Theme Week La Rioja – Logroño

30 January 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Market square © flickr.com - comakut/cc-by-sa-2.0

Market square © flickr.com – comakut/cc-by-sa-2.0

Logroño is the capital of the autonomous community of La Rioja, formerly known as La Rioja Province. The population is at 152,000 while the metropolitan area included nearly 197,000 inhabitants. The city is a centre of the trade in Rioja wine, for which the area is noted, and also produces wood, metal, and textile products. The Camino de Santiago passes through the city. Logroño is the shopping and financial capital of La Rioja. Its economy is heavily reliant on wine. The new airport Logroño-Agoncillo connects the city with Madrid and Barcelona. The city lies 152 kilometres (94 mi) from Bilbao, 172 kilometres (107 mi) from Zaragoza, 336 kilometres (209 mi) from Madrid and 468 kilometres (291 mi) from Barcelona.   read more…

Theme Week La Rioja

26 January 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon voyage, Theme Weeks Reading Time:  6 minutes

Autumn in La Rioja © flickr.com - Jesus Solana/cc-by-2.0

Autumn in La Rioja © flickr.com – Jesus Solana/cc-by-2.0

La Rioja is an autonomous community and a province in Spain, located in the north of the Iberian Peninsula. Its capital is Logroño. It covers part of the Ebro valley towards its north and the Iberian Range in the south. The community is a single province, so there is no County Council and it is organized into 174 municipalities.   read more…

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