NAVARRA: ESTELLA AND LOS ARCOS

During the first three days of our trip to La Rioja we visited Logroño, Haro and Santo Domingo de la Calzada. The fourth day we went to Laguardia in the morning, a lovely village surrounded by vineyards located in La Rioja Alavesa (Basque Country).

In the afternoon of this fourth day we visited Estella and the charming village of Los Arcos, where you can feel the atmosphere of The Way of Saint James.

You can see below all the places I visited in La Rioja, Navarra and Aragón during this trip:

Days 1 and 2

• Zaragoza and Logroño

Day 3

• Haro
• Santo Domingo de la Calzada

Day 4

• Laguardia
• Estella
• Los Arcos

Day 5

• San Millán de la Cogolla
• Nájera

Day 6

• Tarazona
• Monasterio de Veruela

In Estella and Los Arcos we visited the following places:


Estella:

• Church of San Pedro de la Rua
• Palace of the Kings of Navarra
• Plaza de los Fueros (Fueros Square)

Los Arcos:

• Plaza Mayor (Main Square)
• Church of Santa Maria
• Puerta de Castilla

Estella  (Lizarra)

Church of San Pedro de la Rua in Estella

Gothic doorway of the church of San Pedro de la Rua in Estella

Street of Estella The Way of Saint James passes through. At the end of this street the Palace of the Kings of Navarra appears

Palace of the Kings of Navarra in Estella

Palace of the Kings of Navarra in Estella from the staircase which leads to the church of San Pedro de la Rua

Plaza de los Fueros in Estella

Los Arcos

City Hall of Los Arcos in Navarra

Bell tower of the church of Santa Maria in Los Arcos

Main Square in Los Arcos

I really liked the relaxing atmosphere of this square in Los Arcos

Church of Santa Maria in Los Arcos

Gothic cloister of the church of Santa Maria in Los Arcos

Bell tower of the church of Santa Maria from its cloister

Street in Los Arcos, a nice village in Navarra

Puerta de Castilla in Los Arcos

Other cities I visited during this trip in Zaragoza, La Rioja and Navarra were:

• Monasterio de Piedra near Zaragoza (Tapeo in Zaragoza)
• Haro in La Rioja
• Laguardia in La Rioja Alavesa
• Camino de Santiago Francés
• Tarazona, Veruela Monastery and Sanctuary of Borja
• Sanctuary of Borja

Finally, other beautiful places you can visit in Spain are:

- Catalonia

• Costa Brava in Catalonia
• Barcelona
• Girona

- Basque Country

• Bilbo - Bilbao
• Getaria, Zarautz and Hondarribia in San Sebastián

- Cantabria

• Cantabria
• Santander, Comillas and Santillana del Mar in Cantabria

- Granada

• La Alhambra, Albaicín and Sacromonte in Granada

- Sevilla, Córdoba, Cádiz and Costa de la Luz

• Sevilla
• Córdoba
• Cádiz and Costa de la Luz

- Toledo, Madrid, El Escorial and Segovia

• Toledo, Segovia, Monasterio del Escorial near Madrid

- Mallorca, Ibiza and Formentera

• Sóller, Port de Sóller, Deià and Valldemossa in Mallorca
• Palma de Mallorca

• Beaches and Las Dalias Market in Ibiza
• Ses Illetes beach in Formentera

- Galicia

• Santiago de Compostela in Galicia
• Costa da Morte
• Baiona, Islas Cíes and more Beaches in Galicia
• Tui and Camino de Santiago Portugués

- Alicante

• Alicante, Elche and Isla de Tabarca