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Hondarribia's article (in English)
Sports
[edit]The women's basketball team Hondarribia-Irun and the rowing club Hondarribia Arraun Elkartea are the two most prestigious sports clubs in the town. In the last decade, the judo club Ama Guadalupekoa has had a lot of national medals in this discipline.
The Hondarribia-Irun plays in the Spanish women's basketball league since 2003, and it has been qualified in order to dispute European competitions on several occasions.
Hondarribia has a rowing team called Hondarribia Arraun Elkartea, and its boat is characterized by its green color and its name, “Ama Guadalupekoa”. In 2005 it won “La Bandera de la Concha”, one of the most prestigious competitions of the Basque rowing.
Furthermore, the Vilariño family, which is fully linked to the world of the engine, does not stop achieving success at national and European level.
Hondarribia has its own golf course, where the great player Jose Maria Olazabal, one of the best golf players in the world, was grown; and its own marina, where the Olympic medalist Iker Martinez took his firts boat roads.
San Martin del Castañar article (in English)
Tourism
[edit]San Martin has a major tourist activity in relation to the size of the municipality, especially at Easter and summer holidays. Saint festivities are held in August, they started the 9th and they usually last about 5 days.
Its main attractions are its castle, with a cemetery in the inner part, and the bullring (according to some sources, the second oldest in Spain).
Other remarkable places are the river and its surroundings; the church; the square; fountains or "pylons"; half-timbered houses; driveways; roads and the bakery, the only one in the village, in which "perronillas", assortment of pastries, muffins and “hornazos” are made by hand.
Monuments
[edit]- A castle, where the cementery and an interpretation center are found.
- Houses, which are built with the traditional architecture of “Sierra de Francia”. Typical balconies are very common.
- Church and bell tower
- Plaza Mayor
- Roman bridge
- ”Humilladero” Chapel
- Visigothic ruins (“Legoriza” camping)
- Monastery