BARDENAS REALES DE NAVARRA

Sculpture of the Past

The Bardenas Reales is a semi-desert natural region that spans 42,000 hectares located in Southern Navarra, northern Spain. The Bardenas Reales Natural Park is a pseudo-steppe landscape sculpted over millions of years due to erosion.

The soils are made up of clay, chalk and sandstone and have been eroded by water and wind creating surprising shapes, canyons, plateaus, tabular structures and isolated hills, called cabezos. It has inspired painters and writers and has been the scene of counterpart of the Dothraki Sea in #GameOfThrones.
 

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The most photographed zone and visited where the main rock formations can be found in Castildetierra and Pisquerra. Also in this area, defined by its eroded crags, dry gullies and steppe-like appearance - in its lower part is a Firing Range which explains the military aircraft flights; and the Bardena Negra, where the land darkens, giving way to the only Aleppo pinewoods in the area, accompanied by thicket

One last area of interest in the Bardenas Reales Natural Park cannot be visited. This is because it is a bombing range used by the Spanish Air Force. Here they train and carry out bombings (without explosives inside). So, don’t be surprised if you see fighter jets soaring above your head. Sometimes, all the acrobatics going on above can make for a nice, free air show. Feeling adventurous? This is where you need to be! 

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