Bardenas Reales Badlands – Castildetierra Hill loop from Centro de información de Bardenas Reales

Bardenas Reales Badlands – Castildetierra Hill loop from Centro de información de Bardenas Reales

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Bardenas Reales Badlands – Castildetierra Hill loop from Centro de información de Bardenas Reales

04:11

58.2km

480m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: October 7, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

Please check local regulations for:

Parque Natural de las Bardenas Reales

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

Get Directions

44 m

Bardenas Reales Information Center

Highlight • Rest Area

At the information center you can find which roads etc. are closed when due to e.g. hunting, sheep, breeding season. There are mtb and walking gpx maps to download. In addition, numerous tips about the beautiful area can be found.

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1.05 km

Bardenas Reales Natural Park

Highlight • Natural Monument

Bardenas Reales (42,500 hectares) is an unusual semi-desert area with a spectacular, almost lunar landscape, declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. The dry landscape consists of high plains, ravines, rocks and hills

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16.2 km

View of the mesas in Bardenas Reales Natural Park

Highlight • Viewpoint

follow the route clockwise so you can better see cars coming

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19.6 km

Bardenas Reales Badlands

Highlight • Natural

The Badlands Bardenas Reales are inevitably reminiscent of the landscapes found in South Dakota.

By discovering these lands both superb and arid, you may sing the chorus of the song …

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40.4 km

Deer Pass

Highlight • Viewpoint

Beautiful views towards the fantastic landscape of the Bardenas Reales natural park, a unique place that by sectors gives the feeling that you are not on this planet!

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43.3 km

Peñaflor Castle (also known as Doña Blanca Castle)

Highlight • Castle

A magical place that hides a history of romanticism that dates back to the 13th century. Inside the Bardenas Reales park, this tower that has been eroded by the scourge …

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51.6 km

Castildetierra Hill

Highlight • Natural Monument

Mount Castildetierra, in Blanca Baja, is a unique geological formation in Navarre, unique and of particular interest for its landscape and educational value.

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51.7 km

Castildetierra

Highlight • Natural Monument

You can explore the Bardenas on foot, by bike, by Segway, on horseback, or by 4x4 or your own car. There are many well-signposted routes. Of course, the inner part …

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58.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

29.4 km

28.5 km

188 m

148 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

50.3 km

4.03 km

3.67 km

296 m

Elevation

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Highest point (450 m)

Lowest point (280 m)

Weather

Monday 12 October

28°C

14°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 21.0 km/h

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Comments

July 31, 2023,Bardenas Reales Desert

Nice loop to discover one of the three European Continental deserts. It's Bardenas Reales and it lays in the Pais Vasco region in Northern Spain.

The place is magical and it's a nice and short loop with no technical difficulties to ride in a very unusual place for many. Worth a visit if you happen to be in the area …