Five kilometres north of St-Étienne de Baïgorry in the hamlet of Urdos, this rural hotel has cheerful rooms (renovated in 2016) that overlook green fields and a bubbling mountain-fed brook. You can eat some of the denizens of said brook, such as delicious trout, for lunch at the in-house restaurant (open Tuesday to Sunday; two-/three-course menu €22/30).
Hôtel-Restaurant Manexenea
French Basque Country
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