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Stage 4

Pamplona/Iruña to Puente la Reina/Gares stage

km 24,0

Time 05H 45’

Difficulty Medium

Hostels 13

Available without an Internet connection

Finally only 24 kilometers from Puente la Reina

Information about the stage 4: Pamplona/Iruña to Puente la Reina/Gares stage

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Points of interest in the stage 4: Pamplona/Iruña to Puente la Reina/Gares stage

22 Albergue Jakue
21 Albergue de los Padres Reparadores
20 Albergue Santiago Apostol
19 Puente románico de Puente la Reina
18 Church of St. John the Baptist
17 Interesting civil architecture
16 Muruzábal Palace
15 San Esteban Parish Church
14 Albergue Camino del Perdón
13 Church of the Assumption
12 Wind farm
11 Caravan of pilgrims
10 Houses blasphemed
9 Church of San Andres
8 Guenduláin raft
7 Church of San Miguel
6 Albergue Familia Roncal
5 Albergue de peregrinos de la Orden de Malta
4 Acella bridge. Sadar River
3 Vuelta del Castillo
2 Catedral de Pamplona
1 Albergue de Pamplona

The route

Km 0. Pamplona (All Services)

Two dozen kilometers separate Pamplona from Puente la Reina. Descending the street of Curia to Mercaderes, the famous curve of the Encierros of San Fermín, we reached the Plaza Consistorial. The facade of the City Hall, a baroque and neoclassical mix, was built in 1752. We continue through San Saturnino and head to toe Calle Mayor. After a pedestrian step we advance to the Army Avenue and enter the Vuelta del Castillo, a beautiful park grown around the defensive stronghold of the Ciudadela.

Later on, signaling forces to leave the green area to access Fuente del Hierro Street, which crosses Sancho el Fuerte Avenue and leaves to the University of Navarra. The private institution is abandoned by the Acella bridge over the Sadar river (Km 3). By an andadero, after two kilometers, a slight slope is reached to Cizur Menor, population of the Cendea de Cizur. Cendea is a term used in Navarre to designate the group of several towns that make up a single municipality.

Km 5. Cizur Menor (Hostels. Bars. Store)

At the entrance, on the left hand, is the church of San Miguel and on the right, further away, the parish of San Emeterio and San Celedonio. We leave Cizur between townhouses and uni-relatives, the result of the urban collapse of the cities and the desire to flee to quieter places. Drastically, cereal fields and concentration slopes take over the landscape and we start to gain height with peace. We will reach a small raft of water in the place of Guenduláin, old depopulated manor - to the right of the Camino - formed by the palace and the church (Km 9). A couple of kilometers above is Zariquiegui, the last population of the Cendea de Cizur on the Camino de Santiago.

Km 11. Zariquiegui (Hostels. Store)

At the entrance we receive the geometric and grandiose bearing of San Andrés, a temple that still retains a sober Romanesque cover. Among some glimpses of blasphemous houses, we can accommodate the last part of the climb. We leave the tracks and take a more interesting path that opens the way between boj and thorns. We will reach the source of Gambellacos, commonly known as the name of Reniega. The legend tells that in this place, the devil
offered water to a thirsty pilgrim in exchange for reneging from God, the Virgin and Santiago. The pilgrim, half-dying, despised the drink and prayed until the devil left and the source that brought it to him appeared. Saciados too, we dedicate the last effort to the high of the Sierra del Cil, a natural barrier between the Pamplona Basin and Valdizarbe.

Km 13.4. Stop of Forgiveness (Walking Bar from 8:00 to 16:00. From 1 April to 31 October)

It is a good place to drop the backpack, eat something and take some pictures along with the original work made in veneer by the artist Vicente Galley, who shows a caravan of pilgrims from different eras representing the evolution of the Camino throughout its history. Under the hum of the wind turbines, after a well-deserved rest, the descent begins over uncomfortable loose stones and between coscots and holm oaks. Uterga, first of Valdizarbe, is the next village of our rutometer.

Km 16.8. Uterga (Hostel. Hostel. Bar)

Two kilometers and seven hundred meters later we arrived at Muruzábal.

Km 19.5. Muruzábal (Hostels)

We cross Esteban Pérez de Tafalla Street, where is the parish of San Esteban. In Muruzábal you can also admire the baroque palace of the same name, today converted into a winery. From Muruzábal it is possible to deviate to the Eunate hermitage (see observations). We resumed the march towards Obanos, which was conquered after a repeat.

Km 21.3. Obanos (Hostel. Bars. Store. Office. Pharmacy. ATM)

The Town Hall Square, next to the church of San Juan Bautista, serves as a union between the pilgrims from Somport and those from Roncesvalles. We passed under the pointed arch of the Obanos door and went down to the road, which we crossed to continue to the Robo river valley to the entrance of Puente la Reina. Next to the church of Santiago the two dozen kilometers are fulfilled.

Km 24. Puente la Reina (All Services)

The difficulties

Remarks

In images

What to see, what to do

CIZUR MENOR:Belonging
to the Centdea, Cizur is a residential village on the outskirts of Pamplona distinguished by its good asadores.
- Church of San Miguel:
  Beautiful example of a Romanesque building. This church was part of a major complex of the Sanjuanist Order. Restored in 1989, it is single-nave and retains its Romanesque cover. It was transferred to the Order of Malta in 1998.
VALDIZARBE:
A geographical area bordering the Region of Pamplona and consisting of a dozen populations. Cross this valley both the route from Roncesvalles and Somport. The itinerary of the French Way enters Valdizarbe through Uterga and continues through Muruzábal and Obanos (where the French Way and the Aragonese meet) to end in Puente la Reina.
UTERUS:
- Church of the Assumption:
  Surrounded by olive trees and with porticed atrium at the entrance, the church is gothic and shows on the capitals of its cover scenes of the childhood of Jesus.
MURUZÁBAL:
- San Esteban Parish Church:
  In the transition between the Gothic and the Baroque period, it is home to the altarpiece of Saints Juanes, in the late 15th or early 16th centuries.
- Muruzábal Palace:
  Baroque palace of the beginning of the 18th century which was a manor house of the Pérez de Rada family. Currently it is home to the Palacio de Muruzábal wineries that bottle their own wines.
OBANOS:
In the center of the Plaza de los Fueros de Obanos, next to the church of San Juan Bautista, the pilgrims who come from Roncesvalles join those from Somport. There has been a lot of speculation about whether it is Obanos or Puente la Reina the point where the two pilgrimage routes converged. The official signs go up to Obanos, although there are pilgrims who, instead of accessing this population, turn left when they reach the road NA-6064 and head for it directly to Puente la Reina. Obanos is characterized by the beauty of its streets and its houses. We can observe a varied civil architecture, with gothic elements in marble and brick. The Muzquiz, Zabalegui, Tximonco and Don Fidel houses stand out.
- Church of St. John the Baptist:
  Built in 1912 and restored in 2007, this church replaced an ancient Gothic construction. The Gothic temple maintains, among other elements, the gates of the 14th century, the tower, the baptismal pile and sculptures of the 17th century altarpiece. In the sacristy there is a Romanesque carving of the Virgin of Arnotegui.
PUENTE LA REINA:
His Romanesque bridge over the Arga River, mandated to be built for the passage of pilgrims by Queen Doña Mayor, gave name to the people.
- Church of the Crucifix:
  After the shelter of the Reparadores parents, the Jacobean route passes under the porch that connects this church with the convent. Santa María de los Huertos, as it was known in its origins, was built at the end of the 12th century. In the 14th century, another Gothic ship was added to the master Romanesque ship, which holds a German size from Jesus Christ crucified. The cover is richly decorated with various reasons.
- Church of Santiago:
  As you walk along Calle Mayor it is impossible not to pay attention in your tower, which seems to touch the sky. It was built at the end of the 12th century, but its appearance was shaped by the remodeling of the 16th century. It is important to stop at the polylobulated front facing Calle Mayor and at the gothic height of Santiago Beltza.