SPAIN: TARAZONA AND VERUELA MONASTERY

We spent the two last days of our trip in La Rioja and Navarra visiting the town of Tarazona, were a friend of us has an apartment.

Tarazona has many interesting moorish monuments, like its cathedral. Near Tarazona is located the Cistercian Monastery of Veruela, which we visited in the afternoon. The spanish poet Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer lived in this monastery.

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

Next I would like to show you some pictures of Tarazona and Veruela Monastery.

In Tarazona we visited:

• Cathedral of Tarazona
• Episcopal Palace
• Church of Santa María Magdalena
• Bullring

Besides, from Tarazona we went to:

• Monastery of Veruela
• Sanctuary of Borja (Ecce Homo)

Tarazona

Dome of Tarazona Cathedral

Cloister of Tarazona Cathedral

Moorish bell tower of Tarazona Cathedral

Cathedral of Tarazona from the old town

View from the old town of Tarazona

Moorish bell tower of Santa María Magdalena church and Episcopal Palace in Tarazona

Santa María Magdalena church in Tarazona

Moorish bell tower of Santa María Magdalena church in Tarazona

Bullring of Tarazona

Monastery of Veruela

Veruela Monastery near Tarazona

Church of Veruela Monastery

Romanesque doorway of the church of Veruela Monastery

Gothic cloister of Veruela Monastery

Inside the church of Veruela Monastery

Chapter room of Veruela Monastery

Battlement of the wall of Veruela Monastery

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
• Estella and Los Arcos in Navarra
• 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