The Tourist Consortium of the Navarrese Pyrenees is a collective initiative, a civil association without moneymaking non-profit-making knit together public and private entities, decided to work for the development of the tourist sustainable section of the region.

"For any neighbour of any village of the Navarrese Pyrenees, is an honour to preside and work in an entity with the objectives that wants the Consortium. Is the first experience of the association that has transcended the limits of our isolated villages and valleys. The first who join the public and private entities with an objective: work together for the development tourist sustainable in the Navarrese Pyrenees. It has been and it is today also, rural and tourism development example for a lot of rural regions. Is, although the difficulties derivates of a declined demographic situation, little social dynamism, difficult in the communications (roads and internet), political little help, etc, an enthusiastic project for all the people implicated in it. As mine predecessor said in the presidency of this consortium, perhaps the words hosts and invited are the best to resume the culture of encounter and respect that we want to life and share. The pleasure of travel, know, learn and share, wonder go back what move us to follow with our work. All of you are invited, we wait you in the virtual navigation and especially in our villages and valleys." Jose Angel Cambra Burgaleta President of the Tourist Consortium of the Navarrese Pyrenees   The consortium was created in 1995 with agglutinate vocation of the public sector (town halls and “juntas del valle”) and private (tourist professionals associations); as organism of the technical control of the tourism model; as creator and promoter of the marc of the region; as guarantee and controlled of the quality in a region of the local level. The area, large and recourses with a big variety, there is in the nororiental quadrant of Navarre. More than 2.000km2, from the Pyrenees valleys towards pre-Pyrenean basins. Some facts: - 17 valleys and/or historical villages - More than one hundred townships - 2.042 km2 - 2.421 m the tallest top - 94 km of borderline - 13.000 habitants - 109.880 sheeps, 8.620 cows, 1143 horses - 62 % of the area is forest - 43.700 Ha beech woods - 2.000 cataloged plants, 171 endemism - 268 species and subspecies of vertebrates, 23 very strange - 16 protected natural spaces - 369 km of migratory routes - 78 megalithic monuments distributioned in 19 stations - First 65 kms of the Road to Santiago in the Iberian Peninsula: Luzaide/Valcarlos-Orreaga/Roncesvalles-Olloki-Esteribar. - 21 of the 22 granaries of Navarre. - Karst system of Larra-Belagua: San Martin abyss 1340 m deep. The second deepest of Europe terrestrial cavity. - Forest of Irati: the biggest deciduous forest of Europe (17.000 Has) - Pre-pyrenean basins:(Irunberri/Lumbier, Arbaiun, Ugarron, Benasa): refuge of rapacious with high risk as the sea eagle. - A lot of paths of the region: more than 750 km. - More than 150 associates services: hotels rural, country houses, camping, hostels, pubs and restaurants, commerce’s and artisans, culture and nature activities enterprises. - And more details…

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