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Plateau de Lhers (Stage 12)

Getting to the start from Hendaye railway station

Head NE from the station, then turn left over the railway and follow the road all the way to the old casino on the seafront at Hendaye-Plage (40mins). If you are on a local train it is quicker to get off at les Deux Jumeaux station and then head N to the seafront.

STAGE 1

Hendaye-Plage to Olhette

Start Résidence Croisière (old casino), Hendaye-Plage Distance 21km Total ascent 1200m Total descent 1100m Time 6hr 5min High point N slopes of Mandale (530m) Note Although Coleman-style camping gas is difficult to find in Hendaye, all types of camping gas are available at the Decathlon store on the Txingudi commercial area at the southwest end of Irún near junction 2 of the A-8 autopista in Spain.

Once Hendaye is left behind the GR10 provides easy walking, through a mixture of woodland and pasture, over the steep rolling hills of the Basque Country.

Hendaye has the international railway station and the main shopping areas while the beach resort of Hendaye-Plage, with its 3km sandy beach, has most of the accommodation and tourist facilities. There are toilets just along the seafront to the W of the start.