UK- Jeanette Baïta in Urrugne

Welcome at our chambres d'hôtes and on our website!

This site has information about us and what we have to offer, as well as activities in the surrounding area, some of which we can organise for you

We look forward to seeing you as one of our guests in the near future at Urrugne.

See you soon…we are:

Jeanette Baïta                                Tel: +33 (0)5 59 85 88 30 or 3605153394 (US)
7, Rue Notre Dame de Socorri           Fax: +33 (0)5 59 85 88 30 or 6314923990 (US)
64122 URRUGNE                               Mobile: +33 (0)6 83 20 82 66
E-mail:Jeanette Baïta

....and Welcome in the Pays Basque...

At Jeanette Baita we are on the edge of the Basque region which has a long history and a proud sense of tradition.

The Basques are a secretive people that live in a romantic environment... Their surroundings consist of powerful landscapes from rocky mountains, rivers and streams to the coast of the Atlantic Ocean.

The origins of these people has been until now largely unexplained, but many facts (among others examination of the language) suggest that they originally came about 4000 years ago from the Caucasus, stemming from Asiatic nomads. They are one of the oldest peoples of Europe and settled around the Pyrenean Region. About the 9th century Inigo Arista started the Basque Dynasty by becoming King of Pamplona and the history continued for two centuries, when Sanchez the Great took the throne.

The region was always closely connected with Spain and France, and until the French revolution the three French regions kept their autonomy. They are now known as Béarn, The Departement: Basses-Pyrénées.

Euskara, the Basque language unites the people on either side of the border, which is considered the oldest non-indigenous language of Europe. There is also the traditional Basque dance accompanied by a drum and a flute, and PELOTA a very fast sport (one of the fastest sport in the world up – ball speeds of up to 200 km/h) is played with a ball bounced against a wall either by hand or with a special net.

Basque people do not live in their houses but with their houses. The “Etcheko jaun”, the unsurpassed “Lord of the house”, has the assignment to guard the family property and estate. Among which he is responsible to pass the house down to the oldest child of the family - that's also the reason that every house has a unique name.

The name of our house is Jeanette Baita, which means:

At Jeanette's!