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| content=A beautiful hike, alongside some ethereal, unreal looking turquoise pools and through some truly breathtaking views within the National Park of Urbasa-Andia. It is a easy 5km walk (3 hours round trip walk) which takes you from the small village of Baquedano to the source of the River Urederra; a waterfall easily reached by foot for families. [http://www.turismo.navarra.es/imgs/rrtt/05/01/03/00/4310DOC1.PDF This is not the only hike to do in the park, which has a variety of walks of various lengths (up to 24km) and difficulty] among some spectacular countryside.<p>Access to the park is regulated for conservation purposes but free to access and you should book [http://www.nacederourederra.com/Entradas%20urederra.html on their website] prior to going. There are 450 tickets available a day, of which 60% are bookable online, with the remaining allocated to those who turn up.<p>You can get to the park either by renting a car and driving to the area where there is a small car park (3 EUR for parking) or by public transport where from San Sebastian, the trip to Urederra can be broken into two legs.<p>The first leg is to Alsasua, which is easily reached by train or bus from San Sebastian, both taking roughly 90 minutes.<p>[http://www.alsa.es/en/home Bus timetables for Alsa] are available on their website. However, the Alsa bus stop in Alsasua is not marked (and worse its location on a map may be incorrectly marked as being on Calle San Juan) but it is outside a residential home for elderly people on [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.894287&mlon=-2.175398#map=17/42.89429/-2.17674 Calle Idertzagain].<p>The second leg involves a 30 minute taxi ride (40 EUR one way) from Alsasua, (+34 608776154, Taxi Goikoetxea - Spanish-speaking only) to Baquedano. If you have not put together a picnic, the bakeries and cafes along San Juan make for a good choice as Baquedano has no shops.<p>Remember to arrange in good time the taxi ride back to Alsasua for the bus/train back.