Logroño - Nájera

(S) Leave the campsite and head left up the street, then turn right and walk to the restaurant El Rincón de Julio. Just after that, turn right and then left to stay on the path running alongside the Ebro on your right. Continue to the Hierro bridge. Go under it and turn left immediately.

(1) Turn left again to cross the bridge. Continue along Calle Sagasta and proceed to the^third junction. Turn left into Calle Carnicerías, then under the arches, turn right to reach Plaza del Mercado, in front of Santa María de la Redonda Cathedral.

(2) With your back to the cathedral, continue along Calle Portales to the left (west). Refreshments available. Continue straight on until you reach the roundabout.

(3) Take the^3rd exit towards Burgos. Here you will find the^GR®65signposting. Continue along Calle Marqués de Murrieta to the roundabout with a palm tree in the centre.

(4) Go round the roundabout and continue straight ahead on the same street until you reach the roundabout with a tree in the centre.

(5) Take the^third exit on the left to continue along Calle Duques de Nájera. Carry on until you reach the start of the bend, after the traffic lights.

(6) Head right to cross Laguna Park, go over the footbridge over the railway line and cross Park Europa. Take another footbridge (Pont de Madera) to cross over Rue Portillejo.

(7) Continue through San Miguel Park until you reach a roundabout opposite a Kia car dealership.

(8) Cross carefully, walk past the garage and cross again carefully to continue through the park. Walk on to the tunnel that takes you under the Logroño ring road.

(9) After the ring road, turn right and continue along the slightly uphill path to the footbridge that crosses over the Campo del Golf road.

(10) Continue on to enter Grajera Park. Walk past a small shrine dedicated to the Virgen del Rocío and carry on until you reach Grajera Lake.

(11) Turn right to walk along the left-hand side of the lake and reach its far end, where you’ll find a picnic area.

(12) Turn left twice, cross a small wooden bridge and continue along the lake. Pass the public toilets and carry on until you reach a picnic area near two large masts belonging to the RTVE transmission centre.

(13) Turn right after the picnic area, then left heading south between the vineyard plots. Continue through the vineyard until you reach a fork.

(14) Turn slightly to the right, then a little further on, make a 90° turn. Pass under a high-voltage power line before reaching the A12 motorway.

(15) Continue westwards, keeping the motorway on your right. Pass a vineyard and then a timber yard. In the distance, you can see the Toro de Osborne de Navarrete, a huge bull on a hill.

(16) Continue along the N120 until you reach a bridge.

(17) Carry on straight ahead. Please note: the area has been completely altered and does not match the map. Cross a new blue bridge before reaching a Stop sign.

(18) Cross the road and continue along the stony path through the vineyard until you reach the crossroads (a post topped with a solar panel).

(19) Continue straight ahead, then turn left at the fork to reach the bridge spanning the Vasco-Aragonesa motorway. Continue to the ruins of the Hospital de San Juan de Acre.

(20) Continue along the small tarmac road towards Navarrete, which you can see in the distance. After passing through several vineyards, you’ll come to a right-hand bend near the Bodegas Huergo winery.

(21) Turn left up the steps, cross the N-20 with care and enter Navarrete via Calle de la Cruz. At the small roundabout, turn right into the first street. Continue to the fork.

(22) Stay on Calle Mayor Baja, a cobbled street that rises in the middle, until you reach the central square where there is a public fountain with a sculpture of a woman carrying a jug of water on her head.

(23) Continue along the same street until you reach Plaza del Aro.

(24) Carry on straight ahead, then turn left at the first street. Continue down to the stop sign.

(25) Continue straight on the LR-137 towards Nájera. Carry on to the stop sign at the junction with the N-120.

(26) Continue straight ahead and leave the town of Navarette, following the N-120. You will reach the cemetery and the Hermitage of Santa Maria de Jesus, located just past the town exit sign.

(27) Beyond the cemetery, follow the N-120 briefly on your right before turning off onto a dirt track that climbs gently through vineyards and olive groves. Climb up to the crossroads at the top of the hill.

(28) Turn right and continue to the LR-342.

(29) Cross carefully and pass to the right of a winery. Continue down the hill, passing under high-voltage power lines before reaching a T-junction

(30) Be careful here, as it is easy to take a wrong turn; the signposting is not very visible. Turn right onto the path leading towards the A12, then turn left (south-west) onto the stony path running parallel to the motorway until you reach the junction for the Camino Del Valle.

(31) Keep heading in the same direction unless you wish to take the turn-off leading to Ventosa. You will gradually move away from the motorway until you reach the LR-341.

(32) Cross carefully and continue straight ahead through extensive farmland. Carry on until you reach the fork (a small, graffiti-covered concrete structure).

(33) Carry on straight ahead until you reach the San Antón rest area and the ruins of an old hospital.

(34) Turn left at the white house and continue until you reach and go through the underpass crossing the N-120.

(35) Turn left, continue for one kilometre along the dirt track running parallel to this main road, which then branches off towards a hill topped by an antenna that you can see in the distance. Ignore the other tracks and keep heading in this direction until you reach the foot of Mount Poyo Roldan.

(36) Continue slightly downhill until you reach a sand pit and a concrete works.

(37) Cross carefully and head straight ahead. Turn left at the fork and continue until you see some concrete steps.

(38) Go down the steps on the left, cross the Yalde and follow the stream on your right for 150 m before passing under the LR-347 and arriving at a picnic area.

(39) Turn left. Continue along a stony path leading to the N-120 at the Stop sign.

(40) Cross carefully to reach the outskirts of Nájera. Continue straight on along Avenida de Logroño until you reach the stop sign.

(41) Cross carefully and turn right. Go round the roundabout, keeping to the right, to continue along Calle San Fernando. “You can stock up at the Alcampo supermarket.” Continue to the Monastery of the Poor Clares of Santa Elena.

(42) Please note, the pavements here are very narrow, so be careful! Continue straight ahead and turn left against the flow of traffic to reach Plaza San Julián. Head towards the bridge.

(43) Turn left towards the tourist office and car parks to find a quiet spot to camp (E) near the municipal swimming pool.

- Supplies: at the start, in Navarrete, in Nájera (40)
- Bivouac: no campsite, check on arrival
- Accommodation:
Hostal Ciudad de Nájera Tel: +34941360660
Sancho III Hostel Tel: +34941361138
Albergue municipal peregrinos Najera Tel: +34941360041
Albergue Las Peñas Tel: +34621209432
Puerta de Nájera Hostel Tel: +34941362317

(11) Lake La Grajera
(21) Navarrete: the town developed around Tedeón Hill and the castle built by Alfonso VIII to defend his border with Navarre. It belonged alternately to Castile and Navarre. Navarrete is a town on the Way of St James. Today, economic activity centres on ceramics and pottery. - Nearby: a cemetery with a 12th-century Romanesque gate, which comes from the old church attached to the medieval pilgrims’ hospice of San Juan de Acre, the remains of which can be seen a kilometre from the village.