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Wide open spaces

Bardenas Reales, the desert that starts past the last orchard

An hour south of Pamplona, green Navarre gives way to a semi-desert of clay and gypsum, shaped by rain more than by wind. Two days are enough for the Bardena Blanca, five to circle the desert by way of Olite and the Cinco Villas.

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The Cañón del Río Lobos, a fault line in Castile

Between Soria and Burgos, the Castilian plateau opens without warning onto a limestone canyon where griffon vultures nest. You drive little, you walk a lot, and on weekdays you meet few people.

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