Heritage towns in La Rioja

A La Rioja town whose very name traces back to a queen's residence, with a Dominican convent consecrated by a pope and a history stretching from Roman roads to the Wars of Castile.

A cathedral city on the Camino de Santiago in La Rioja, built around the legacy of a medieval saint whose 69-metre freestanding baroque tower is the tallest in the region and visible for miles.

A hilltop town in La Rioja whose name traces back to an ancient pre-Roman tribe, its streets shaped by centuries of conflict between the kingdoms of Castile and Navarre.

A former royal capital of medieval Navarre, Nájera rises above the Río Najerilla in La Rioja with a cave-born monastery that became the burial place of kings and a key stop on the Camino de Santiago.

A Navarrese border stronghold above the Ebro, its walled hilltop enclosure, ruined castle, and La Rioja's finest Romanesque hermitage marking seven centuries of contested frontier history.

A La Rioja mountain town shaped by Basque roots, medieval wool-making, and an 18th-century royal textile factory that tripled its population and left behind monuments still standing in its centre today.