HERMITA DE SAN MARCIAL

In the 16th century, Don Beltrán de la Cueva, Captain General of Gipuzkoa, had a hermitage built on Mount Aldabe to commemorate the victory over the French troops at the Battle of San Marcial on 30 June 1522. The first hermitage was destroyed in a fire and rebuilt in 1804. The tower dates from 1910. Next to the hermitage there is a viewpoint with a beautiful panorama of the whole town of Irún, the bay of Txingudi, Hondarribia, the Bidasoa River and Mount Jaizkibel. The GR 11 long-distance footpath runs through this area.