After borrowing theGR 10 from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Hendaye  through the Pyrenees, I decided to continue my journey by following the Spanish inland Basque path from the city of Irun, given thebeauty of its landscapes and its rich historical past. 

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It is certainly one of the oldest pilgrimage routes in the Iberian Peninsula. Originally it was an old Roman road which had been used in the Middle Ages to create a new, safer route, thus avoiding the dangers of attacks by enemy peoples, very present on the northern path.more exposed on the Atlantic coast. 

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At that time between the 10th and 13th centuries, the inland Basque way was therefore one of the best-known routes to reach the city of Santiago de Compostela. Then it fell little by little into oblivion, while the rise of the French way began which still remains today the "royal way" for the majority of the pilgrims throughout the world.

buen camino :-) ✨ ⭐ Lionel de Compostelle 🦋

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