Aroue › Ostabat-Asme

🗺️ Stage Map

📖 Stage Description

An iconic stage through the Basque interior. At the stele of Gibraltar, three great pilgrimage routes converge — an emotional moment that stops many walkers in their tracks. The first distant views of the Pyrenees serve as a reminder that the French portion of the journey is nearly over.

This stage crosses the Pyrénées-Atlantiques region over 21.9 km with 390 m of positive elevation gain. The main villages along the route are: Arbérats-Sillègue (km 7.3) and Larceveau (km 14).

🌄 Walking Conditions

Sun exposure and terrain type over 24,3 km

☀ Sun Exposure

🥾 Terrain

⏱️ Estimated Time for You

Estimate your walking time based on your profile — calculation based on Naismith's rule and the stage elevation.

📍 Villages and Waypoints

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  Aroue · Start

  Starting point of stage 31. Altitude : 120 m.

  💧 Water🏕️ Accommodation
• 7.3km

  Arbérats-Sillègue

  Village on stage 31.

  💧 Water🏕️ Accommodation
• 14.0km

  Larceveau

  Village on stage 31.

  💧 Water🏕️ Accommodation
• 21.9km

  Ostabat-Asme · End

  End point of stage 31.

  💧 Water🛒 Shops🏕️ Accommodations

⚠️ Practical Information

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  Difficulty

  Increasingly pronounced Basque hills — sustained climbs in the final third of the stage.

  Stele of Gibraltar (km 18): symbolic crossroads where three historic pilgrimage routes meet.

  Rougher terrain in the last section — walking poles recommended.
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  Water points

  Aroue (start)

  Larceveau (km 14)

  Ostabat (km 24,3)
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  Supplies

  Ostabat-Asme km 24,3 · Supermarket · Bakery
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  AccommodationHostels, B&Bs and campsites available at the end.
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  Monuments & Heritage

  Larceveau km 14 · Typical Basque village with a pelota fronton, a church with gallery porches and discoid steles

  Stele of Gibraltar km 18 · Basque stele marking the confluence of the Tours route (Via Turonensis) and Vézelay route (Lemovicensis) with the GR65

  Basque wayside cross km 20 · Red sandstone cross with Basque discoid steles (hilarri), a unique funerary heritage

  Romanesque chapel of Saint-Nicolas d'Harambeltz km 21.9 · 12th-century Romanesque chapel, former medieval pilgrim hospice, with a single nave and ornate apse
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  Taxi / Retreat options

  Taxi Saint-Palais — 05 59 65 74 60

  Taxi Mauléon — 05 59 28 04 98

  Votre accommodation à Ostabat peut appeler un taxi