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FUENTES del VINO Aralar - Urbión
Cycling Tour

Version 5 Stages. The more Slow option.

This 5 days proposal we raise here is clearly intended to adapt to those hot days of the year when we all know that at certain times it is better not to be on the road.

The idea is: to get up early, to pedal with the fresh air, to finish the stages when the Sun begins to be a threat, and to have the rest of the day to spend it as we wish. Any ideas? Get into a pool ... stay hydrated on the terrace of a bar ... or look for shady corners among the narrow streets full of history of the places we will stay along the entire route.

Although all the information is written performing the route clockwise, it is perfectly possible to do in the opposite direction without losing an iota of interest. Usually the sense of the route is determined by the need to avoid making night at Laguardia on Friday or Saturday. This is so because of the difficulty of booking accommodation in those days as a result of the tourist pressure supported by the village.

The route can be started at Laguardia or Arbizu.
Purely for logistical purposes, in this option of 5 days we have numbered the stages from 1 to 5 starting from Laguardia.

Stages
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5

Stage 1: Laguardia - Arbizu
Distance: 96km Unevenness: 1.190m

Stage 2: Arbizu - Puente La Reina
Distance: 77km Unevenness: 1.300m

Stage 3: Puente La Reina - Logroño
Distance: 94km Unevenness: 1.430m

Stage 4: Logroño - Montenegro de Cameros
Distance: 82km Unevenness: 1.380m

Stage 5: Montenegro de Cameros - Laguardia
Distance: 109km Unevenness: 1.110m

Stage 1: Laguardia - Arbizu
Distance: 96km Unevenness: 1.190m

Stage 2: Arbizu - Puente La Reina
Distance: 77km Unevenness: 1.300m

Stage 3: Puente La Reina - Logroño
Distance: 94km Unevenness: 1.430m

Stage 4: Logroño - Montenegro de Cameros
Distance: 82km Unevenness: 1.380m

Stage 5: Montenegro de Cameros - Laguardia
Distance: 109km Unevenness: 1.110m

Multimedia and/or description of the route

The vineyard ordes...

...we obey.
Cicloturista Vitoria 2016

First section of the route, Laguardia - La Aldea. We should pass through the Cantabria Range and fall on the other side, to the Montaña Alavesa.
Cicloturista Vitoria 2016

Rocky gap at the top of La Aldea mountain pass. Natural entrance to the Montaña Alavesa.

La Muela de San Román, quiet roads in the Montaña Alavesa.

Scenes of the route, we are in the Urbasa Range.

The impressive Beriain during the climb to the Lizarraga port. In the background, with snow, the Sierra of Aralar, the northernmost point of FUENTES del VINO. Point of contact with BASOAK route.

Ascending Lizarraga. The Sakana Valley is becoming increasingly lower down.

Filling tanks after topping the Lizarraga mountain pass.

Lizarraga South, fast descent to Lezaun.

Everyday scenes in the Andía Range.

Descending Lezaun; Aritzaleta and the Hermitage of Santa Catalina.

We "touch" momentarily Tierra Estella, and we are going back up to search the alto de Etxauri.

Climbing rocks from the Alto de Etxauri.

From Etxauri Etxauri mountain pass we will have an exceptional panoramic view over the Pamplona basin and, weather permitting, on the Pyrenees.

Professional peloton ascending Etxauri mountain pass.
Euskal Itzulia 2017

Etxauri, last kilometer.
Euskal Itzulia 2017

Towards Puente La Reina, Navarre of sunflowers.

Señorío de Otazu under the walls of Etxauri, first major encounter with the vineyards.

End of stage, Puente La Reina and its medieval bridge (11th century).

The first half of the route passes through Tierra Estella. Lines and curves in Aritzala.

Descending Eraul mountain pass to Abartzuza, It will touch us climb it on this side.
Gran Prix Indurain 2017

Scenes of professional cycling in Alto Eraul.
Gran Prix Indurain 2017

The GP Indurain sharing road with FUENTES del VINO.
Gran Prix Indurain 2017

We are crossing Tierra Estella. At the background we begin to glimpse Sierra de Cantabria, which will serve as a horizon for a long time. To the right, the Sierra de Codés, there we go.

After the explosive kilometre that starts in Otiñano, we descend along the "Camino de los Pasajeros" at the doors of Santuario de Codés.

Aguilar mountain pass, we leave behind Codes Range. Ahead... 13 kilometres of descent to Viana.

Ebro River. Ebro equal to Iber in Latin. The river that gave name to the Iberian peninsula.

Cantabria Range and autumn vineyards on the banks of the Ebro.

Logroño in their environment. Our PUNTO BIKE today.

Autumn mornings can be cold in Logroño.

Murillo de Leza, entry to the territory of Cameros.

Typical landscape of Cameros Range. Territory of the first kilometers of the day.

Overwhelming Leza Canyon. The road, at the top, almost fly over the river.

We continue beside the Leza river. Environment of green mantle native close to Laguna de Cameros.

Autumnal atmosphere on the first ramps of Sancho Leza.

Ending the first difficulty of the day, Sancho Leza. We are entering the Sierra Cebollera.

As always, cows give us attention. In a few minutes we will enter in the province of Soria.

If the stage is short, in Villoslada de Cameros we can extend it to the singular Hermitage of Lomos de Orios. A soft port of 8.5 kilometers which introduces us even more in the Sierra Cebollera.

Montenegro de Cameros, in the heart of Cebollera range. End of today's stage.

First difficulty of the day, Montenegro mountain pass, also called the Viniegras. 6 km to 6%.

At the top we left Soria and return to La Rioja.

Cameros Range, descending the Montenegro mountain pass towards Viniegras de arriba.

Close to Bobadilla. We leave behind the Iberian Mountain range and return to the "friendly zone" of the route, again the warmth and the aroma of vineyard.