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What to see and do in Etxalar

What to see and do in Etxalar (Baztan-Bidasoa, Navarra): 4 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Activities · 1 Curiosities

When to go to Etxalar: festival calendar

October: Las palomeras de Etxalar (del 1 de octubre al 20 de noviembre)

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What to see and do in Etxalar

Etxalar
Village
Documented as "Echalar" since 1280 (etxa, house, and larre, pasture), it adopted its official Basque spelling in the 1980s. Its vernacular architecture, with numerous large houses from the 17th to 19th centuries, received the Premio Nacional de Turismo (National Tourism Award).
Las palomeras de Etxalar
Activity
Between 1 October and 20 November, Etxalar keeps alive the traditional net-hunting of wood pigeons, documented since the 15th century, at the Collado de Lizaieta, 8 km from the village, next to the border with France. It is the only system of this kind still preserved on the Iberian Peninsula.
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Etxalar
Monument
A parish church with a calvary from 1600, an 18th-century baptismal font, and an early-20th-century organ; its cemetery preserves numerous funerary stelae. The municipal area also contains the inn and lime kiln of Errotagaraia, a mill, and the hermitages of Fátima and Santa Cruz.
Etxalar y la Carmen de Mérimée
Curiosity
Carmen, the protagonist of Prosper Mérimée's novella that inspired Bizet's opera, is presented in the story as a native of Etxalar.