Route of the Way of Saint James

The Coastal Way, which runs along the coast of Gipuzkoa to enter the western limits of Bizkaia, is one of the most primitive pilgrimage routes to Compostela. On this route, the seafaring and agricultural Basque Country coexist, as well as the urban and the rural.
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After leaving the last Jacobean enclave of Astigarribia in Gipuzkoa and ascending the steep paths of the Arno massif, where the Deba and Artibai rivers divide, the coastal Jacobean route leaves us in Arnoate. For many centuries, Arnoate has been the gateway to the lands of Bizkaia for pilgrims who, coming from all over Europe, opted for the Cantabrian coastal route.

This route, although less mentioned throughout history, must have been safer, and took the first pilgrims to the Galician “Finisterre” during the Muslim domination.

The Way of St. James in Lea Artibai is full of great little treasures.

 

MARKINA-XEMEIN – MUNITIBAR:  

Start: Arnoate

End of route: Astorkigana

Distance: 23 Km

Approximate time: 9 h

Points of interest:

  • Barroeta Tower
  • Chapel of San Miguel de Arretxinaga
  • Municipal fish market
  • The old Town Hall
  • Antxia Tower
  • Ansotegi Palace
  • Solartekua Palace (the new Town Hall)
  • Carmen Fountain
  • Convent and church of El Carmen
  • Simón Bolivar Museum and the village of Ziortza-Bolibar
  • Zenarruza Monastery

Hostels

Pilgrims on the Camino can stay at the Markina hostel and the Monastery of Ziortza.

Markina Hostel

Phone: 609031526

E-mail: albergues@hosvobi.org

Website: www.hosvobi.org

 

Ziortza Monastery

Phone: 946164179

E-mail: comunidad@monasteriozenarruza.net

Web page: www.monasteriozenarruza.net/

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9 ordu
23 km

Start:

Arnoate

End:

Astokigana, Munitibar

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