Reception in Pamplona and transfer to the hotel. Accommodation. Free food. In the afternoon, walk through the historical case of Pamplona. Dinner at the Gastronomic Society with explanation of the program. This dinner will be paid for by all, as is the local custom.
Breakfast and departure to learn about the history of the Kingdom of Pamplona, embryo of the Kingdom of Navarra, through the territories that today occupy the Basque Autonomous Community, La Rioja and Navarra. Our route will be the Camino de Santiago surrounded by vineyards. First we will enter La Rioja, visiting the Monasteries of Suso and Yuso, where we will see the first writings in Spanish and Basque. Later in Nájera we will visit the Pantheon of the Kings of Pamplona, in the Monastery of Santa María La Real. Lunch. We will continue to Laguardia, in the Basque Autonomous Community, an old defensive castle built on the borders of the kingdom of Navarre in the 10th century. Return to Pamplona and accommodation.
Breakfast and departure through the Pamplona Basin to make a brief stop in Etxauri. Continuation through Salinas de Oro. Navarra town of “Tierra Estella”, nestled in the foothills of the Urbasa and Andía Natural Park, is one of the few spring salt productions that remain active. We will continue to the Monastery of Santa María de Irantzu, hidden in the green valley of Yerri, in a secluded area between mountains, a great Cistercian abbey built between the 12th and 14th centuries. After your visit we will continue our trip to Estella. Visit and lunch.
Although some archaeological remains have been found in its term that take us back to the Bronze Age, Estella-Lizarra dates its birth in the year 1090, when King Sancho Ramírez granted it his Jurisdiction, that is, a series of rules in which It tried to privilege the settlement of settlers, of French origin, who would allow the economic diversification of the kingdom and take advantage of the importance that the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela was reaching at this time.
In the afternoon we will visit Puente la Reina, "crossroads", a medieval town where the two main routes of the Camino de Santiago merge, it is one of the most meaningful enclaves of Compostela in Navarra. We will go to Santa María de Eunate. Octagonal building dedicated to Santa María that was built during the reign of Sancho el Sabio, in the second half of the 12th century, around 1170, although there are those who extend a little longer in time, around 1210. According to the existing documentation, the mentor and the creator of this beautiful work was a queen, to whom they attribute the name of Doña Sancha. Returning to Pamplona, we will pass through Obanos, which in the 13th century was erected as a banner in the fight against the abuse of certain Navarrese nobles, since it was the headquarters of the Junta de los Infanzones.
Breakfast and departure at noon to visit Olite and its Palace first. The Royal Palace of Olite is proof of the courtly splendor that the city of Olite lived during the Middle Ages, a historic town located in the Middle Zone of Navarra, 42 kilometers south of Pamplona. Declared a National Monument in 1925, it occupies a third of the medieval urban area and is considered one of the most interesting Gothic civil ensembles in Europe.
We will continue our visit to the Cerco de Artajona, where one of the most important fortifications of Medieval Navarre is located in its highest part. The Cerco de Artajona is a walled enclosure with an irregular perimeter dating from the 11th century and made up of 14 crenellated towers of which nine are still standing. Return to Pamplona at noon and transfer to the Airport, Train or Bus Station.
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