The point to point Road bike route in La Rioja - Spain
FUENTES del VINO it is an organized MTB or Road Bike Route. A cyclist tour through a large territory of Northern Spain.
With epicenter in the wine region of La Rioja, its kilometers extend through the neighboring provinces of Soria, Burgos, the Basque Country and Navarre.
FUENTES del VINO is a round-trip route set to take from 3 to 5 days.
Our page offers you everything you could possibly need to organize your journey: GPS tracks, maps, guide rail, roadmaps and links to all services you will need if you want to do it on your own.
You can also see the different options available if you prefer to hire a self-guided pack with everything organized.
There are diferents options of route. Check them out here.
FUENTES del VINO Aralar-Urbión 5 Stages
The more "slow" route option, 5 Stages
A route nearly similar to the 4-day but partitioned in 5. Mornings for bicycle and afternoons free for what you want.
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FUENTES del VINO Pamplona 4 Stages
FUENTES del VINO route option with start in Pamplona
A demanding route. Almost what we call a -PLUS-
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FUENTES del VINO SUR 3 Stages
The southern half of the route: Laguardia - Logroño - Urbion
The choice for a long weekend
includes Option PLUS
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FUENTES del VINO Aralar-Urbion, the base option.
Starting the route in Arbizu or Laguardia.
From the Aralar Range FUENTES del VINO goes to the South, through Navarra’s lands first and La Rioja later, until reaching the Urbión clump in the province of Soria. The return is again through the vineyards of La Rioja and the lonely roads of the Montaña Alavesa.
When the heat is oppressive or if we just want to have more time for sightseeing on foot, we can reduce the length of the route welcoming what we have come to call "+30ºC Option". The quality of the route will be slightly reduced, but the quality of the day will be significantly increased.
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, Pamplona or Arbizu.
Purely for logistical purposes, in this option of 4 days we have numbered the stages from 1 to 4 starting from Arbizu.
Distance: 105 / 76km Unevenness: 1.460 / 1.230m
Distance: 140 / 130m Unevenness: 2.200 / 1.840m
Distance: 141 / 120km Unevenness: 1.730 / 1.350m
Distance: 108 / 96km Unevenness: 1.480 / 1.190m
The list will be at least spectacular...
We start from Aralar and we begin: Sierra de Andia, Santuario de Codes, Sierra de Cameros Viejo, Macizo de Urbión, Sierra de Cameros Nuevo, Sierra de Cantabria, Izki Natural Park, Urbasa Range... and already finishing, Aralar again.
Altos de Goñi, sierra and crops
We have named the high, the FUENTES. At the intervals remained the valleys and plains, the VINO. (wine) places.
Señorío de Otazu under El Cabezón de Etxauri, first major encounter with the vineyards
First was the Sakana valley (Navarre) which was sinking while we were ascending Lizarraga’s port, later on a bit of Tierra Estella... altos de Goñi... Cuenca de Pamplona, almost in profile and the Pyrenees by closing the set and now yes, full Tierra Estella... and Logroño on the Ebro basin before climbing on the Iberian mountain range and touching Soria.
Breathtaking Canyon del Río Leza, enter territory Cameros
In the way back Monasterios de Suso and Yuso in San Millan de la Cogolla, vineyards and more vineyards in basin of La Rioja, Montaña Alavesa in full and again Tierra Estella and Barranca Navarra.
Monasterio de Yuso -San Millán de la Cogolla- World Heritage site
In short: A quite overwhelming and largely unknown geography, almost always solitary roads, ports without impossible percentages and a territory both cultural and historically boundless.
La Muela de San Román, Montaña Alavesa
This is FUENTES del VINO, an invitation.
And if you prefer the Mountain Bike click on the map below to know FUENTES del VINO MTB
The MTB Route through the Wineyards and Mountains of LA RIOJA
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