La Rioja is mountain cycling land. A privileged environment to practice all kinds of BTT routes, with roads that run through immense fields of vineyards, areas of medium and high mountain of great beauty and very well preserved towns and cities and plagued by history and monuments.
On the other hand, it is also worth visiting La Rioja by bicycle for its gastronomy, especially for its world -famous wines and wineries. We propose several routes that visit the most mountainous regions of the South with the northern valleys, where most vid and wineries crops are concentrated.
Moncalvillo Route - Sierra de la Demanda
Moncalvillo ovens is the town that starts and end this route through the northeast area of the Sierra de la Demanda, specifically by the Alto de Moncalvillo. A route of mountain tracks surrounded by lush forests of pine and firs and green grasslands, just 20 kilometers from Logroño. The climb has 6 kilometers and manage to exceed almost 500 meters of positive slope.
Iregua Valley Route
The southern part of La Rioja is the most mountainous and is full of interesting natural routes and places of great beauty that is worth visiting, especially in autumn and spring. This route that we present coincides with the one of the cycling march the Iregua Valley. It runs through perfectly practically practically practically practically practically practicing tracks and mountain trails.
In addition, the tour will allow you to enjoy the views of the entire Iregua Valley and its forests, which in autumn offer the visitor a real visual enjoyment with the fall of the sheet. The most demanding part of the route is between kilometric points 9 and 18, where it goes from the valley to the mountain by forest track in good condition.
Monolito Senda Route
On the part of the Iregua Valley, this attractive MTB route that combines flat sections on roads and tracks surrounded by vineyard fields and the Iregua Valley landscape passes. In them you can find the monolith path, a cojunct of
Singletracks spectacular that run between forests on the slope of the mountain.
A route to do well with the
Rally bike or with one
double suspension trail with which to enjoy the paths to the fullest. The first 16 kilometers are in continuous ascent, although with very lymps ramps at some points. Once it reaches 1,285 m of altitude begins the section of trails mentioned above and the descent towards hostel, beginning and end of the route.
EA River Waterfall Route
A highly recommended area for mountain bike routes is La Rioja Alta, around one of its most representative populations, Haro, the so -called capital of the world famous Rioja wine. By vineyards this first part of the route runs in which the harsh ascent to the hermitage of San Felices stands out. From there you have to roll in the west direction looking for the jump of the EA River, a large waterfall located in the municipality of Fonzaleche.
Already back to Haro it is worth standing in the town of Sajazarra and visiting his beautiful and very well preserved Castillo-Palacio del XV. A very attractive route through the Haro region, with a first broken part and a more favorable second but always with a constant succession of repeches that continually cut their rhythm.
