Logbook · 6 places

What to see and do in Zugarramurdi

What to see and do in Zugarramurdi (Baztan-Bidasoa, Navarra): 6 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Nature · 1 Activities · 1 Curiosities · 1 Historical milestones

When to go to Zugarramurdi: festival calendar

August: Fiestas patronales de Zugarramurdi (August 14-18)

How far each place is from the centre of Zugarramurdi

Towns near Zugarramurdi

What to see in Urdazubi/Urdax 3.1 km · 4 places
What to see in Etxalar 8.7 km · 4 places
What to see in Bera 11 km · 5 places
What to see in Lesaka 13 km · 6 places
What to see in Igantzi 14 km · 3 places
What to see in Baztan 14 km · 8 places
What to see in Sunbilla 16 km · 3 places
What to see in Bertizarana 17 km · 3 places

Spain › Chartered Community of Navarre › Baztan-Bidasoa › Zugarramurdi

What to see and do in Zugarramurdi

Zugarramurdi
Village
A border town granted town status in 1667, with 213 inhabitants in 2025. In the mid-19th century it had around 573 inhabitants.
Cuevas de Zugarramurdi
Nature
A cavity carved by the Olabidea stream in the limestone rock, whose main chamber measures about 100 m long, 20 m wide, and 30 m high. According to tradition, nocturnal witches' akelarres (sabbaths) were held here.
El auto de fe de Logroño de 1610
Historical milestone
The Spanish Inquisition tried, in the 1610 auto-da-fé of Logroño, some forty residents of Zugarramurdi, most of them women, accused of witchcraft on the basis of testimonies grounded in superstitions and personal grudges of little or no reliability; twelve were sentenced to death and five executed in effigy.
Museo de las Brujas de Zugarramurdi
Curiosity
Housed since 2007 in a restored former hospital, it functions as an interpretation center for the witchcraft trials and as the village's tourist office.
Iglesia de la Asunción de Zugarramurdi
Monument
A church built between 1781 and 1784 on the site of an earlier church partially destroyed by French troops during the occupation of 1793.
Fiestas patronales de Zugarramurdi
Activity
From 14 to 18 August, the fiestas of the Asunción are celebrated, with the traditional "zikiro-jate" (roast lamb feast).