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Deba → Olatz
km 0 – 5.5 · 5.5 km
A climb past farmhouses to the Olatz valley.
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Camino del Norte · Stage 4 of 36
The stage leaves the coast and heads into the hills: the Olatz valley, woods and tracks along the slopes of Mount Arno, with almost no villages or services, to Markina, in Bizkaia.
Profile
A long climb from Deba, a high stretch over the Arno and a final descent to Markina.
Town by town
Every town with services along the way. Out of season some bars and albergues close; the app shows you which ones are open near you as you walk.
Hermitage in a quiet valley
Hermitage of San Miguel de Arretxinaga, with its altar beneath three rocks
The route
A climb past farmhouses to the Olatz valley.
Tracks over Mount Arno and a long descent to Markina.
Tips
Between Deba and Markina there is almost nowhere to buy anything. Leave well stocked.
In fog, follow the waymarks carefully on the mountain tracks.
Markina’s hermitage has its altar set between three giant rocks.
Choose how many kilometres you want to walk each day and Suseia splits the route from Deba to Santiago into stages based on the albergues in each town. Free and without signing up.
Common questions
About 21.6 km. Walking takes between 5 and 6 hours, with short breaks.
Demanding difficulty. A long climb from Deba, a high stretch over the Arno and a final descent to Markina.