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Rhune travel guide

Rhune mountain is found near Sare and Ainhoa, just inland from St Jean de Luz in Aquitaine and on the border between France and Spain.

The site has long been an important site for the Basque population. Various dolmens, menhirs and prehistoric sites are found on the mountain, indicating that it has also been important to the locals for many thousands of years.

It is now possible to take a small train that chugs its way up the mountain through the pretty countryside. Alternatively there are many walks / hikes that lead around and up the mountain.

Note: Until a couple of hundred years ago it was believed that witches would congregate at the top of the Rhune mountain - so the local villagers paid for a monk to live their in an effort to deter their nocturnal gatherings.

 

Rhune: tourist information, map, travel plans and gites

Rhune, Basque mountain, France
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Map of Rhune, France
Travel, hotels and holiday gites, Rhune

See the Visit Rhune section above for gites and hotels local to the area. For more general French travel options, see the Gites in France listings, or French holidays for other holidays, and Travel to France for ferries, Rhune car-hire, eurotunnel, cheap flights etc.

 

Places to visit - Rhune

Any places listed above are within about 20-25 km (as the crow flies)

 

Information and photos of Rhune, France

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