We did two day hikes while in Pays Basque, one in France, the other in Spain. I particularly liked this one in the Valle de Belagua, Spain as it was extremely diverse . The area is just on the border of France and Spain and we had read that there were karst (see wikipedia) formations in the area – so we asked the tourist office if they could suggest any hikes. The person at the tourist office said there were no organized trails and sent us to a cross country ski area and said we should walk the trails. When we got to the area – we couldn’t figure where to go, but across the parking lot was a trail-head so we decided to try it. We were not disappointed. Photos and videos below:
- The drive up Valle de Belagua is gorgeous – had lambs on the road this time 🙂 hardly anyone else there.
- Map of our hike
- The hike started with a nice little vallet
- with wildflowers
- As we were about to go around the corner, some clouds were creeping in…
- luckily we could look for the next signpost to lead the way
- Jennifer started a shooting
- Meadow had a haunted feel to it…like hobbit land….
- Carcasses of sheep added to the mystery/suspense
- Hey, let take a picture together
- Let’s try climbing out of this fog..
- … which was coming over from France
- Up on top there was a wonderful meadow, with great 360 views
- Horses were munching and romping away.
- Then, surprise – we ended up in karst territory.
- The end of the trail !!!
LOVE!!