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'''Navarre''' ([[Spanish phrasebook|Spanish]]: ''Navarra'', [[Basque phrasebook|Basque]]: ''Nafarroa'') is a region in Northern Spain bordered by [[France]], the [[Basque Country]], [[Aragon]], and [[La Rioja (Spain)|La Rioja]].
 
'''Navarre''' ([[Spanish phrasebook|Spanish]]: ''Navarra'', [[Basque phrasebook|Basque]]: ''Nafarroa'') is a region in Northern Spain. Navarre is one of the historic Basque districts, with its Basque features conspicuous in the north, while virtually absent on the southern fringes. Despite its relatively small size, Navarre features stark contrasts in geography, from the Pyrenees mountain range that dominates the territory to the plains of the Ebro river valley in the south. It is bordered by [[France]], the [[Basque Country]], [[Aragon]], and [[La Rioja (Spain)|La Rioja]].
==Cities==▼
 
==Regions==
* [[Pamplona]] — made famous by Ernest Hemmingway in 'The Sun Also Rises.' It hosts the festival of San Fermin, with the running of the bulls (''el encierro''). The festival is celebrated every year for a week beginning on July 7.▼
[[File:Ujué.jpg|thumb|Ujué]]▼
 
* {{marker|name=Comarca de Pamplona|wikidata=Q2598724}} (Pamplona metropolitan area): — The most populous area of Navarre (half of the people of Navarra live here), with Pamplona, Barañáin orand Burlada. It is an urban area and is right in the centre of the region.▼
* [[Tudela]] — the second largest city in Navarra with a population not higher than 40,000 people. Tudela is 94 km (60 miles) far from Pamplona, it's linked by a good highway and there are good connections by bus and train. It's used to be a big center of vegetables production although industry has been developed in the city. It has a beautiful cathedral from the Romanic and Gothic period.▼
* '''Mountains''': Pirineos de Navarra (Pyrenees of Navarre) and Montaña (Mountain zone): — The north part of Navarra where there is a lot of mountains, like "Mesa de los Tres Reyes"<!--{{marker|type=see|name=Mesa de los Tres Reyes|wikidata=Q546180}}--> (2.424 m.) and "Pico de Ory" (2.104 m.). This is the "Basque" and "green" Navarra where in many villages and small towns Basque is spoken and there is continental weather. It is bordered by France and Basque Country.▼
* {{marker|name=Tierra Estella|wikidata=Q124811}} (Estella Land): — The historic part of Navarre with many medieval monuments and towns. The way to Santiago is here. The most important towns are Estella, Puente La Reina and Viana.▼
* {{marker|name=Zona Media|wikidata=Q111347492}} (Centre Area): It— is aA transition area between mountain zone and south zone, with important historic towns like Olite (which was the capital of the Kingdom of Navarre, with a wonderful Palace-Castle), Tafalla, Ujue, Andosilla and San Martín de Unx.▼
* {{marker|name=Ribera de Navarra|wikidata=Q2659022}} (South of Navarre): – The south part of Navarre, the only area that was occupied by the Muslims, who founded Tudela, the capital of this zone and the second city of Navarre. It is one of the most important areas of agriculture in Navarre and Spain. There is also a desert called the Bardenas Reales, a pale yellow landscape of canyons, mesas and plateaux.▼
 
▲==Cities==
==Other destinations==▼
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[[File:Monasterio de la Oliva, Carcastillo, Navarra, España, 2015-01-06, DD 10-12 HDR.JPG|thumb|Monasteria de la Oliva, Carcastillo, Navarre]]▼
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===Comarca de Pamplona===
==Understand==▼
▲* {{marker|type=city|name=[[Pamplona]]|wikidata=Q10282}} — made famous by Ernest Hemmingway in ''The Sun Also Rises.''. It is a city with beautiful parks, historical buildings, medieval city walls and a river running through it. It is the first main city on the route of St. James ([[Camino de Santiago]]). It hosts the festival of San Fermin, with the running of the bulls (''el encierro''). The festival is celebrated every year for a week beginning on July 7.
* Barañáin
* Burlada
 
===TheTierra regions of NavarreEstella===
* {{marker|type=city|name=[[Estella]]|wikidata=Q646620}}
* {{marker|type=city|name=Puente La Reina|wikidata=Q372556}} — named after the bridge on the [[Way of St. James]]
* {{marker|type=city|name=[[Uterga]]|wikidata=Q984879}}
* {{marker|type=city|name=Viana|wikidata=Q907241}}
 
===Mountains===
▲* Pirineos de Navarra (Pyrenees of Navarre) and Montaña (Mountain zone): The north part of Navarra where there is a lot of mountains, like "Mesa de los Tres Reyes" (2.424 m.) and "Pico de Ory" (2.104 m.). This is the "Basque" and "green" Navarra where in many villages and small towns Basque is spoken and there is continental weather. It is bordered by France and Basque Country.
 
===Ribera===
▲* Comarca de Pamplona (Pamplona metropolitan area): The most populous area of Navarre (half of the people of Navarra live here), with Pamplona, Barañáin or Burlada. It is an urban area and is right in the centre of the region.
▲* {{marker|type=city|name=[[Tudela]]|wikidata=Q244747}} — the second largest city in NavarraNavarre with a population not higher than 40,000 people. Tudela is 94 km (60 miles) far from Pamplona, it's linked by a good highway and there are good connections by bus and train. It's used to be a big centercentre of vegetables production although industry has been developed in the city. It has a beautiful cathedral from the Romanic and Gothic period.
 
===Zona Media===
▲* Tierra Estella (Estella Land): The historic part of Navarre with many medieval monuments and towns. The way to Santiago is here. The most important towns are Estella, Puente La Reina and Viana.
* {{marker|type=city|name=Olite|wikidata=Q837062}}
* {{marker|type=city|name=Andosilla|wikidata=Q425775}}
* {{marker|type=city|name=Tafalla|wikidata=Q820224}}
* {{marker|type=city|name=Ujue|wikidata=Q943072}}
* {{marker|type=city|name=San Martín de Unx|wikidata=Q984889}}
 
▲==Other destinations==
▲[[File:Ujué.jpg|thumb|Ujué]]
▲[[File:Monasterio de la Oliva, Carcastillo, Navarra, España, 2015-01-06, DD 10-12 HDR.JPG|thumb|Monasteria de la Oliva, Carcastillo, Navarre]]
▲* Zona Media (Centre Area): It is a transition area between mountain zone and south zone, with important historic towns like Olite (which was the capital of the Kingdom of Navarre, with a wonderful Palace-Castle), Tafalla, Ujue, Andosilla and San Martín de Unx.
 
===Ribera de Navarra===
▲* Ribera de Navarra (South of Navarre): The south part of Navarre, the only area that was occupied by the Muslims who founded Tudela, the capital of this zone and the second city of Navarre. It is one of the most important areas of agriculture in Navarre and Spain. There is also a desert called the Bardenas Reales, a pale yellow landscape of canyons, mesas and plateaux.
* {{marker|type=vicinity|name=[[Bardenas Reales]]|wikidata=Q521527}} – a badlands/semi-desert in the south-eastern part of Navarre
 
▲==Understand==
Navarre is in the transition between Green Spain and semi-arid interior areas, causing a vast difference of landscapes between various parts of the region. The transition also renders a highly variable climate, with cooler spells and heat waves mixing in summer. Winters are mild for the latitude. The famous Jesuit missionary St. Francis Xavier, known for his work in Asia, was a native of Navarre.
 
==Talk==
Both [[Spanish phrasebook|Spanish]] and [[Basque phrasebook|Basque]] (''Español'' and ''Euskera'') are official languages in Navarra. Spanish is more widespread than Basque in Navarra, and everybody can speak Spanish in this land, but Basque is also spoken as a native language by a wide part of the population, especially in the north of Navarra and Pamplona, as a native language.
 
==Get in==
===By plane===
Pamplona ({{IATA|PNA}}) has an airport that connects it with [[Madrid Barajas]] and [[Barcelona El Prat]] by regular flights. There are also connections with some other cities like [[Lisbon]]. There are good, regular bus connections with it'sits two closest international airports in [[Bilbao]] ({{IATA|BIO}}, Spain) and [[Biarritz]] ({{IATA|BIQ}}, France).
 
===By train===
Pamplona has quite good railway system, although high speed trains won't be working until 2012,. itIt has several trains every day to Madrid (3h3 hr), Barcelona (4h4 hr), Zaragoza (2h2 hr) and so on.
 
==Get around==
 
==See==
[[Image:Urederra_pool.jpg|thumb|One of the many turquoise pools on the hike to the source of the River Urederra]]▼
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* Visit the [[UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves]] in Navarre
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===Itineraries===
*[[Way of St. James]] (El Camino de Santiago)
** The [[French Way]] and the [[Ebro Way of St. James]] of the passes through the region.
 
==Do==
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| content=A beautiful hike, alongside some ethereal, unreal looking turquoise pools and through some truly breathtaking views within the National Park of Urbasa-Andia. It is an easy 5-km walk (3 hours round trip walk) which takes you from the small village of Baquedano to the source of the River Urederra; a waterfall easily reached by foot for families [http://www.turismo.navarra.es/imgs/rrtt/05/01/03/00/4310DOC1.PDF This is not the only hike to do in the park, which has a variety of walks of various lengths (up to 24km24 km) and difficulty] among some spectacular countryside.<p> Access to the park is regulated for conservation purposes but free to access and you should book [http://www.nacederourederra.com/Entradas%20urederra.html on their website] prior to going. There are 450 tickets available a day, of which 60% are bookable online, with the remaining allocated to those who turn up.<p> You can get to the park either by renting a car and driving to the area where there is a small car park (3 EUR€3 for parking) or by public transport where from San Sebastian, the trip to Urederra can be broken into two legs.<pbr />The first leg is to Alsasua, which is easily reached by train or bus from San Sebastian, botheach taking roughly 90 minutes.<pbr />[http://www.alsa.es/en/home Bus timetables for Alsa] are available on their website. However, the Alsa bus stop in Alsasua is not marked (and worse its location on a map may be incorrectly marked as being on Calle San Juan) but it is outside a residential home for elderly people on [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.894287&mlon=-2.175398#map=17/42.89429/-2.17674 Calle Idertzagain].<pbr />The second leg involves a 30 -minute taxi ride (40 EUR€40 one way) from Alsasua, (+34 608776154, Taxi Goikoetxea - Spanish-speaking only) to Baquedano. If you have not put together a picnic, the bakeries and cafes along San Juan make for a good choice as Baquedano has no shops.<p> Remember to arrange in good time the taxi ride back to Alsasua for the bus/train back..▼
| content=A beautiful hike, alongside some ethereal, unreal looking turquoise pools and through some truly breathtaking views within the National Park of Urbasa-Andia. It is a easy 5km walk (3 hours round trip walk) which takes you from the small village of Baquedano to the source of the River Urederra; a waterfall easily reached by foot for families.
 
▲[[Image:Urederra_pool.jpg|thumb|One of the many turquoise pools on the hike to the source of the River Urederra]]
 
▲[http://www.turismo.navarra.es/imgs/rrtt/05/01/03/00/4310DOC1.PDF This is not the only hike to do in the park, which has a variety of walks of various lengths (up to 24km) and difficulty] among some spectacular countryside.<p>Access to the park is regulated for conservation purposes but free to access and you should book [http://www.nacederourederra.com/Entradas%20urederra.html on their website] prior to going. There are 450 tickets available a day, of which 60% are bookable online, with the remaining allocated to those who turn up.<p>You can get to the park either by renting a car and driving to the area where there is a small car park (3 EUR for parking) or by public transport where from San Sebastian, the trip to Urederra can be broken into two legs.<p>The first leg is to Alsasua, which is easily reached by train or bus from San Sebastian, both taking roughly 90 minutes.<p>[http://www.alsa.es/en/home Bus timetables for Alsa] are available on their website. However, the Alsa bus stop in Alsasua is not marked (and worse its location on a map may be incorrectly marked as being on Calle San Juan) but it is outside a residential home for elderly people on [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.894287&mlon=-2.175398#map=17/42.89429/-2.17674 Calle Idertzagain].<p>The second leg involves a 30 minute taxi ride (40 EUR one way) from Alsasua, (+34 608776154, Taxi Goikoetxea - Spanish-speaking only) to Baquedano. If you have not put together a picnic, the bakeries and cafes along San Juan make for a good choice as Baquedano has no shops.<p>Remember to arrange in good time the taxi ride back to Alsasua for the bus/train back.
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==Do=Events===
The best-known event in Navarre is the '''San Fermín festival''' in July held in [[Pamplona]].
 
==Eat==
Navarra has a very good reputation for its food and restaurants sharing it mostly with the Basque cook.
These are some of the most typical products of Navarre:
*'''Sparragus''' eaten with mayonnaise.
 
*'''SparragusAlcachofas''' eatenvegetable withtypical mayonnaisefrom Tudela.
*'''Piquillo peppers''' in the village of Lodosa, really tasty!▼
 
*'''Txistorra/Chistorra''' is a kind of red sausage (made with pork), delicious.▼
'''Alcachofas''' vegetable typical from Tudela.
 
▲'''Piquillo peppers''' in the village of Lodosa, really tasty!
 
▲'''Txistorra/Chistorra''' is a kind of red sausage (made with pork), delicious.
 
==Drink==
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