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Orreaga-Roncesvallesは、コンポステーラへの道を行く英雄詩、古代の道、そして疲れ果てた巡礼者の記憶を今に伝えています。病院、教会、修道院、礼拝堂を建てた王たち、見知らぬ人を迎え入れることを神聖なこととしていた（そして今もそうである）宿屋の主人たち、そして彼らの聖なる乙女への愛、彼らの兄弟団、巡礼者たち、そして多くの十字架たち。10世紀以来、ロンセスバーリェスは、サンティアゴ・デ・コンポステーラへの巡礼路をたどる巡礼者たちが、困難な登りの後に休息できる場所となっています。 サンタ・マリア・デ・ロンセスバーリェスは何よりも精神性と巡礼の地です。巡礼者のためのミサ、巡礼、ヌエストラ・セニョーラ兄弟団。 標高1057メートルのロンセスバーリェス峠には、1130年にアウグスチノ修道士たちがコレヒアタ・デ・ロンセスバーリェス修道院を設立しました。すでに778年には、カール大帝率いるフランク族とバスク族の間で戦闘がありました。この戦いで、戦士ローランドが殺され、ローランの歌が生まれました。

It's the first road sign indicating the distance to Santiago. It's worth a photo.

Just after leaving the parking lot, about 300 meters away, take the detour to the left and follow the path very easily and beautifully. If you have decent binoculars, you can see some chicks in the vulture colonies, depending on the time of year, and some adults all year round. Highly recommended, short and sweet.

Even if you don't plan or have the ability to walk the entire Camino Frances, the stage that reaches Roncesvalles is a must for the beauty of the landscapes and the evocative atmosphere it offers, especially when—descending from the Ibañeta Pass—the boundless Spanish landscape suddenly opens up before your eyes in the golden light of sunset. It's a magical moment, ideally shared with other pilgrims and then enhanced with a visit to the Collegiate Church. The stamp on the Credencial is also beautiful.

Don't miss a visit to the Pilgrims' Hospital and the Collegiate Church of Santa María. Also, learn about the history of Roncesvalles, as it's very interesting.

Beautiful little greenway, very short, but worth enjoying!

It is a very pleasant straight of slides... by car... because by bike you notice them in your legs.

One of the most inhospitable and spectacular mountain passes in the eastern Pyrenees, with several slopes, all of them very difficult. The landscape is wild and wonderful. You can breathe absolute tranquility and you can dedicate yourself exclusively to enjoying the views, the horses, the sheep, the cows and the suffering on the bike. The summit is on the border with Spain, although there is no road that crosses the border, so the pass runs entirely in France. I have climbed it on 2 of its slopes. The first time I climbed it on the slope that crosses the Col d'Orgambide, on the D428 road, which starts from Estérençuby. The first 3 km are very easy, until you cross the detour to go up to Artaburu, where the road begins to have slopes of more than 10%. From there, to the summit, the climb is very hard, around 9%, on a very rough and bumpy road, with a lot of humidity and crossing a wonderful beech forest. Once you reach the top of the Col d'Orgambide, you turn right and continue climbing for another half kilometre with a gradient of 11%. There comes a small descent, to face the last 3 kms, the first 2 very hard with several 13% gradients. The last kilometre is very easy and has panoramic views that are simply wonderful. The second time I climbed it on the side that starts from Arneguy and Ondarolle. This side is harder than the previous one, with a central section that is hellish, being 6 kms at an average of 10%, and a very hard km at 12% and 18% gradients!!! The final part is more gentle. You cross the Croix de Thibault in the penultimate kilometre of the climb. The final kilometre is very gentle and with beautiful and exciting panoramic views.