Route around Macaye

Date of your route : Sep 30, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

In my opinion, this hike takes too many paved roads!
what's more, the church in Macaye was closed for renovation work... (bad luck!!!)

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Date of your route : Jul 20, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Nice hike in beautiful countryside. Easy. We are not keen walkers and it took us less than 2 hours.

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Date of your route : Jan 19, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Route on small roads. Best done after rain. The time indicated is too long, as 2 hours was enough for us without walking very fast.

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Date of your route : Sep 10, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant and easy route. We only encountered three people on the trail in the middle of August!
There was a slight issue at point 3, where a threatening dog was running loose in its house by the roadside.

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Date of your route : Jul 02, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant hike with beautiful scenery.

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Date of your route : Aug 06, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A beautiful hike through the mountains and forest with stunning views of our Basque mountains. Don't forget your walking stick.
A difficult passage before crossing the river: there were tree trunks on the path!

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Date of your route : Jul 31, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk around Macaye, with beautiful views of Baigura. Not much shade... best done in autumn or winter, especially as almost the entire route is on small roads.

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Date of your route : May 23, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Magnificent landscapes on the heights and a very pleasant walk
It should be noted that the route does not always follow the marked route (in particular, you need to leave it at point 3)
You can also start the route at the church, as there is a large car park along the road (for days when mass is held)

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Date of your route : Feb 27, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Very enjoyable hike, with a bit of climbing in the first half hour and a few rocks to negotiate, but nothing insurmountable. Magnificent view from the summit! The hike is well explained and the map is excellent.

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Thank you for your reply.
Best wishes for your future endeavours at Visorando.

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I've been following Visorando's hikes for quite some time now, and it's true that I'm becoming demanding 😏 The scenery was nice and the countryside was very peaceful, that's true. But the day before, I was at the top of the staircase peak, and the day before that, I was in Okabe surrounded by cromlechs... So the comparison isn't favourable...😊

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Thank you for this detailed comment.
You found "the landscape is nice and peaceful" and yet you rated the interest as "Disappointing".
Perhaps you were looking for a different style of hike?

I tried to clarify my description by clearly stating in the practical information that the route follows small country roads.
Personally, I found them quite charming.
I added a link to the Macaye church, which I found very interesting: it was open when I visited.

Best regards

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Date of your route : Apr 23, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing

Most of the climb is at the beginning of the route, which then descends gently. Do not rely on the yellow markings, which indicate a different hike. Few of the names mentioned in the description are signposted along the way. A small circular route of a few hundred metres is on a dirt track. Otherwise, the walk, from start to finish, is on roads and even on the D252. The landscape is pleasant and peaceful.

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Date of your route : Jan 02, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Ideal hike for inexperienced walkers, on roads. The elevation gain is almost entirely in the first half hour (200m over 1.6km).
Don't miss a visit to Macaye Church.
Although the circular follows the yellow markings at the start (up to point 2), you must remain vigilant and follow the description carefully as the route leaves the markings between Uharazkia and Mehaka.

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Date of your route : Nov 06, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Excellent restaurant at the start and end of the walk.

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