Staying in Deba - Hotel Kanala

Elizabeth Cheung said:

So has anyone stayed at Hotel Kanala outside Deba? I am starting to look at where I want to stay and book (because I am using bag transfer). Deba doesn't have a lot to choose from once you forgo the muncipal. Zumari is booked up for the day I would be there. I just wanted to know if people stayed at Hotel Kanala, how did you get there if you do the coastal alternative? I see there is a bus. Is that basically how you got there and then back to Deba in the morning? I did a google map directions to and from the hotel and it does appear there is a bus that goes once every hour. Can anyone who has used it confirm with me if that is true or if they caught a cab up what the approximate cost was. Many thanks!

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Hi, Elizabeth,
I have not stayed in Hotel Kanala, but I see that it is in Itziar. If you take the Ruta del Flysch from Zumaia, you will not go through Itziar. I walked from the albergue in Getaria, through Zumaia, on the Flysch to Deba, and from Deba continued on to Izarbide. I am surprised to see that Gronze doesn’t list the albergue there, https://izarbideaterpetxea.wixsite.com/izarbide

I know they had a rough spot when the owner’s dad was very ill and they turned it over to what turned out to be unreliable friends. https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/izarbide-is-back.51052/#post-559868

But the last I heard they were back in the groove. It is a lovely place, a few kms after Deba, and I assume they would take your pack.

So, I don’t know where you are going to be starting the day, but it’s a doable stretch from Getaria. And oh so so beautiful!!!!