Urtubie Castle: tourist and cultural visit to the Basque Country
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Meet at the 2025 gardens at the Château d’Urtubie – June 7 and 8, 2025
On the occasion of the Meet at the gardens, a national and European event organized by the Ministry of Culture, the Château d’Urtubie opens its gardens to visitors and offers a rich program of sensory and botanical discoveries.
Discover this year:
The Garden of Simples
A medieval-inspired garden dedicated to medicinal plants, known as “simples,” used in the Middle Ages for natural healing. An opportunity to rediscover the ancestral use of plants and their history.
The castle grounds in bloom
Roses and hydrangeas are beginning to bloom, providing an enchanting setting for a stroll.
Sensory exhibition in the Orangery only on Sunday, June 8
An exhibition on the beneficial plants of the Basque Country, with olfactory and visual games to test your knowledge while having fun: can you recognize the plants in the Garden of Simples?
ℹ️ Practical information
Schedules :
- Saturday 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- Sunday 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2:15 p.m. to 6:00 p.m..
Prices preferential :
- Adults: €7.50
- Children (5–16 years): €3
a historic monument
A HISTORICAL MONUMENT TO DISCOVER
Belonging to the same family since its construction in 1341, this fortified castle was enlarged in the 16th and 18th centuries to become today a very welcoming Historical Monument, furnished and decorated with refinement
Castle visit
The stones of Urtubie tell six centuries of Basque history.
Charming hotel
Family house, originally a fortified castle from the 14th century, the Urtubie Castle welcomes you for short and long stays
Dalzate shop
The DALZATE brand was born at the chateau of Urtubia on the Basque Coast, in the immediate vicinity of Saint-Jean-de-Luz.
Urtubie Castle
a historic monument
This fortified castle still belongs to the same family since its construction in 1341 . Additions and improvements were carried out in the XVIe and XVIIIe centuries and the castle of Urtubie is today an inviting historic monument , furnished and decorated with refinement .
The stones of Urtubie tell six centuries of history of the Basque Country . King Louis XI sejourned in the castle in 1463 and Louis XIV raised the domain to the status of viscounty in 1654 . In the 19th century Soult then Wellington were known to the castle during the Napoléonic wars .
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