Luzaide/Valcarlos

The centre is now open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We can explore it from the comfort of our own homes, learn more about its contents, and access new information. How is this possible? Quite simply, through this website and its virtual tour. From here, we can easily discover each of its…

This new website, promoted by the Luzaide/Valcarlos Village Council, gives shape to the “PROJECT FOR A VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE EXHIBITION CENTRE OF THE BATTLE OF RONCEVAUX PASS/ORREAGAKO GATAZKA: 778 LUZAIDE/VALCARLOS”, included in the Extraordinary Programme for Sustainable Tourism in Destinations 2021-2023 and part of the grant awarded to the Cederna Garalur Association for the…

An open door and a welcoming place for walkers entering the Peninsula, Luzaide/Valcarlos has been a privileged stop on the Way of Saint James since ancient times. Today, thanks to its strategic location between Donibane Garazi/San Juan Pie de Puerto and Orrega/Roncesvalles, and its numerous services, Luzaide/Valcarlos is a key point on the Way of…

On Easter Sunday, Luzaide/Valcarlos celebrates what is known as Bolant eguna, or Day of ‘Los Bolantes’. The carnival troupe, made up of a varying number of ‘dantzaris’ (dancers) and characters, parades and dances through the village centre and some of its neighbourhoods (Pekotxeta and Bentak), and also visits Arnegi. The festival takes its name from…

This is the exhibition that gives the Centre its name. It has been produced in collaboration with Xabier Irujo, from the Centre for Basque Studies at the University of Reno (Nevada, USA), who has recently carried out new research on the Battle. Charlemagne’s rearguard, as it passed through the Pyrenees, was defeated in the ravines…