Chalet d'Iraty
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The place
Holiday village at 1,309 m in the Basque Country, tucked into the largest beech forest in Europe. Thirty-five rental chalets (including one wheelchair-accessible), a natural campsite, hotel rooms, a GR10 hiking refuge (twenty-six beds across two units) and a motorhome area. Minimum two-night booking on weekends, three nights on weekdays, no Sunday arrivals. Activities year-round: hiking, electric scooters, mountain biking, snowshoeing, a birdwatching programme. Iraty spans four valleys on either side of the French-Spanish border: Soule, Cize, Aezkoa and Salazar.
Getting there
Snow tyres or chains required from 1 November to 31 March to reach the site.
The setting
Iraty forest, the largest beech forest in Europe, straddling the Soule, Cize, Aezkoa and Salazar valleys (French and Spanish Basque Country).
