Spain Fly and Drive - The Best Road Trips

THE BEST ROAD TRIPS

The final third of your trip is in the Navarre Pyrenees . Continue west- wards along the A-21 to Pamplona , the city of the Sanfermines so loved by Hemingway. While you're here you should sample the delicious Navarre cuisine and try some traditional txistor- ra sausage . Before you reach Pamplona you could make a detour towards the town of Ochagavía . Get into low gear and climb the beautiful Tapla mountain pass to reach the Selva de Irati , one of the biggest and best-preserved beech and fir forests in Europe. It is spectac- ularly colourful in the autumn. Nearby you'll find the town of Roncesvalles ,

one of the starting points for the Way of Saint James, a shelter for walkers and pilgrims, a focal point for legends and a cultural meeting place. You can finish your journey through the Pyrenees with a visit to two small villag- es in the Baztán Valley in Navarre where time seems to have stood still, Amaiur and Zugarramurdi . In the latter there is a cave where legend has it that witches used to hold their Sabbath. L L Nearby airports: Barcelona-El Prats, San Sebastián and Bilbao Approximate distance: 650 km

b b IRATI FOREST NAVARRE

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