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Gipuzkoa
Bajo Bidasoa
Irun

Hendaye Beach – La Corniche Basque Cliffs loop from Irun Ficoba

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Bike touring routes & trails
Spain
Basque Country
Gipuzkoa
Bajo Bidasoa
Irun

Hendaye Beach – La Corniche Basque Cliffs loop from Irun Ficoba

Moderate

4.3

(73)

573

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Hendaye Beach – La Corniche Basque Cliffs loop from Irun Ficoba

02:02

31.6km

330m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 15, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 1.70 km for 19 m

Waypoints

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Start point

Train Station

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4.27 km

Hendaye Beach

Highlight • Beach

For those who like to swim, a very nice beach.

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14.1 km

Saint Jean de Luz

Highlight • Settlement

The lighthouse, like its twin, the Ciboure lighthouse, facilitates navigation at the entrance to the port of Saint-Jean-de-Luz. Both date from 1936, based on plans by architect André Pavlovsky.

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14.3 km

Ciboure

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Typical "timber houses" with red beams and white plaster.

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14.9 km

Ciboure Coast

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The whole coast is so incredibly beautiful but towards Spain also very hilly

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16.0 km

View of Socoa Beach

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At the mouth of the Untxtin river the sandy spit has formed a wide river, popular with wind surfers and well protected for swimming

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16.8 km

Socoa Fort

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The large bay with the port of St-Jean-de-Luz is now protected from the Atlantic waves by a cliff and island jutting out, and three reinforced wave-breaking dikes. Socoa and its …

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22.1 km

La Corniche Basque Cliffs

Highlight • Gorge

The cornice stretches from Saint-Jean-de-Luz to Hendaye over more than 10km. The landscapes are wild between the two cities.

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27.4 km

Hendaye Beach

Highlight • Beach

Wide sandy beach, stretching east from the Bidassoa river, lined by a promenade

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31.6 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.0 km

12.8 km

2.80 km

1.61 km

317 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

24.3 km

3.51 km

1.85 km

988 m

630 m

304 m

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Friday 4 September

27°C

20°C

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Max wind speed: 16.0 km/h

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Comments

October 11, 2022,Naar Irun, Sunbilla, Lapitze, Irun
It's my birthday and I'm worried. It would rain all week. I have to decide which direction to go: through the Spanish interior, or via Santiago de Compostela to the Portuguese coast? And which camino? I don't know at all which one is the best or even good.
It would remain dry for a few hours and so I rush …

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On a portion on the return Hendaye Saint Jean de Luz, we had to turn around, the track was completely impassable, brambles and tall grass blocked the passage

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