Cizur Minor to EUNATE - 20.5km (Total 111.9km) Day 7

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May 31st 2009

Published: May 31st 2009

Updated notes: Cizur Minor to EUNATE - 20.5km (Total 111.9km) Day 7 The next day we walked to EUNATE the highlight of my trip so far. The steep elevation and strong winds while reaching the Alto de Perdon Hill was quite challenging. A very enjoyable trail with plenty of green trees, wheat fields, birds singing, colourful flowers and the warm sun apon our backs. Admiring wild orchids and reac... Read Full Entry

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Begonia D - Bushwalker

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Hi, my name is Begonia, I started this blog so I can keep my friends and other interested people upto date with my latest adventure walking trip. My latest plan is to walk to Santiago de Compostela via the Camino Frances route. Why don't you join me on my journey across four mountain ranges begining in France, across northern Spaint to the end of the world. Share the joys, adventure, culture, flora, fauna and ancient midevil towns. TO ALL MY FRIENDS, It will be great if you can all PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH. I love walking becasue is soothes me and makes me feel alive. Being able to experien... full info

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Cizur Minor to Eunate -

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Cizur Minor to Eunate - amongs the red poppie fields.

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Cizur Minor to Eunate - Our detour from main route via Eunate brought us face to face with the beautiful 12th century Romanesque Church of Santa Maria de Eunate. It has an unusual octagonal form and free standing outer porch with pillars surrounding the church, its shape is based on the same shape as the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem and has been linked to the Knights Templar who defended the pilgrims along the route to Santiago.

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12th century Romanesque Church of Santa Maria de Eunate. It has an unusual octagonal form and free standing outer porch with pillars surrounding the churc.

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The inner church is quaint, extremely peaceful and gives one a strong but tranquil feeling just sitting inside.

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Eunate Albergue - large upstairs bedroom that sleeps about 8 pilgrims on mattresses.

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Eunate - Rosario, a volunteer who comes and paints or helps in the maintenence of the albergue and church and the Green Trail.

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Eunate - Incects and plants along the Green Trail

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Eunate - Maria Purea on LT and Rosario on Rt

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Eunate - Ready to start our dinner with Yves

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Eunate - Ketchen and dinning room in the quaint alergue.

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Eunate - Yves in his kitchen

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Eunate - Incects and plants along the Green Trail

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Eunate - Knights Templar, local dressed up in old costumes in the annual festivals of Pilgrimage history of Eunate.

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Eunate church with small building on left which is the 2 floor barn which was restored into a Kitchen with dinning room and bathrom downstairs and 2 bedrooms upstairs

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Cizur Minor to EUNATE - 20.5km (Total 111.9km) Day 7

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