Must-see attractions in Aragón

  • Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar

    Zaragoza

    This great baroque cavern of Catholicism stands on the site where, the faithful believe, the Virgin Mary appeared to Santiago (St James the Apostle) atop…

  • Spain, Zaragoza, La Seo, Mixture Of Architectural Styles. (Photo by Education Images/UIG via Getty Images)

    La Seo

    Zaragoza

    Dominating the eastern end of Plaza del Pilar, La Seo is Zaragoza's finest work of Christian architecture, built between the 12th and 17th centuries and…

  • Monasterio de San Juan de la Peña

    Aragón

    The road from Santa Cruz winds 7km up to the 10th-century Monasterio Viejo, tucked protectively under an overhanging lip of rock. A fire in 1675 led the…

  • Aljafería

    Zaragoza

    The Aljafería is Spain's finest Islamic-era edifice outside Andalucía. Built as a fortified palace for Zaragoza's Islamic rulers in the 11th century, it…

  • The bell tower and entrance of the church San Pedro in center historic of Huesca, Spain.

    Iglesia de San Pedro El Viejo

    Aragón

    San Pedro is one of the oldest and most important Romanesque churches in Spain, dating from the early 12th century. Its open cloister is adorned with 38…

  • Fundación Amantes

    Aragón

    Teruel's most popular attraction pulls out the stops on the city's famous legend of the tragic 13th-century lovers (amantes) Isabel and Juan Diego. The…

  • Catedral de Santa María de Mediavilla

    Aragón

    The exterior of Teruel's cathedral is a rich example of the Mudéjar imagination at work with its kaleidoscopic brickwork and colourful ceramic tiles,…

  • Museo del Teatro de Caesaraugusta

    Zaragoza

    The finest in Zaragoza's quartet of Roman museums was discovered during excavation of a building site in 1972. Great efforts, including an entertaining 15…

  • Catedral del Salvador

    Albarracín

    After two decades of painstaking restoration, Albarracín's 16th-century cathedral has been returned to its splendour of the 18th century, by which time…

  • Museo Goya

    Zaragoza

    Apart from Madrid’s Museo del Prado, this exceedingly well-laid-out museum contains arguably the best exposé of the work of one of Spain’s greatest…

  • Catedral Santa María de la Huerta

    Aragón

    Tarazona's magnificent, multi-styled cathedral dates back to the 13th century. Its French-Gothic origins are evident in the vaulting and arches of the…

  • Catedral de Santa María

    Aragón

    This Gothic cathedral is one of Aragón's great surprises. The richly carved main portal dates from 1300, and the attached Museo Diocesano contains the…

  • Museo Diocesano

    Aragón

    The star turn of the excellent Diocesan Museum (accessed from inside the Catedral de San Pedro) is a collection of Romanesque and Gothic art rescued from…

  • Torre de El Salvador

    Aragón

    The most impressive of Teruel's Mudéjar towers, 40m-tall El Salvador is an early-14th-century extravaganza of brick and ceramics built on the model of an…

  • Muralla

    Albarracín

    Albarracín's highest point, the Torre del Andador (Andador Tower) was built in the 10th century as a defensive outpost for the Muslim town huddled around…

  • Plaza Mayor

    Aínsa

    Old Aínsa's broad, cobbled main plaza, lined by handsome stone arcades and houses, is one of Spain's loveliest. It was created as a market place and…

  • Estación Internacional de Canfranc

    Aragón

    The magnificent, 250m-long, Modernista structure of Canfranc station stands as a monument to a trans-Pyrenean railway that has lain idle for half a…

  • Pueblo Viejo de Belchite

    Aragón

    The shattered buildings of Belchite village, 45km southeast of Zaragoza, stand today as a haunting reminder of the horrors of the Spanish Civil War. The…

  • Monasterio de Piedra

    Aragón

    This one-time Cistercian monastery, 28km southwest of Calatayud, dates from the 13th century but was closed down by government order in the 1830s. New…

  • Santuario de la Misericordia

    Aragón

    The Santuario de la Misericordia, a 15th-century shrine near Borja, 23km southeast of Tarazona, attracted worldwide attention in 2012 after an 81-year-old…

  • Museo de Arte Contemporáneo

    Aragón

    Thanks to an international art symposium held here annually from 1975 to 1984, Hecho is endowed with a large collection of contemporary sculpture and…

  • Eco Museo

    Aínsa

    Housed in a tower of Aínsa's castle, the Eco Museo presents models and information displays on Pyrenean fauna; a few rescued birds of prey in small…

  • Monasterio de San Victorián

    Aínsa

    On the slopes of La Peña Montañesa, San Victorián monastery has claims to be the oldest monastery in Spain. Dating from the 11th century (though much…

  • Patio de la Infanta

    Zaragoza

    This exhibition space houses the Ibercaja bank's art collection, and puts on many temporary exhibitions. But the real star is the lovely 16th-century…

  • Castillo de Loarre

    Aragón

    This large, multi-towered, 11th-century fortress, raised in Christian/Muslim frontier territory by Sancho III of Navarra and then expanded by Sancho…

  • Museo del Vino

    Aragón

    Around 50km south of Zaragoza lies one of Spain's oldest wine DOs (Denominaciones de Origen), in action since 1932. The Campo de Cariñena DO is centred on…

  • Ciudadela

    Aragón

    Jaca's large, star-shaped citadel, built in the 1590s to defend against possible French invasion, is surrounded by an equally star-shaped moat inhabited…

  • Museo del Grabado de Goya

    Aragón

    This museum contains an important collection of Goya’s engravings, and acts as the ticket office for the Casa Natal de Goya, 100m along the street. There…

  • Acuario de Zaragoza

    Zaragoza

    Built for the 2008 Expo, Zaragoza’s aquarium focuses on five of the world’s great rivers from the Amazon to – closer to home – the Ebro (the facility sits…

  • Monasterio de Veruela

    Aragón

    The beautiful 12th-century Cistercian monastery of Veruela stands in a bucolic corner of the countryside 14km south of Tarazona, with the Sierra del…

  • Museo de Zaragoza

    Zaragoza

    Exceptional Roman mosaics and 19 paintings by Goya are the highlights of the city museum, devoted to archaeology and fine arts. There's plenty more 18th…

  • Dinópolis

    Aragón

    A wealth of dinosaur remains have been unveiled in the Teruel region. This big-box complex, however, is more of a dinosaur theme park than a pulse-raiser…

  • Casa Palacio de Sada

    Aragón

    Fernando II of Aragón was born in this building in 1452. It's an impressive mansion – more so now than back then, following a major expansion around 1600…

  • Casa Natal de Goya

    Aragón

    Goya's humble birthplace was owned by his family until the early 20th century. The great man himself spent just his first month here, his mother having…

  • La Lonja

    Zaragoza

    Now an exhibition hall, this finely proportioned, pale-brick, Renaissance-style building, just east of the basilica, was constructed in the 16th century…

  • Castle

    Albarracín

    Albarracín's crag-top castle was founded in the 9th century. Apart from its perimeter wall and towers, everything you see, including the remains of the…

  • Museo de Huesca

    Aragón

    The city museum, partly housed in a 12th-century Aragonese royal palace, contains well-displayed archaeology and early modern art collections, including…

  • Judería

    Aragón

    Tarazona has one of Spain’s best preserved medieval Jewish quarters, in a tight web of streets around Calle Judería, Rúa Alta de Bécquer and Rúa Baja de…

  • Palacio Episcopal

    Aragón

    On the site of a Muslim citadel and, subsequently, the residence of several Aragonese kings, the imposing Bishop's Palace was completed in the mid-16th…

  • Museo de Tapices

    Zaragoza

    La Seo's tapestry museum (included in the cathedral's admission price) is no afterthought. It is considered to be the best collection of its kind in the…

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