Pagoeta Natural Park

Mount Pagoeta is closest to the villages of Aia and Laurgain, and near the coastal towns of Zarautz and Orio.

For example, installations remain throughout the park for making charcoal from wood and the water-powered Aborregi forge has been reconstructed.

In addition to demonstrating historical practices, the park continues to display human intervention in the environment, with reforestation and the formation of an exotic species botanical garden.

There are also archaeological remnants of the prehistoric occupants of the area, with dolmens, barrows and cave deposits.

The park has large woods, colorful in autumn, featuring groves of beech, oak and alder.