Map of Aragón and La Rioja

The corrugated plains of La Rioja and Aragón sit in the triangle formed between the Pyrenees to the north, Catalonia to the east and the Sistema Iberíca to the west and south. Like neighbour Old Castile to the west, their climate is continental (continental Mediterranean, to be precise), but their lower altitude means it is less extreme, except for the Aragonese Pyrenees where the climate becomes Alpine. Aragón is good farmland, producing cereals in huge amounts, while La Rioja is famous for its wine. As a political region, Aragón's provinces are Zaragoza, Huesca and Teruel, while La Rioja is a single-province autonomous community all on its own. Aragon's main cities are the provincial capitals, Saragossa, Huesca and small, isolated Teruel, and La Rioja's two most important towns are the provincial capital, Logroño, and Haro, "capital" of the Rioja wine region.

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