Bardenas Reales in Navarra
One of the most amazing visits you can do in atourist trip around Navarra is the Bardenas Reales Natural Park, which you find southeast of the community, not far from the town ofTudela.
There is no doubt that one of the icon images of Navarre they are the beautiful and green landscapes of the Navarre Pyrenees, which reach their maximum expression in corners such asIrati Jungle or the town of Ochagavia.
But in Navarra you can also find more typical landscapes to see inArizona, with spectacular rock formations like the head of Castildetierra.
Bardenas Reales in Navarra
When you consider the visit of the Bardenas Reales, you must know that it is a natural Park.
How to visit the Bardenas Reales
Therefore, great restrictions have been established to move around different spaces in order to protect the environment.
The visit of this area of semi-desert landscapes is made by dirt tracks that you can travel in a motor vehicle without being able to leave the tracks.
But you also have the alternative of doing trekking or tour the park in mountain bike. following the routes established for this purpose.
The main area to visit from Bardenas Reales Natural Park It is known as The White, which you will access in the southeast, from the N-134 road that joins Tudela with Arguedas.
Protected access area in the Bardenas Reales natural park in Navarra
At kilometer 15.1 of this road you have the entrance to the Bardenas Reales, which leads you directly to Visitors Centeracross the road from Shooting range that is in the park, where you will have the necessary information to carry out the visit.
Schedules visit Bardenas Reales
He Bardenas Reales park You can visit any day from 8 in the morning until an hour before nightfall.
The visiting hours of the Bardenas Reales Visitor Center they are, from April to August, from 9 am to 2 pm and from 4 pm to 8 pm; and from September to March, from 9 am to 2 pm and from 3 pm to 5 pm (during Holy Week, the center is open continuously from 9 am to 8 pm).
The normal visit is done by the dirt track that in a circular route allows you to see the most characteristic corners of the area of The White surrounding the Aviation Shooting Polygon.
Natural park of Bardenas Reales in Navarra
In you visit by car, you have to meet certain standards, such as the speed limited to 40 kilometers per hour, or not being able to stop anything other than in the areas enabled and marked as parking.
In addition, you cannot go on roads that leave the established route.
What to see in Bardenas Reales
On this tour of The White, the most prominent point to visit is the amazing rock formation of Castildetierra.
You can also access this area of Bardenas Reales in the northeast, from the N-534 road, between the towns of Carcastillo Y Alera.
Bardenas Reales in Navarra
The visit of the natural park you can complete it with the tour of the Fairground Reservoir, in the northwest of it.
You can access the track that takes you to the aforementioned reservoir from Agueda or from the local road that joins north Caparroso with Mélida.
Finally, another option to explore the natural park is to sign up for one of the excursions and guided tours that are offered in 4 × 4 route.
Or you can also visit the Bardenas Reales by segway, as I did on a trip to this natural park.
How to get to Bardenas Reales
More information about the Bardenas Reales
- Map of the Bardenas Reales Natural Park
- Bardenas Reales Information Center Hours
- Curiosities of the Bardenas Reales Natural Park
- Cabeilde de Castildetierra in the natural park of Bardenas Reales
- Segway guided tours of the Bardenas Reales natural park
- Photos of the Bardenas Reales Natural Park
