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Ainhoa
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On the Camino de Santiago, this small village is one of France’s most beautiful, with its typical Basque architecture of large half-timbered and corbelled houses.
Introduction to Ainhoa
On the Camino de Santiago, the small town of Ainhoa is one of France’s most beautiful villages, with its typical Basque architecture of large half-timbered and corbelled houses.
Key Facts
- Type of place: village.
- Tourist interest: (worth seeing).
- Location: in the south of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, very close to the Spanish border.
- Distances:
- Local time: .
- Population: 664 inhabitants (2014).
- Area: 16.19 km².
- Altitude: from 52 to 649 m.
- Website: http://www.ainhoa-tourisme.com
History of Ainhoa
What to see and do in Ainhoa
This "street bastide" features traditional Basque architecture, with white and red large half-timbered and corbelled houses. Its old cemetery contains disc-shaped and tabular steles, also typical of the Basque Country.