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La Rioja mountain ranges footpath (GR-93)
Mountain route along 102 miles divided into 11 stages. Certified by the Rioja Mountain Federation, under reference code FRM GR93 1001, in January 2010
Landscape typical of the Rioja Sistema Ibérico mountain, with beech groves and wet woodland in the westernmost mountains and holm oakwoods and Mediterranean mountain vegetation in the easternmost ones.
- 53 h 12 min
- 189,83 km
This stage coincides with the route between Santo Domingo de la Calzada and Ezcaray from another route included in the Footpath Network of La Rioja: the Oja Green Trail. To take the green trail from Santo Domingo, start at the centre in direction to Logroño down the N-120 road. Before reaching the roundabout to go to Cirueña (LR-204), take a right to Estación del Ferrocarril street that reminds us that we are on the old tracks. Now there are warehouses, but if you continue 500 m the green trail ...
Santo Domingo de la Calzada
The city is a beautiful stop on the Way of St. James. It is linked to Santo Domingo, who was born in Vitoria, and to his building work on the Roman road. The city was settled and grew as a result of the pilgrim's hospital founded by the Saint around the second half of the 12th century. The bridge spanning the River Oja, which helped pilgrims on their way, also contributed to the city's development. The city grew as a result of the inn, then later due to the Way of St. James and it became a consi ...
Old Santurde train station
Old Ojacastro train station
Ezcaray
Ezcaray is a municipality in La Rioja, Spain. It is in the upper Oja Valley in the southeast of the autonomous region. The municipality's population is currently 2098, according to 2010 data from the Spanish national statistics institute. Tourists visiting the area increase the population from around 2,000 out of season to over 15,000 in summer. In addition to tourism, the area's main activity is the wood industry and there are factories producing furniture, chairs, clothes hangers and other woo ...
Stage 10, Cornago - Cervera del Río Alhama
- 6 h 15 min
- 22.2 km
Cornago (00 min) Exit the village on the road that leads to Igea. Before reaching the crossroads, take the path on the right that leads to the slaughterhouse. Slaughterhouse bridge (10 min) Cross the bridge over the Regajo Ravine and go towards the old threshing floor next to some hay lofts. Turn right and go up the path from Cornago to Valdemadera. The path leads up a rock platform and then zigzags and turns right, leaving you on a trail. Trail (25 min) Cross the trail straight and continue up ...
Cornago
Cornago is a municipality in the autonomous region of La Rioja. It is in the Alcarama Mountains and to the south it borders with the province of Soria. The Peñalosa Mountains are to the north. The highest peaks are La Nevera at 1366 metres above sea level, La Cabeza de la Hoya at 1349 metres above sea level and Los Tres Mojones.-Location: It is part of the district of Cervera del Río Alhama. The municipality is on the northeastern border of the Riojan Camero region the Linares Valley.-Area: 79 k ...
Carnanzún ravine
Pirinolo track
Cervera del Río Alhama
Cervera del Río Alhama is a municipality in the province of La Rioja, Spain. The town is in the southeast of the region at the foot of the Alcarama Mountains, covering 152.6 km². Other towns such as Cabretón, Aguilar, Valverde, Fitero and Cintruénigo are close to Cervera del Río and the town itself is around 30 km from Tudela and 87 km from Logroño, via Arnedo and Grávalos (100 km if you go via Calahorra). The town is on the banks of the River Alhama at around 550 metres altitude. It has two n ...
Stage 11, Cervera del Río Alhama - Valverde
- 3 h
- 11.66 km
Cervera del Río Alhama (00 min) Start from the bridge, leaving the road to Aguilar del Río Alhama to the right, and continue on the road to Cabrerón y Valverde, passing by the old municipal slaughterhouse. Before reaching the curve, turn right on San Miguel street towards the Cubo flour mill and enter a narrow path to the left in order to take the road of Pedralén. This stretch is part of the Alhama Green Trail and, from here, it goes to Aguilar del Río Alhama. Path to Pedralén (10 min) The road ...
Cervera del Río Alhama
Cervera del Río Alhama is a municipality in the province of La Rioja, Spain. The town is in the southeast of the region at the foot of the Alcarama Mountains, covering 152.6 km². Other towns such as Cabretón, Aguilar, Valverde, Fitero and Cintruénigo are close to Cervera del Río and the town itself is around 30 km from Tudela and 87 km from Logroño, via Arnedo and Grávalos (100 km if you go via Calahorra). The town is on the banks of the River Alhama at around 550 metres altitude. It has two n ...
Ezcaray (00 min) Start at the City council, in Avenida de Navarra, and go towards Valdezcaray. Cross the bridge over the Oja River and, in front of the old railroad station, turn left. At the end of the park fence, turn right and take a trail. Ignore the path on the right, cross a bridge and border a pavilion. Turn right and continue walking among orchards and fields. Ignore a path on the left and a pavilion to the right. After the pavilion, the trail becomes a path not suitable for cars. Path ( ...
Ezcaray
Ezcaray is a municipality in La Rioja, Spain. It is in the upper Oja Valley in the southeast of the autonomous region. The municipality's population is currently 2098, according to 2010 data from the Spanish national statistics institute. Tourists visiting the area increase the population from around 2,000 out of season to over 15,000 in summer. In addition to tourism, the area's main activity is the wood industry and there are factories producing furniture, chairs, clothes hangers and other woo ...
San Millán de la Cogolla
San Millán de la Cogolla is a municipality in the autonomous region of La Rioja. It is at the foot of the Demanda Mountains on the eastern slopes separating the plateau from the Ebro Valley. The village is 728 metres above sea level on the banks of the River Cárdenas. Even though it isn't actually on the Way of St. James, many pilgrims take a detour to visit the village before returning to the Way.-Location: It is part of the district of Nájera. It belongs to the so-called Cogolla area on the no ...
Stage 3, San Millán de La Cogolla - Anguiano
- 6 h 52 min
- 22.11 km
San Millán de la Cogolla (00 min) Exit the village following Mayor street. When you reach number 69, turn right and follow the Monastery wall until you reach the river, where you should position yourself on the left to continue towards the road. Cross the bridge and take a trail on the right next to a warehouse. Trail (12 min) Follow the trail after a short ascent, ignoring a trail on the left. You will reach an elevated area with croplands and great views of the Monastery. Several paths. First ...
San Millán de la Cogolla
San Millán de la Cogolla is a municipality in the autonomous region of La Rioja. It is at the foot of the Demanda Mountains on the eastern slopes separating the plateau from the Ebro Valley. The village is 728 metres above sea level on the banks of the River Cárdenas. Even though it isn't actually on the Way of St. James, many pilgrims take a detour to visit the village before returning to the Way.-Location: It is part of the district of Nájera. It belongs to the so-called Cogolla area on the no ...
Tobía
Tobía is a municipality in the autonomous region of La Rioja.-Location: It is part of the district of Nájera. It is on the banks of the River Tobía. -Area: 34.73 km2. -Height: 681 metres. -Economy: The main activity is livestock farming and crops are grown for the inhabitants' own consumption, although some fodder plants are grown as well.
Matute
Matute is a municipality in the autonomous region of La Rioja.-Location: It is part of the district of Nájera. It is in the Alto Najerilla area.-Area: 25.6 km2.-Height: 680 metres.-Economy: The municipality's economy is based on livestock farming, particularly sheep and cattle.
Anguiano
Anguiano is a municipality in the Upper Rioja area of the autonomous region of La Rioja, Spain. There are three neighbourhoods in this town: Mediavilla, Eras and Cuevas. Mediavilla is the largest and houses the town hall, the San Andrés parish Church and many nobles' houses. Livestock farming is the traditional activity in the Cuevas neighbourhood, which houses the San Pedro Church. The River Najerilla separates Cuevas from Mediavilla and the two are connected by the Madre de Dios bridge. Eras i ...
Stage 4, Anguiano - Ortigosa de Cameros
- 6 h 43 min
- 17.92 km
Anguiano (00 min) Start at the end of the road’s parking area, cross the road and go to the left up a street until you turn right down the first path. After crossing a gate, turn to take another path on the left and continue on a livestock route next to a fence. After a while, the steep route leads into a beech grove that covers the shaded part of the ravine and it becomes wider and smoother, allowing you to access a hill where you find another trail. Hill (52 min) Great view of Anguiano and Peñ ...
Anguiano
Anguiano is a municipality in the Upper Rioja area of the autonomous region of La Rioja, Spain. There are three neighbourhoods in this town: Mediavilla, Eras and Cuevas. Mediavilla is the largest and houses the town hall, the San Andrés parish Church and many nobles' houses. Livestock farming is the traditional activity in the Cuevas neighbourhood, which houses the San Pedro Church. The River Najerilla separates Cuevas from Mediavilla and the two are connected by the Madre de Dios bridge. Eras i ...
Nieva de Cameros
Nieva de Cameros is a municipality in the autonomous region of La Rioja, in the basin formed by the River Iregua and in the district of Camero Viejo. It is 41 km from Logroño along the N-111 road (towards Soria), in the heart of the Cameros Mountains. Residents mainly farm, particularly animals (cattle, horses and sheep), but they also grow enough food for their own consumption (green beans, chard, courgettes, lettuce, etc.). There are many paths and routes that can be taken from this small vill ...
El Rasillo
This is a mountainous municipality that has been farmed for years. It was a village belonging to Ortigosa until 1817. Now it is a tourist village between the reservoir and the mountain. -Surrounding area: The Romanesque San Mamés Chapel, which was rebuilt in 1815. Inside the chapel there is a small Baroque altarpiece in the chancel with a Baroque image of San Mamés. The González Lacasa Reservoir is home to the nautical club where you can do various sports and go trout fishing. Mountain walks. Th ...
Ortigosa de Cameros
The area was settled in prehistoric times. It's name is mentioned in Fernán González's oath. The town was linked to the Manriques until 1450, then to the dukes of Nájera. In 1781 it became a free town, coinciding with the extraordinary boom in Ortigosa and the growth of the Mesta, which was an association of sheep herders, and the bread making industry. During the 19th and 20th centuries, there were great losses due to emigration. Those Spaniards that had emigrated and made a success of their li ...
Stage 5, Ortigosa de Cameros - Laguna de Cameros
- 6 h 36 min
- 20.5 km
Ortigosa de Cameros (00 min) Exit the village on the road that leads to Ortigosa. After 6 minutes, turn right towards the road to Peñaloscintos. Between Ortigosa and El Despoblado de El Hoyo take into account that the footpath coincides with the first part of the third stage of the Iregua Roman Road, that goes from Ortigosa to Villoslada. Peñaloscintos (40 min) Village that depends of the City council of Ortigosa that dominates the González Lacasa Reservoir. After reaching the church, descend th ...
Ortigosa de Cameros
The area was settled in prehistoric times. It's name is mentioned in Fernán González's oath. The town was linked to the Manriques until 1450, then to the dukes of Nájera. In 1781 it became a free town, coinciding with the extraordinary boom in Ortigosa and the growth of the Mesta, which was an association of sheep herders, and the bread making industry. During the 19th and 20th centuries, there were great losses due to emigration. Those Spaniards that had emigrated and made a success of their li ...
Villanueva de Cameros
Villanueva de Cameros is a municipality in the autonomous region of La Rioja and part of the district of Camero Nuevo. It is accessed via the N-111 road, which crosses the village. The populated area of Aldeanueva de Cameros is just 2 km away. During the winter months, almost nobody lives in this village.-Location: It is part of the district of Torrecilla en Cameros and is found upstream of the River Iregua. -Area: 19.15 km2. -Height: 914 metres. -Populated areas, neighbourhoods or villages: Ald ...
Gallinero de Cameros
Gallinero de Cameros is a municipality in the autonomous region of La Rioja in the district of Camero Nuevo.-Location: It is part of the district of Torrecilla en Cameros. The area surrounding the municipality is rugged and craggy and the municipality covers the area around the Iregua Valley.-Area: 11.3 km2.-Height: 1,055 metres.-Economy: The only activity here is livestock farming.
Laguna de Cameros
Laguna de Cameros is a municipality in the autonomous region of La Rioja in the basin formed by the River Leza in the district of Camero Viejo.-Location: It is part of the district of Torrecilla en Cameros. It is in the upper part of the Leza River, where the Leza and Iregua Rivers meet.-Area: 41.5 km2.-Height: 1,042 metres.-Economy: The municipality's main income derives from farming, particularly cattle. Forestry also plays an important role.
Stage 6, Laguna de Cameros - San Román de Cameros
- 5 h 53 min
- 15.86 km
Cameros Lake (00 min) Start at the square in front of the church. Border it on the left and take a path that comes from the back of the church. At the beginning, the path runs along the walls of the estates and there are several side crossroads. You will arrive at some threshing floors that dominate the cemetery on the right, from where a trail emerges. Leave the town, go in northwest direction and take the old road to Tejada. You will go up a smooth slope with a brief zigzag and you will arrive ...
Laguna de Cameros
Laguna de Cameros is a municipality in the autonomous region of La Rioja in the basin formed by the River Leza in the district of Camero Viejo.-Location: It is part of the district of Torrecilla en Cameros. It is in the upper part of the Leza River, where the Leza and Iregua Rivers meet.-Area: 41.5 km2.-Height: 1,042 metres.-Economy: The municipality's main income derives from farming, particularly cattle. Forestry also plays an important role.
MURO EN CAMEROS
San Román de Cameros
San Román de Cameros is a municipality in the autonomous region of La Rioja.-Location: It is part of the district of Torrecilla en Cameros. The municipality covers the area in the mid-section of the River Leza, between the western foothills of the Camero Viejo region and the eastern slopes of the La Laguna Mountains. -Area: 47.5 km2. -Height: 840 metres. -Populated areas, neighbourhoods or villages: Montalbo en Cameros, Santa María en Cameros, Avellaneda, Vadillos, Valdeosera and Velilla. -Econo ...
Stage 7, San Román de Cameros - Munilla
- 6 h 33 min
- 20.02 km
San Román (00 min) Leave the village by the main road that leads towards Laguna de Cameras and passes next to the Ecomuseum Molino del Corregidor. After 20 minutes, take the road on the left to Ajamil, cross the bridge over the Leza River and turn left to Vadillos. 20 minutes later, leave a crossroads and the bridge to Hornillos on the left. 300 metres after the crossroads, leave the road for a route on the left that, after a few metres, leads to the old path to Munilla, parallel to the Vadillos ...
San Román de Cameros
San Román de Cameros is a municipality in the autonomous region of La Rioja.-Location: It is part of the district of Torrecilla en Cameros. The municipality covers the area in the mid-section of the River Leza, between the western foothills of the Camero Viejo region and the eastern slopes of the La Laguna Mountains. -Area: 47.5 km2. -Height: 840 metres. -Populated areas, neighbourhoods or villages: Montalbo en Cameros, Santa María en Cameros, Avellaneda, Vadillos, Valdeosera and Velilla. -Econo ...
Munilla
Munilla is a municipality in the autonomous region of La Rioja in the district of Arnedo.-Location: It is part of the district of Arnedo. It stands at the foot of the Hez Mountains in the Santiago beechwood and the Camero Viejo region.-Area: 54 km2.-Height: 791 metres.-Populated areas: La Santa, Monjía, Ribalmaguillo, Peroblasco and San Vicente.-Economy: There was a large textile and shoe industry here, but the municipality has gradually lost its population as inhabitants have moved away to Arne ...
Stage 8, Munilla - Enciso
- 2 h 47 min
- 6.54 km
Munilla (00 min) The path exits the village through a steep street between two new buildings. This is near a medieval bridge that the road cuts off. After passing under the remains of a pen where you can read the number 276, go up a stone path. Before reaching the light posts, take a hillside route on the right towards the west. After crossing a small ravine with a stone wall, you will arrive at a by-path. By-path (10 min) Continue a steep ascent on the by-path to the left until you reach a pine ...
Munilla
Munilla is a municipality in the autonomous region of La Rioja in the district of Arnedo.-Location: It is part of the district of Arnedo. It stands at the foot of the Hez Mountains in the Santiago beechwood and the Camero Viejo region.-Area: 54 km2.-Height: 791 metres.-Populated areas: La Santa, Monjía, Ribalmaguillo, Peroblasco and San Vicente.-Economy: There was a large textile and shoe industry here, but the municipality has gradually lost its population as inhabitants have moved away to Arne ...
Enciso
Enciso is a municipality in the autonomous region of La Rioja close to the border with Soria. The River Cidacos crosses the municipality. The are over 3,000 fossilised footprints of dinosaurs in the municipality. There is a palaeontology centre with information on how the fossilised footprints were preserved and which species they belonged to.-Location: It is part of the district of Arnedo. The municipality is in a mountainous region around the narrow CidacosValley, enveloped by the Santiago bee ...
Stage 9, Enciso - Cornago
- 6 h 3 min
- 22.12 km
Enciso (00 min) Leave the village by the road that leads towards Soria. At the last houses, turn left to cross a bridge over the Cidacos River. Turn left and after 100 m, at the level of the Chapel of Santa Bárbara and next to the panel, take the path that descends toward the Vacirbe Stream. Cross the stream. Continue straight on and turn sharply to walk down the right bank of the stream. The route ascends quickly and, after a small descent, it will have you at the hillside. There are great view ...
Enciso
Enciso is a municipality in the autonomous region of La Rioja close to the border with Soria. The River Cidacos crosses the municipality. The are over 3,000 fossilised footprints of dinosaurs in the municipality. There is a palaeontology centre with information on how the fossilised footprints were preserved and which species they belonged to.-Location: It is part of the district of Arnedo. The municipality is in a mountainous region around the narrow CidacosValley, enveloped by the Santiago bee ...
Ambasaguas
Cornago
Cornago is a municipality in the autonomous region of La Rioja. It is in the Alcarama Mountains and to the south it borders with the province of Soria. The Peñalosa Mountains are to the north. The highest peaks are La Nevera at 1366 metres above sea level, La Cabeza de la Hoya at 1349 metres above sea level and Los Tres Mojones.-Location: It is part of the district of Cervera del Río Alhama. The municipality is on the northeastern border of the Riojan Camero region the Linares Valley.-Area: 79 k ...
