Just eight kilometers from the border with the Navarrese valley of Baztan, the town of Espelette (Ezpeleta in Basque) is one of the most unique in the French Basque Country. Its economic and aesthetic ...

The land of the Basque people, split between Spain and France, is a “nation without a state” — left off the map when they drew Europe’s national borders. The Basque Country is often left out of travel ...

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