If you like to discover spain through their pueblos or you simply want to find a destination that allows you to enjoy the best that towns have, you cannot miss one of the most charming, whose links to the vino It is also an incentive to visit it. And not only that, it’s about the town of Spain surrounded by the most impressive landscapes that you will not want to miss. A town with accreditation among the “Most Beautiful Towns in Spain” that could be one of your great discoveries this 2023.
The town of Spain with the most beautiful landscapes
The people we want to talk about is none other than Sajazara what located in the Rioja Altaand specifically in the Haro regionaround the confluence of the Aguanal and Ea rivers, It has a landscape that will amaze you, marked by large extensions of vineyards and other crops that contrast with monuments and buildings of great architectural and cultural value.
recently received the accreditation as one of the ‘Most Beautiful Towns in Spain’so it is worth a visit to also learn about its long history linked to wine.
A story that was born in 1075 since this is the date of the first record that is had of the town whose name also, Sajazarra comes from the Basque word Saja Zaharra which means ‘Saja la vieja’and that it was chosen to make a distinction with a neighboring town called Sajuela, whose meaning is that of ‘little Saja’.
The town has barely a hundred inhabitants but it is worth a visit to walk through its cobbled streets and discover, among others, monuments such as the impressive arch gatewhich is part of the medieval wall that the town had when it was a town and which originally in the thirteenth century, it was a gate tower that stood over a fortified corridor.
The Church of Saint Mary of the Assumption Building It is another of the buildings that stand out in the town. A church in ashlar and masonry with three naves that has been built, and reformed, over various periods from the 12th century and also highlighting the one that has a collection of contemporary works of art inside.
Among the monuments of the town you also haven different works of contemporary artjust like him winery neighborhood which is dedicated to millennial tradition of the town with wine and that together with its use for the aging of wines, it also has houses that have been a meeting place where to find good wine and good food.
Nature in Sajazarra
If you are a lover of nature and animals, a visit to Sajazarra will help you discover the Laguna that although a private property, it is a recovered wetland / lagoon from which you can see all kinds of birds, or you also have the opportunity to visit the Montes Obarene at whose feet the town is located and which are within the Red Natura 2000 (European ecological network of biodiversity conservation areas). A simple walk through these mountains will help you see golden eagles, griffon vultures, eagle owls and Bonelli’s eagles, so if you like birds and hiking you can schedule a route that will also take you to the peaks Gemres clubs, and on whose summit you have a beautiful gazebo made of stone.
