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The northern autonomous regions of La Rioja and Navarra are two of Spain's smallest yet they still have a huge amount to offer by way of incredible tapas and world-famous wine.
(...) Navarra and its next-door neighbour the Rioja region are two of Spain’s smallest provinces and form a cultural and climatic bridge between the coastal areas and the heart of Spanish Castille. These landlocked regions are famous for both their culture and produce the world over; Pamplona’s San Fermin festival, immortalised in Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises, continues to be a massive draw for people around the world and the Rioja region is so famous for its wine that for many across the world until recently Spanish wine was Riojan (...)