If you thought the Camino de Santiago was the itinerary the largest in Spain, you will be surprised to discover that there is a even longer trail that crosses 7 autonomous communities. This lesser-known but equally exciting route crosses some of the most varied and spectacular landscapes in the country. It’s perfect for the more adventurous. Want to know which one it is?
It is the longest hiking route in Spain.
He GR 99 – Ebro Nature Trail It is the longest trail in our country. It is approximately 1,280 kilometers long and follows the course of the Ebro from its source in Fontibre (Cantabria) to its mouth in the Ebro delta (Tarragona).
The hiking trail crosses 7 autonomous communities: Cantabria, Castile and Leon, Basque Country, Navarre, La Rioja, Aragon and Catalonia. This route can be done in 42 perfectly marked stagesThe first 21 follow the Western Ebro Nature Trail and the other 21 follow the Eastern Ebro Nature Trail.
Their 930 kilometers travel converted into Ebro inside second longest river in the Iberian Peninsula after the Tagus. Its arrangement within a wide valley and well delimited by mountain ranges makes it the most complex, abundant and extensive basin in the territory.
Along the way you can enjoy a variety of landscape considerable. You will walk between mountains, vast valleys, plains, wetlands and you will meet many unknown cities for the vast majority of the population. In each of them you can stop to discover their stories, their monuments and their gastronomy.
These are the stages of the Western Ebro Nature Trail
The first stage begins in Fountain (Cantabria) and the last one ends at Buñuel (Navarre). It is precisely in this last location that the stages of the Eastern Ebro Nature Trail begin. Several stages have alternative routes.
- Step 1: Fontibre – Montes Claros
- Step 2: Montes Claro – Villanueva de la Nia
- Step 2.1: Village of the Ebro – San Martín de Elines
- Step 2.2: Alternatives for Monte Hijedo
- Step 3: Villanueva de la Nia – Polientes
- Step 4: Polientes – Orbaneja del Castillo
- Step 5: Orbaneja del Castillo – Valdelateja – Pesquera de Ebro
- Step 5.1: Orbaneja del Castillo – Turzo – Pesquera de Ebro
- Step 6: Fishing on the Ebro – Manzanedo
- Step 7: Manzanedo – Bullring Bridge
- Step 8: Arena Bridge – Trespaderne
- Step 9: Trespaderne – Quintana Martín Galíndez
- Step 9.1: Valdecastro – Cillaperlata Bridge
- Step 10: Quintana Martín Galíndez – Baños de Sobron
- Step 10.1: Barcina de Barco – San Martín de Don
- Step 11: Baths of Sobron – Miranda de Ebro
- Step 11.1: Puentelarrá/Larrazubi – Miranda de Ebro
- Step 12: Miranda de Ebro – Haro
- Step 12.1: Miranda de Ebro – Briñas Bridge
- Step 13: Haro-Puente de Briñas – San Vicente de la Sonsierra
- Step 13.1: Haro – Briones – San Vicente de la Sonsierra
- Step 14: San Vicente de la Sonsierra – Elciego
- Step 14.1: Ebro/Mañueta Bathrooms – Ashtray
- Step 15: Elciego – Oyon
- Step 15.1: Ashtray – Logroño
- Step 16: Oyon – Mendavia
- Step 16.1: Logroño – Agoncillo
- Step 17: Mendavia-Lodosa
- Step 17.1: Agoncillo-Alcanadre
- Step 18: Sartaguda – San Adrian
- Step 18.1: Alcanadre – San Adrian
- Step 19: San Adrian – Rincon de Soto
- Step 19.2: Rincon de Soto – Castejon
- Step 20: Miracle – Tudela
- Step 21: Tudela-Buñuel
Stages of the Eastern Ebro Nature Trail
The other half of the Camino del Ebro runs along the easternmost part. It starts in Buñuel (Navarre) and ends in Camarles (Tarragona). Just like on the Western Way, you will encounter alternative routes for certain stages.
- Step 22: Buñuell – Gallur
- Step 23: Gallur – Alagón
- Step 24: Alagón – Utebo
- Step 25: Utebo – Zaragoza
- Step 26: Zaragoza – El Burgo de Ebro
- Step 27: El Burgo de Ebro – Pina de Ebro
- Step 28: Pina de Ebro – Velilla de Ebro
- Step 28.1: Pineapple of the Ebro – Gelsa
- Step 29: Old Ebro – Sástago
- Step 29.1: Alborge – Hermitage of Montler – Sástago
- Step 30: Sastago-Escatron
- Step 31: Escatron – Chiprana
- Step 32: Chiprana – Caspe
- Step 33: Caspe – More from the board
- Step 34: More from the tip – Freixes Valley
- Step 35: Freixes Valley – Mequinenza
- Step 36: Mequinenza – Almatret
- Step 36.1: Mequinenza – Fayon
- Step 37: Almatret – Flix
- Step 38: Flix – Ebro Valley
- Step 39: Mora de Ebro – Benifallet
- Step 40: Benifallet-Tortosa
- Step 41: Tortosa-Amposta
- Step 42: Amposta – Riomar
- Step 42.1: Deltebre – Camarles
This itinerary It is an unforgettable challenge for the most intrepid walkers. And you, will you dare to discover Spain from a new perspective?
