The relief of the Ejean municipality is characteristic of the Middle Valley of the Ebro. It is located in a flat area, in transition between the stream bed of the Ebro river and the Pre-Pyrenees. There are peculiar reliefs, such as the calcareous grindstones that give rise to La Bardena, the desert steppe of Sora or the pre-Pyrenean mountain of Farasdués or La Marcuera.
The Bardena
It has an average altitude of 650 meters. It is an area with abundant vegetation: Aleppo pine, juniper, holm oak, oak, juniper, rosemary, thyme, ontina, strawberry tree and black hawthorn.
Specific animal species are: wild boar, hare, rabbit, partridge,
quail, wood pigeon, insectivorous birds such as the chickadee or mosquito and birds of prey such as kestrel, short-toed owl and short-toed eagle.
All this makes La Bardena an important ecological reserve.
The area is also known as “Bardena Negra”, due to the blackish color that gives the appearance of the pines on the ground.
The activities that can be developed in it are hiking, mountain biking and ecological photography.
There are signposted routes.
The Boalares
It is an area that is located in the transit towards the semi-desert steppe.
Los Boalares have 225 hectares of vegetation, mostly pine trees and scrubland (rosemary and thyme).
Its benefits to the visitor are: orientation routes in nature, a signposted jogging and a physical exercises circuit, areas with benches for rest, hiking and mountain biking.
It is located near the Linear Park of Gancho and the City of Water.
Valdemanzana-Sora
It is the semi-desert steppe area of Ejea de los Caballeros.
The vegetation is adapted to the adverse conditions of the terrain (scrub and scrubland).
The animal species found are: partridge, quail, pigeon, hare and rabbit.
Features: hunting ground, mountain bike and visit by all-terrain car.
The road that runs through this area occupies the old Roman road Caesaraugusta (Zaragoza) –Segia (Ejea) – Pompaelo (Pamplona).
Mount of Faradués
It represents another of the areas of ecological importance of Ejea, of transit between the plain and the pre-Pyrenean zone.
We will find a great animal wealth (Dupont’s lark, little bustard, wild boar, ortega, ganga and curlew) and plant (sisallo, esparto, rose, rosemary).
Its benefits are: hunting ground, hiking, mountain biking and ecological photography.
The Marcuera
It represents another of the areas of ecological importance of Ejea, of transit between the plain and the pre-Pyrenean zone.
We will find a great animal wealth (Dupont’s lark, little bustard, wild boar,black- bellied sandgrouse, and curlew) and plant (sisallo, esparto grass, rose, rosemary).
Its benefits are: hunting ground, hiking, mountain biking and ecological photography.
In La Marcuera you can find “aguarales”, some curious shapes in the land caused by water erosion.
There are also interesting points to visit such as the Cabin of the Toro.
