Navarra Guide 2019

salazar: the valley that lOOKS tOWardS the irati FOreSt Ochagavía , with its cobbled streets, stone houses and mediaeval bridge, receives visitors so they can feel what it is like to live in a village surrounded by high peaks and a huge forest. Orhipean , a festival in which everyone in the village dresses as people did a hundred years ago and demonstrate the traditional trades of the Pyrenees, is held here at the end of august. very close to ochagavía stands the romanesque hermitage of la virgen de muskilda, located at a spot with beautiful views of abodi and the Pyrenean peaks. inside, there is a gothic car- ving of the virgin with Child. every 8 th of september for more than 300 years, the village dancers of ochagavía have perfor- med alongside the sanctuary some of the most emblematic and ancient dances of navarre, led by El Bobo , a unique character wearing a harlequin-like costume. the course of the salazar river takes you to the beautiful villa- ges of Salazar: Ezcároz, the capital of the valley, Jaurrieta, its highest village, oronz, esparza, igal, izal and Uscarrés. ▼ ochagavía

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