The Royal Bardenas

When: 
Where: 
Specific place: 
Navarra and Zaragoza: Tudela - Valareña - Arguedas - Carcastillo - Tudela
Level: 
IBP Index: 
21
Type: 
Group min/máx: 
4-8 people
Sunset from the Black Bardena

Sunset from the Black Bardena

This is a week-long, circular route, for moderate cyclists wanting to roll down slopes and ravines in a unique environment such as las Bardenas Reales.

We pedal thoroughly this Biosphere Reserve, with its semi-desert landscapes, where clays, gypsum and sandstone erosion has sculpted whimsical shapes and ravines, flat plateaus and lonely hills. From Tudela, we go through the Bardenas Reales Natural Park until we return to the banks of the river Ebro.

Since 2000 the Bardenas Reales are a Biosphere Reserve.

This route runs through Bardenas Reales, a site classified as SCI (Site of Community Importance) in the Natura 2000 network.

Scheduled itinerary: 

Day 1.- Transportation to Tudela de Navarra. Ride from Tudela to Arguedas (18 km). Lodging at Hostal Remigio.
Day 2.- Ride from Arguedas to Murillo el Fruto (47 km), by the Bardenas Reales Natural Park. Visits to the Visitors Center, Castildetierra and Cabezo de las Cortinillas, and the monastery of Oliva. Lodging.
Day 3.- Ride from Carcastillo to Sádaba (39 km), along the White Bardena. Lodging.
Day 4.- Ride from Sádaba to Santuario de Sancho Abarca (47 km), along the Black Bardena. Lodging.
Day 5.- Ride from Sancho Abarca to Tudela (45 km), by the Imperial canal of Aragón. Transportation back home.

The iconic Castildeterra The iconic Castildeterra
Descending to the White Bardena Descending to the White Bardena
Lights and shadows Lights and shadows
More information in the blog (Spanish only): 
Recommended reading: 

Bardenas Reales, by Eduardo Blanco Mendizabal.

Reservations:

For reservation you should either call previously by phone to Josetxu (+34 644299532) or send us an email to info@bicicletos.org, to verify that there are still free places. We will send you a booking form and instructions for payment at that time.

Prices

Last update: 
13/03/2022

(Final price may vary depending on the availability of accommodation and the update of rates of the different providers.)

Guided route: 
605,00 €
(Minimum group: 4 people)
Self-guided route: 
55,00 €
Customized route: 
320,00 €

Different route types are explained in General conditions.

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