Dinosaur route

We’re in Fitero, in the extreme south-west of Navarre, a village built around the first Cistercian monastery on the Iberian Peninsula, Santa María la Real, and also well known for its medicinal water spa. From here, this route takes you through a part of La Rioja where the remains of dinosaurs have been found.

Following in the footsteps of these prehistoric beasts, it passes through the Alhama valley, gradually gaining height and crossing the Riojan villages of Rincón de Olivedo, Igea and Cornago.

The second part of the journey, on the LR-123 road, is much easier, the terrain tending to be downhill until you get back into Navarre. The end of the route passes through the town of Corella, the historic centre of which has significant large and palatial homes, before reaching Fitero again.