The exact date of its foundation is unknown. Hondarribia is an attractive, well preserved, walled town, with a typical fisherman's quarter, ''La Marina''.Its history is that of a frontier town, which was fiercely independent and desired by many. At the beginning of the second millennium it was formally under the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Navarre, until its inhabitants decided to come under the protection of Castille in 1203, when the town was promoted to city and its citizens granted many rights and privileges.The subsequent kings of Navarre did not cede their claim on the town against the will of the people of Hondarribia. Ever since Henri Bourbon et Albret, French suitor to the Kingdom of Navarre, was crowned king of France, him and his descendents started wars of aggression against Spain and the city of Hondarribia to conquer it by force as their right to claim it for France was lacking. Accordingly France attacked Spain over the town repeatedly until Luis XIV and Felipe IV signed the 1658 Treaty of the Pyrenees, and France gave up its claim on Hondarribia. As guarantee of the peace accord, Felipe IV's daughter married Luis XIV just across the border in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques; they then moved across the border to celebrate in the Church of Hondarribia. The previous night, Felipe IV's daughter spent the night in the Casadevante Palace, which incidentally is now a nice hotel.There are two sections of town that are of special interest to the traveler:*'''The old city''' — this section retains its medieval fortified walls and is home to the Palaces of Zuloaga and Casadevante, the Gothic Church "Nuestra Señora del Manzano," the castle of Carlos V, Pampinot Street.* '''La Marina''' — full of multicolored houses and their resident fishermen, along San Pedro and Santiago Streets.Flota_pesquera_Hondarribia.jpg|right|thumb|The fishing fleet moored in Hondarribia's "Port of Refuge"Hondarribia's beach, ports, lighthouse, the beach of Ondarraitz (on the other side of the bay), and the neighboring hillsides are just as attractive, and make it clear why Hondarribia has enjoyed its position as a vacation destination for more than 100 years. http://wikitravel.org/en/Hondarribia