GASTRONOMY VIA VERDE DEL PLAZAOLA

It is an area where a wide variety of local products are traditionally eaten well. At the steakhouses, grilled steaks are the star dish, served just right for meat lovers. In what are known as cider houses, the steak is served accompanied by cod omelette, cheese dessert with quince paste and all the cider you can drink. In any case, the offer is varied, and the restaurants offer quality service.

Rural houses, Accommodations. Astitz, Navarra

Astitzko Aterpea / Astitz Hostel.

Astitz, Navarra

Restaurant indicative price: €12-€22 person Come to Etxaleku. Homemade meals in the best corner of the Imotz Valley. A unique environment for the recreation of the little ones and the enjoyment of the elderly. With several outdoor terraces that will make you discover pleasant sensations. Real contact with all types of farm animals Hiking in harmony with nature Txoko for the most txikis to play

ETXALEKU OSTATUA

ETXALEKU - 12-22€ pers

Restaurants

Restaurant guide price: €12-25 person The San Miguel de Aralar Restaurant, located in Uharte Arakil, offers traditional Navarra cuisine made with regional products. Next to the Sanctuary and with excellent views, it offers exquisite cuisine of dishes for all tastes and seasonal suggestions. Wide offer, which includes the weekly menu, roasts to order, appetizers, weddings, family celebrations and menus for groups and children.

BAR-RESTAURANT SAN MIGUEL DE ARALAR

SAN MIGUEL €12-24 pers.

Restaurants

Restaurant indicative price: €40 person Most customers recommend trying their well-crafted empanadas, their generous entrecôte and their attractive entrecôte. They will offer you a unique curd and a delicate fruit cake. Based on customer reviews, cider is amazing at this grill. This place is known for its sensational coffee.

GALARTZA III GRILL

BARAIBAR - €40 pers.

Restaurants

Indicative restaurant price: €23-25 person The Casa Etxeberri restaurant is one of those places that you have to visit, a typical restaurant where you will eat well at a good price in an unparalleled environment on the slopes of Aralar, on the way to San Miguel counting with unbeatable views. Specifically, Casa Etxeberri is located in the old stable of the family home, with capacity for 70 people, which is always packed since they are only open on weekends and are in high demand. At Casa Etxeberri you can enjoy the homemade cuisine that Josefina prepares, made with care and sweetness with the best products. The tasting menu: asparagus, chistorra, beans, accompanied by cabbage and blood sausage, as well as stew soup. Ajoarriero or kokotxas. Roast lamb or sparrow, raised at home, with salad. Veal chops. Good wine and organic cider. For dessert; Goxua, curd in season and cheese with quince and walnuts, also all homemade. To finish, coffee and liquors. The price is 23-25 euros, all included.

ETXEBERRIA RESTAURANT

GOLDARATZ - €23-25 pers

Restaurants

Restaurant guide price: €60 person Located in a rustic hamlet in Lekunberri (Navarra), surrounded by gardens halfway between Pamplona and San Sebastián, Asador Epeleta is in an ideal setting for visiting the Sierra de Aralar and the Mendukilo cave in Astiz. Today, Asador Epeleta offers market cuisine, made entirely on the grill. As our tradition indicates, we acquire the best that the market offers in terms of fish and chops. In our establishment the main feature is the grill, always on high heat. It equally welcomes sirloins and chops as well as cod, sea bream, monkfish and turbot that alternate on the menu depending on what the sea and the market of the day offer. Separated from our dining room, we can see it through a large glass. Our customers guarantee our careful selection and preparation of our dishes with top quality products.

EPELETA RESTAURANT

LEKUNBERRI - €60 per person

Restaurants

Restaurant guide price: €11-15 person In the center of Leitza, surrounded by huge Basque farmhouses, is the Musunzar, a charming rural hostel, in an ideal environment for practicing nature sports. It is a robust stone building, with its balconies and mezzanines, which has on the ground floor a restaurant with a menu of homemade food, abundant and at a good price, of recognized fame among locals and tourists. It has eight comfortable rooms, four of them duplex, with bathroom and all the necessary amenities. A family hostel where you will feel at home. -The hostel is in Leitza, which is a large town, with a lot of industry, but it has a historical part that is worth visiting, with its large Basque farmhouses, its flowery balconies and its narrow streets. El Musunzar is part of this privileged enclave. -It is very easy to get to the hostel since it is located next to the main street that runs through Leitza. You can park without problems nearby without having to enter the old part. -Leitza is located in an environment with numerous tourist attractions, ideal for hiking. We recommend you go with bicycles […]

H. RURAL RESTAURANT MUSUNZAR

LEITZA - Rest. €11-€15 pers.

Accommodation Hotels Restaurants

Restaurant guide price: €16-33 person There are hotels with history, and the Ayestarán opened in 1912 is the story of an elegant era, when the most illustrious people arrived on the Plazaola train to enjoy the tranquility of the countryside. King Baudouin of Belgium, Ernest Hemingway, Orson Wells... spent the night there in a family hotel, declared a Historical Artistic Heritage, and which has all the necessary comforts of modern life. The hotel is made up of two buildings, one open all year round, and the other, with a swimming pool and a large garden, for the summer months. -The hotel is in Lekunberri, a place always on the way, full of economic and commercial activity and which preserves an interesting historic center with enormous Basque farmhouses. -Lekumberri is the starting point to discover the Sierra de Aralar, with its Sanctuary of San Miguel, its caves and its dense forests in which to practice hiking. The Plazaola Greenway is another of its tourist attractions, especially for bicycle lovers. A spectacular environment that is well worth a visit. -The hotel is the work of Víctor Eusa, one of the best Navarrese architects, and has been, for its outstanding architecture, declared […]