Visit the Flysch

Different types and lengths of guided tours are available year round to explore the most spectacular spots and satisfy everyone?s curiosity.

Discover flysch by boat

A fascinating excursion by sea will allow visitors a close-up view of the coastal sea cliffs and the impressive outcrop of flysch from Deba to Zumaia, or the different but equally spectacular black flysch deposits at the so-called Seven Beaches of Mutriku. Various combinations of routes by sea and on foot provide a number of ways to explore the area.

Discover flysch on foot

A wide network of coastal footpaths connects the towns of Zumaia, Deba and Mutriku. To see the best of the area on foot, we highly recommend one of the excursions or guided tours, such as the Deba-Zumaia coastal trek. A guide will accompany visitors through more than 50 million years of geological, natural and human history.

Nautilus - Geological interpretation Centre of Mutriku

The cliffs at Mutriku are made up of layers of black flysch embedded with a vast amount of fossils dating back more than 100 million years. After many years of work experts have brought together a significant collection of samples which are now on display at the Nautilus. The interpretation centre also explains how flysch was formed on the seabed 110 years ago and what marine life was like at the time when today's Basque coast was totally underwater.

Jose Antonio Eceiza - 20830 Mutriku 943 603 378 / 689 137 918 nautilus@mutriku.net - www.mutriku.net/nautilus

OPENING HOURS

  • LOW SEASON
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  • HIGH SEASON (july - august)

    • Tuesday to Saturday: 10:00 - 14:00 / 17:00 - 19:00

    • Sunday: 10:00 - 14:00

    • Monday: CLOSED

Algorri - Zumaia

At the Algorri Interpretation Centre visitors will find accessible, understandable and enjoyable information on the area?s natural environment and the fascinating story behind flysch formations. Local experts will help visitors ?read? the rocks and provide them with clues on some of the Earth?s most enigmatic secrets, including climatic cycles and massive extinctions.

OPENING HOURS

  • Open from February through November

  • Tuesday to Sunday: mornings and afternoons

(contact us for exact opening times)

Juan Belmonte, 21 - 20750 Zumaia (Gipuzkoa) 943 143 100 - algorri@zumaia.net www.algorri.eu