Camino Baztan - Day 6

30 September 2023

Olagüe to Villava - 21 kms

Our Camino Baztan has ended. It's official finishing point is Trinidad de Arre, where it meets the Camino Francés, it is hard to believe. It is a very short camino, just 110 kms, but very beautiful. 

Just as when we walked the Camino Francés, every day on this camino, as well as on the Chemin du Piémont Pyrénéen from Lourdes,  was a gift. There is something so special about setting out every morning, watching the day begin, not knowing what we would see and experience.

We knew this camino was coming to an end as we walked through more settlements and villages the closer we got to got to Pamplona. 

The path itself was very straightforward - a mix of tracks and roadside. We are now in Villava, half a kilometre from Trinidad de Arre where the Camino finished and about 4 or 5 kms from Pamplona. 

Once the morning freshness wore off it became very hot reaching 31°C this afternoon. 

Have added Day 3 photos. 

Leaving the albergue in Olagüe this morning. 

And out into the countryside. We had a foggy start.

A farmer was moving his sheep. 

We walked through many small settlements. 

This small haystack intrigued us.

We were still at a reasonable altitude. 

We met this lovely German couple and spent quite a long time chatting to them. They left from their home near Stuttgard 2 months ago and had cycled through the Netherlands, Belgium and France into Spain and were making their way south to cross over into Africa and cycling through many African countries before flying to Turkey to cycle home. They expect this will take them 2 years.

We crossed paths with this Spanish couple. They were in the albergue in Urdax with us and we hadn't seen them since then until the albergue in Olagüe last night.

A small church along the way. We stopped here for an early lunch break. 

These two women are Spanish and we met them in Urdax and again last night in Olagüe. They spent a long time gathering hazelnuts

 

Our early lunch break. 

Our camino continued...

Walking into village of Sorauren, 3 kilometres before our camino finished at Trinidad de Arre. 

We enjoyed a stop at a cafe in Sorauren as cafés have been nonexistent for most of the Camino Baztan. The Spanish couple were just leaving the cafe as we arrived and the French/Basque trio arrived as we were leaving. 

Not far to the end of our camino now.

Walking over the bridge into Trinidad de Arre, the end of our Camino Baztan. 

We were thoroughly disappointed that the albergue in Trinidad de Arre was closed as we had thought that we could get the final stamp in our credentials for our Camino Baztan in the albergue. 

The albergue in Trinidad de Arre  

The end of the Camino Baztan where it meets the Camino Francés.