Close to the Pyrenees, garden and breakfast

We live in a beautiful newly built house in a small village 25 minutes from Pamplona by highway, 30 minutes from the Pyrenees and just over an hour from San Sebastian beach, enjoying the peace of the Leyre Monastery and nature. The space A room and a large loft-style living room with a sloping ceiling, TV, video, movies, reading room, Wi-Fi, space to work and connect computers, exclusively for guests. The accommodation includes breakfast. We would appreciate any information regarding any food intolerances. Guest access You have access to the terrace with an exit from the kitchen, where you can have breakfast, and to the garden on the ground floor. Shared kitchen. Two bathrooms, one of them exclusively for guests. Ample outdoor parking. Piscinas municipales a scasos metros. Other things to note Yesa is also the first enclave in Navarre on the Aragonese Way of St. James and the one that welcomes you, and a gateway to the Pyrenees. Romanesque and Gothic art, monasteries, castles, and fortresses. The unparalleled beauty of the Pyrenees, its natural surroundings, the water. Taste Navarre's rich cuisine, its wines, its wineries, hiking, water sports, horseback riding... Believe it or not, all this is just 5-10 minutes away, at your leisure! - Monastery of San Salvador de Leyre, a Romanesque and Gothic treasure, pantheon of the kings of Navarre. An atmosphere of peace and serenity that invites the rest of the spirit, reflection and inner peace. Overwhelming Gregorian chants; and conversation with the Benedictine monks (7.30, 19.00 and 21.00h). Taste their incredible herbal liqueurs. Look for its routes and walks. You can learn more on the Leyre Monastery website. - Javier Castle, a medieval fortress. A drawbridge will introduce you to a world of towers, dungeons, machicolations, embrasures, and arrow slits, and will allow you to get to know the place where San Francisco Javier was born (1506) and lived, co-founder of the Society of Jesus and one of the most universal missionaries. - At the foot of the Sierra de Leyre (spectacular views from the Monastery), a huge green and bluish spot stretches along 10 km. in length, beautifying a landscape dominated by gall oak, beech and pine forests that announce the proximity of the Pyrenees. It is the Yesa reservoir, a treasure of water that has been called the Pyrenean sea and that allows you to practice water sports, fishing, or simply rest in an environment of great beauty. How about relaxing in some outdoor hot springs, with water at 37 degrees? When the water level drops between late August and November, the ruins of an ancient Roman spa emerge. The sunsets within these waters are spectacular! Around the reservoir you will find some uninhabited villages. If you like photography, leave the car behind and explore at sunset. - In the heart of the Navarrese Pyrenees, stands the impressive Foz de Lumbier, which has been meticulously carved into the rock by the constant erosion of the Irati River. The Foz de Lumbier is a landscape with very high gorges sheltered by a privileged flora and fauna, and give shelter to a large colony of griffon vultures. There is a reception and information area, as well as a Gorge Interpretation Center in the Plaza Mayor of Lumbier. On the Natura website, you can find rafting trips down the Irati River and many more activities. And also if you want to see Sangüesa, the castle of Javier, the Yesa reservoir, the Sierra de Leyre and the Pyrenees or longer routes from the air, you can contact Vuelo Lumbier. Let yourself be carried away by the recommendations of the rich gastronomy and its organic wines at Bodegas Azpea. - The Irati Forest is the second largest and best preserved beech-fir forest in Europe, after Germany's Black Forest. An immense green area of about 17,000 hectares that remains in an almost virgin state. A forest that will give you a multitude of sensations: the encounter alone with nature, the wild murmur of water between beech and fir trees, the coolness of the Irati River or the Irabia reservoir, the elusive sound of animals and fallen leaves in autumn, the smell of forest fruits and the softness of the grass mantle that covers this jewel of the Pyrenees. Grab your camera and hiking boots and set off on one of the marked trails that run through the forest. Hemingway used to come here to relax when the San Fermín festivities ended. From Lumbier, follow the Na 178 to Ezcaroz and then the Na 140 to reach Ochagavía. From Ochagavía, take the NA 2012 to ascend Puerto de Tapla and enter the Irati Forest. - Valleys of Salazar and Roncal. These valleys are home to rugged landscapes shrouded in fog and snow, peaks that exceed 2,000 meters accompanied by an intoxicating green, tangled forests and the water of their rivers. In Roncal and Salazar, man has asked nature's permission to live with it. The Pyrenean village emerges from stone houses, curved roofs sloping to two or four waters, wooden frames and beams, cobbled streets,... What this part of Navarre holds is worth it. - Sangüesa, a border and Jacobean town, hospitable and monumental. Sangüesa is a mixture of mountain and river, a city to contemplate and experience with just over 5,000 inhabitants. The most important city in eastern central Navarre is known for the Camino de Santiago (St. James Way) and for one of its architectural jewels: the portal of the church of Santa María, the pinnacle of the Romanesque and a national monument. Stroll through the old streets of Sangüesa, stopping at each of its splendid buildings; participate in its medieval traditions and try its famous pochas (beans). Ten minutes from Sangüesa is Sos del Rey Católico, a town declared a historic-artistic site and of cultural interest, which will transport you to the Middle Ages through its streets, palaces and walls. The entire complex and its surroundings invite you to spend a few days discovering the history of the Cinco Villas region. - Pamplona, the capital of the Old Kingdom, founded by the Romans and crossed by the Camino de Santiago, offers endless possibilities. Stroll through its centuries-old walls and cobbled streets, rest in parks and terraces, savor its delicious pinchos. Pamplona is a city to walk around and enjoy. I have a friend in Malaga and every time she visits Pamplona she says that here we still have small shops, artisans and 'lifelong' businesses. I hope it's for a long time! One of my favorite streets is Calle Curia. At the top of the street you will find the Cathedral. Ernest Hemingway visited Pamplona nine times and left us his legacy. Much of the universal fame of the Sanfermines is due to the references that, about these festivities, he collected in his journalistic chronicles and in his novel "The sun also rises", known as "Fiesta" in the Spanish-speaking world. From July 6 to 14, what happens in Pamplona cannot be explained. You have to experience it! Visit Hemingway's website and you can enjoy the San Fermines in Heminggway style. 1959 was the last time Ernest Hemingway (born in 1899, died in 1961) visited Navarra. It was in this last year that “Life” magazine wanted to dedicate the cover and a large space to the figure of Hemingway. To do this, they sent a journalist and a photographer to Pamplona. And it was the writer himself who proposed that the fishing images obtained by photographer Julio Ubiña be captured on the shore of the Yesa reservoir. That is why today the image of the writer has been forever immortalized and linked to this environment thanks to that report. And if you have time, La Bella Easo, as San Sebastian is known, is just over an hour (highway) away and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao (highway) is two hours away.