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The starting point is in front of the Souraïde cemetery, where there are a few parking spaces.
(S/E) Cross the roundabout towards Espelette and take the first street on the right (Chemin de Xapitalea) until you reach a fork.
(1) Turn right onto Chemin d'Aprendixenea, which climbs up to the Col de Pinodieta.
(2) Cross the D20 and head south-east on Chemin de Landako Bidea.
Ignore a junction with a track and continue along the tarmac road which descends, makes a wide right-hand bend and meets a track which turns sharply left at the edge of the forest.
(3) Follow this track along the edge of the forest to reach a new road (Ttuluntegiko Bidea). Take this road straight ahead until you reach a fence and follow the path that branches off to the right towards the east. Continue in this direction, taking the right-hand fork twice, until you reach Mehatsea farm.
(4) Turn left towards the north-east, ignoring the paths that branch off to the right or left. The path winds down towards Espelette to join the tarmac road Oilakineko Bidea.
(5) Make a quick first turn right then left and continue, ignoring a dead end on the right. At the next junction, turn left onto Gazitegiko Bidea and descend to the D918.
(6) Carefully cross the busy main road and take the road on the right alongside the petrol station. At the first crossroads, turn left and continue along Marinen Bordako Bidea until you reach the first Y-junction.
(7) Turn left towards the farm and continue along the track that joins the D918. Turn right and walk carefully along the main road for 300 metres, then turn left onto Chemin de Xabaltxa until you reach a T-junction.
(8) Turn right onto Chemin d'Etextoa to cross the housing estate.
(9) Take the street marked as a no-entry road towards the north-west on Chemin de Xapitalea.
(1) Finish the route by retracing your steps to return to the car park (S/E).
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