LUX April 2017

LUX - April 2017 21 Basque Cuisine and Relax in The Atlantique Pyrenees Basque Cuisine and Relax in The Atlantique Pyrenees This small hotel comprises of just 6 bedrooms, which affords it the luxury of time to attend to every detail, to take care of its guests, and to ultimately, help ensure that you live an experience while you enjoy the Basque country beautiful region, a story, in which you are the main protagonists. The Hotel Rural & Spa Atxaspi is a themed hotel about the Basque Country, a space which reflects the owner´s vision of the beautiful region in a personal and creative way. Each of the 6 bedrooms represents one of the 6 provinces of the Basque Country region, and reflects that province´s unique history and culture. There is also a small exclusive spa area where guests can relax in privacy. The Hotel Rural & Spa Atxaspi is in the Baztan Bidasoa Valley, in Navarra, a magical location where the mountains of the Pyrenees meet with the Atlantic Ocean. A green and tranquil valley which, according to the literary trilogy “Baztan” by Dolores Redondo, which has been translated into over 30 languages and on which the celebrated movie, “The Invisible Guardian” shares the same producer as Stieg Larsson´s Milenium trilogy, Peter Nadermann, hides many secrets. In the Baztan valley, the cradle of Basque culture, the majority of locals still speak Basque, a language whose origins are still unknown. The many legends, traditions, music and sports of this unique part of the world are very much kept alive here and there are a number of innovative cultural tourism programs that work alongside new technologies to help bring this rich culture to life for visitors to the region. The Hotel Rural & Spa Atxaspi is just 30km away from Biarritz and San Sebastian, which Tripadvisor classed as the best European beach of 2016 and renowned as the second best Michelin star city in the world per inhabitant, after Kyoto, where you can taste one of the best gastronomy in the world, the Basque cuisine. The Hotel Rural & Spa Atxaspi is a Hotel with a private SPA, with the “Q” award for quality and recognised by Booking.com as the best hotel in the Baztan Valley with a rating of 9.3. Contact: Lidia, Ali Email: [email protected] Company: Hotel Rural & Spa Atxaspi Bittiria, 16, 31770-Lesaka (Navarra) Spain, 948637536 Web Address www.atxaspi.com