Elizondo, the capital of the Baztan valley, will amaze you with its numerous mansion houses and palaces. Elizondo lies at the geographical and nerve centre of the Baztan valley. Located in the north of Navarre, the valley encompasses fifteen towns within its municipal boundaries, which are dotted throughout the luxuriant green landscape of the Atlantic Pyrenees. The town, divided by the river Baztan, enjoys a mild, damp Atlantic climate. Elizondo is notable for the large number of mansion houses and palaces in its historical quarter between the streets of Jaime Urrutia and Braulio Iriarte. Most of these properties used to belong to local people who emigrated to America and wanted to leave a legacy of the fortunes they made there.