Day 8 Viana to Navarrete
Tuesday 2nd April 2013
22.5 km - 5 hrs
Leaving Viana early morning
Flooded vines
Logroño in the distance
Descending into Logroño
Stork's nest
Entering Logroño over the river
Iglesia de Santiago el Real
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Iglesia de Santiago el Real
Building work began in 1513, and it has a nave with three sections and transept. The façade is 17th-century and was designed along the lines of a triumphal arch, decorated with two sculptures of the apostle Santiago: in one he is pictured wearing a pilgrim’s habit and in the other as a warrior on horseback. The church is next to Plaza de Santiago square. Here there is a unique “oca” (like snakes and ladders) board on the ground, with motifs related to the Way of St. James. |
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Leaving Logroño
Pantano de la Grajera
Angelo, Jenny & John - Fellow Pilgrims and Good Company!
Approaching Navarrete
Antiguo Hospital de Peregrinos founded in 1185 by the Order of San
Juan de Acre to administer to pilgrims undertaking the Camino
Don Jacobo Vineyard, Navarrete
No chance of getting lost..... there are yellow arrows in all sorts of places!
Plenty of places to stay in Navarrete
View from my room in Hostal Villa de Navarrete
Having a beer with Barry, Casper and Arno
Classy jacket, Arno!
Accommodation Notes
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