,5 km
4 km
N
8,8 km
Astoreka
Uriona
Ca da gu a
Gerrikaitz
Gerrikaitz
Urgozo
Lea
Bilbao
BI-3231
Munitibar-Arbatzegi
GI-6
5,9 km
Lezama
Astorkigana
Aldaka
4,5 km
Bulukua Bekoerrota
Larrabetzu
5,2 km
Berriondo
MarkinaXemein
5,4 km
2,9 km
Zarra
Retuerto
ElexaldeArratzu
Montalban
Zarautz
Donostia-San
7 km
N er bi ón
Arratzu
Zamudio
Olazarra
BI-3222
Mendata
lak o
248 Burgogana Go
Elexalde-Arratzu
7,4 km
Ajangiz
Marmiz
2 km
BI-3242
05
Munitibar-Arbatzegi-Gerrikaitz
Alonsotegi
BI-638
Oka
Deba
The origins of Simón Bolívar, the liberator (462 pop.) Ontón of several countries in South America, can A nice little village formed from the union of Puente CANTABRIA Bizkaia Portugalete be traced back to this small, friendly village. neighbouring hamlets and municipalities, it A- 8 Santa María Cobarón to Saint The Museum dedicated to him is situated has Areeta/ a Neoclassical church dedicated Las Arenas in a typical farmhouse, the Errementarikua, Vincent, with an interesting El Haya17th century which belonged to his ancestors. The profile front. The Chapel of Santiago, situated at of Bolibar is dominated by the cylindrical the heights of the Aldaka district, is another church tower of Santo Tomás, a mediaeval reference to the Way of Saint James. construction that was rebuilt according Sestao Altos Elexalde-Arratzu (23 pop.) Pobeña to Renaissance criteria, and to this day Hornos In the small village of Elexalde in Arratzu, maintains the characteristic appearance of a Ntra. Sra. del Soc the church of Santo Tomás pre-dates the Barakaldo temple-fortress. municipality of Arratzu, and was a required stop for pilgrims on St James’ Way from Colegiata de Ziortza Ba La Arena rb ad un Ziortza to Gernika. Before continuing to Legend has it that an eagle carrying a skull Retuerto Petronor Embalse de in its talons dropped the remains on the San Vicent e Ajangiz, you pass by the neighbourhood of Gorostitza Loiola, now the main village in Arratzu. top of a hill. This was a sure sign that the Muñatones collegiate church should Galindo be built there, Gernika-Lumo (16,595 pop.) now the monastery of Ziortza, the only Known the world over for the sad events Montaño A-8 religious complex of its kind in theCruces Basque Lutxana that took place on 26th April 1937, 320 when Country This was an unmistakable sign that Guernica was bombed during the Spanish the current Collegiate Church of Ziortza, Zierbe Civil War, the town is a living symbol of a religious complex that is unique in the Basque traditions. ThisN-639 is the site of the Casa Basque Country, had to be built on that Santa de Juntas meeting house, the hundred-year site. It is made up Agueda of a beautiful cloister, the old oak tree and the neighbouring church canons and abbot’sUrgozo houses, and the 15th to which the different representatives of the 205 an exquisite century church, which houses Kobet a Serante towns of Biscay debated their problems ands Gallarta Plateresque high altar. The monastery is still 451 made decisions, the “fairest” as Rousseau Puente loyal to the norms of hospitality and takes del Diabl o claimed, that affected the community. On in any pilgrims who wish to spend the night Mondays, the entire town takes part in the there. In 2015 UNESCO declared it a World Altamira traditional market, one of the most important Heritage site along with the Northern Ways and colourful in the Basque Country. of St James. Portugalete
BI-635
Buztiñaga
A- 8
< Irun - Hondarribia 115.3 km> 744.25 km
Zarautz
Bolibar (201 pop.)
There are few beginnings as stimulating as the departure from Markina-Xemein. Firstly, the idyllic village Catedral of de Bolibar and Santiago later, a religious monument that is one of its kind in Bilbao Biscay: the Collegiate Church of Ziortza, Begoña that has borne witness to the passing hikers on their way to N-637 Santiago for over nine centuries. The Iturritxualde 382will be the last forests of Gorontzugarai rural concession before returning to the inhabited dales and clustered hamlets that are the preface to the historical town Zamudiotorre of Gernika, or Guernica. From now San on,Martín the Basque landscape par excellenceZamudio will make N-637 itself known, with its typical farmhouses, pastures and small clusters of houses around a church, and in most cases, a frontón (or open pelota court), with hardly Lezama any geographical jolts. The stage will offer transition stretches and every few kilometres, whether in Munitibar or in Zarra, we will come across fountains or roadside bars where we can fill our flasks and bottles, or exchange a few words with the locals. The Casa deLarrabetzu Juntas meeting house and the historical Oak of Guernica are the Goikoelexalde best possible reward for today’s stage. BI-2713 Bilbao
Gernika-Lumo
12
1,8 km
7k Irun Gernika-Lum o
(24.8 km)
DonostiaSan Sebastián
Sta. Barbar a
N
Zarra
Hondarribia
Urgull
Irun Markina-Xemein > Gernika-Lumo Hendaia
Behobia
30
N
GI-3440 GI-3110
Portugalete
31