Stay : Walks between Navarre, Basque Country and Rioja
A vacation in the north of Spain will allow you to travel along roads and paths between the ocean and the Pyrenees, discovering the Basque Country, Navarre and Rioja. These provinces have their own personalities, while sharing common features: a rich and varied heritage, excellent gastronomy and wide open spaces inviting to walk. Itinerary in the North of Spain.
Summary of the stay
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15 days
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Detail of the stay : Walks between Navarre, Basque Country and Rioja - 15 days
Day 1: Et and Pasai Donibane
First step, the Basque country, starting with Fontarrabie, charming little town with cobbled streets and traditional architecture. You can continue your journey to Pasai Donibane, a charming fishing village nestled at the foot of Mount Jaizkibel, starting point for pleasant walking tours.
Day 2: San Sebastian
Steps: Ciutadella, Ribadesella, Lekeitio, San Sebastián - Donostia
Visit of town. Don't miss the visit of Palace Gardens and the harbour.
VIEILLE VILLE / PALAIS DE MIRAMAR / MONTE IGUELDO / SAN TELMO MUSEOA / LA CONCHA
Day 3: Azpeitia
Azpeitia, its sanctuary in Basque Country, where you will discover spiritual heritage and industrial engineering.
Day 4: Zumaia, Mutriku and Bermeo
Steps: Ascó, Baquio - Bakio, Lekeitio, Bermeo, Zumaia, Mutriku
Meeting with the size of the elements: hiking along the cliffs of Du between Zumaia and Mutriku and then visit the monastery of Bermeo. A suite of natural, unusual and exceptional sites on the edge of the ocean. On the road you can stop at Lekeitio to stroll through its old historic centre and port.
Day 5: Bilbao
Steps: Bilbao
Modern in Bilbao. The unique museum and its unique architecture, visit the city and its neighbourhoods, evening in tapas bars, in a cosmopolitan atmosphere.
MUSEO GUGGENHEIM
Day 6: Vitoria
Steps: Vitoria-Gasteiz
Cultural day in Vitoria. The capital of the province of Alava shows an astonishing museographic eclecticism, with its museums dedicated to card games, archaeology, contemporary art, armoury, fine arts...
ARTIUM - MUSÉE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN / MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES DE ALAVA / BIBAT - MUSEO DE ARQUEOLOGÍA
Day 7: Pamplona
Steps: Ascó, Pampelune - Pamplona - Iruña
Arrival in the capital of Navarra has preserved a charming historic centre, built around its sumptuous the Plaza del Castillo, it makes good strolls from one lane to another to test tapas bars.
Day 8: Bitourism in Bidassoa
Steps: Séville, Canet D'en Berenguer, Doneztebe - Santesteban
Green lane of Bidasoa. day of , or, why not, equestrian hiking. This track is part of the dense Spanish network of railroad tracks rehabilitated in green waterways. You will discover the Spanish-Atlantic Pyrenees, with its woods, rivers and meadows in the natural park del .
Day 9: Puente de la Reina and Estella
Steps: Saint-Jacques De Compostelle, Puente La Reina - Gares, Estella-Lizarra
Visit of Puente de la Reina, a crossroads where two paths of the Way of Santiago de Compostela meet, and Estella, another stop on the pilgrimage that preserves a splendid Romanesque heritage.
Day 10: Sierra de Leyre and Sangüesa
Steps: Yesa, Sangüesa Zangoza, Lumbier
Visit of Lumbier parade, dug in the foothills of the Sierra de Leyre. You can spend the evening in and admire its beautiful Romanesque church in .
Day 11: Olite, Bardenas and Tudela
Steps: Ciutadella, Olite, Las Bardenas Reales, Tudela
The Palais Palace and palace before venturing into the vastness of the Reales desert, where there were many spaghetti death. Landscapes that we thought could only be very far from our old Europe. Sleep in the beautiful city of Tudela.
PALACIO REAL DE OLITE
Day 12: Logroño, capital of La Rioja
Steps: Logroño
Arrival in Logroño, capital of La Rioja, where you will enjoy the regional gastronomy in the multiple tapas bars on Calle Laurel. Stroll through the city centre and visit the avant-garde Bodega Darien.
Day 13: La Rioja
Steps: Arnedillo
On the traces of the dinosaurs. La Rioja concentrates the largest footprint of these enigmatic large animals. In the same area of preserved natural areas, a very interesting detour to the mirador del Buitre, which is dedicated to observation and protection of raptors.
MIRADOR DEL BUITRE
Day 14: The Monasteries Road
Steps: Nájera, San Millán De La Cogolla, Santo Domingo De La Calzada
These many and surprisingly well preserved religious buildings are emblematic elements of the material and spiritual heritage of La Rioja, including Santo Domingo de la Calzada, or .
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