Bucolic circular in Bassussarry

Starting from the pelota court, we suggest a very easy, bucolic circular around the village.
Halfway along the route, you will take paths through the woods and unspoilt natural areas.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 6.12 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 00 
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    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
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    Ascent: + 95 m
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    Descent: - 91 m

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    Highest point: 69 m
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    Lowest point: 2 m

Description of the walk

Depart from the car park at the top of the fronton in front of the church.

(S/E) From the car park, head down towards the tennis courts and take Chemin de Carricazart on the right towards Petaboure. At the T-junction, continue right downhill on Chemin de Pettabourre.

(1) At the bottom of Chemin de Pettabourre, first turn right then left and continue carefully along Route Cambo for about 200 metres.

(2) At the left-hand bend before the quarry, take the path on the right towards Les Alluviales. Continue along the tarmac road until you reach the junction between Chemin des Alluviales and Chemin Bordaberria. Turn left and continue for a few metres until you reach the next fork.

(3) Turn left onto Chemin Juantipy and follow it downhill. Cross the undergrowth and join Chemin de Chouroumilas. Follow it to the right for a few metres and you will find Impasse Eirehalde on the left.

(4) Follow this path and reach the bottom of the Urgeldi housing estate. Go up to the roundabout with an electrical transformer station in the centre. Reach the other roundabout on the left and follow the street on the right. After a few metres downhill, continue to the right to the end of the street.

(5) Turn right and enter the woods at the pumping station. Continue along the path, ignore a turn-off on the left and, after the wash house, join Chemin Chourouta.

(6) Follow it up to the four-way crossroads.

(7) Turn right onto Chemin de Harrieta, cross through the undergrowth, then join Allée de Bielle Nave. Continue to the right and join the car park in front of the church (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 51 m - Car park in front of the church
  2. 1 : km 1.08 - alt. 6 m - Cambo Road
  3. 2 : km 1.3 - alt. 9 m - Towards the alluvial plain of Barthes
  4. 3 : km 2.41 - alt. 15 m - Chemin de Juantipy
  5. 4 : km 3.13 - alt. 20 m - Eiheralde cul-de-sac
  6. 5 : km 4.03 - alt. 34 m - Chemin de Benoit
  7. 6 : km 4.94 - alt. 28 m - Wash house, Chemin Chourouta
  8. 7 : km 5.39 - alt. 68 m - Chemin de Harrieta
  9. S/E : km 6.12 - alt. 51 m - Car park in front of the church

Reviews and comments

4.3 / 5
Based on 10 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.4 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.4 / 5
Route interest
4.1 / 5
Anaissa
Anaissa

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 27, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Nice walk, very well marked on the Visorando GPS. However, I found the elevation gain to be 294 metres, compared to the 389 metres given in the Visorando description.

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vinorando
vinorando

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 03, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Amazing! This walk around Bassussary is definitely worth the detour. A bit muddy at the end of winter, but nothing too bad.

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Gilles Maréchal
Gilles Maréchal

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 29, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Route followed using the app and IGN as backup.
Done on the afternoon of 29 July (bright sunshine), so before the school holidays, no crowds.
As reported by others, there were a few wet and muddy spots, but this amounted to a few hundred metres in two or three places near streams. Done in trainers without any problems.
We searched for a while for the (tiny) wash house before coming across it. It would be worth restoring it to show it off to its best advantage.
A lovely walk, sometimes among pretty houses, sometimes on the plain or in the middle of trees.
Overall, well signposted.
/!\ And as in the previous comment, be careful at point (2).

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clairon
clairon

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 16, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

The hike is not very picturesque at first, but becomes more enjoyable as it passes through paths and the forest. Be careful, there is an extremely dangerous section where you have to cross the road at a bend with no visibility to reach the path that branches off to the right (point 2).

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peaudail
peaudail

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : May 06, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

I have travelled this route on foot, by mountain bike and running.
The dampness makes this walk dangerous.
Shouldn't the local council, which is responsible for managing and maintaining it, secure the low-lying areas with something other than slippery pallets that end up rotting?

Securing the section that leads to the Nive would open up Bassussarry.

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Tony64
Tony64

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 15, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

Very beautiful hike around the village

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jackie techene
jackie techene

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 16, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Pleasant hike, mostly through the forest, with three short steep sections. However, this area is prone to flooding, and even in July there are some very muddy and poorly maintained sections (see photo). You will pass through some beautiful residential areas.
Be careful at the start of the hike (level 2) when heading towards the alluvial plain, as there is an unmarked hole hidden
by grass on a small footbridge!!!! __''

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Liseclem
Liseclem

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 26, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant circular route between the village, fields and forest, easy to follow. The walk is varied.

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Les pin-ups
Les pin-ups

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 06, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

A good route thanks to its diversity and pleasantness. Fortunately, we had the Visorando descriptions because the signposting was very poor.
However, there was a lot of mud on the forest paths, especially between points 5 and 6, which were really impassable, which was a shame.
Best done in very dry weather.

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Castelet
Castelet

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 14, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant walk with the advantage of being close to Bayonne.

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