Aragón
Wandering around Teruel you're bound to arrive before long at this gently sloping, cafe-lined plaza that is the unquestioned centre of town. At its lower…
Must-see attractions in Aragón
Aragón
Up in northwest corner of town, 12th-century San Miguel is an austerely beautiful masterpiece of Romanesque architecture, but its greatest treasures are…
Aragón
The provincial museum, in a 16th-century Renaissance palace, has six floors of very well-presented exhibits. The sections on ceramics (with some superbly…
Zaragoza
This small museum displays Roman river-port installations, exposed beneath glass walkways and comprising remains of a vestibule at the northeast corner of…
Aragón
Attached to the church of the same name and accessed via the Mausoleo de Los Amantes, this is the oldest of Teruel's four classic Mudéjar towers, dating…
Aragón
The Torre de San Martín, the northwestern gate of the old city, is almost as beautiful as the Torre de El Salvador, though you can't climb it. Completed…
Basilica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar Tower
Zaragoza
Pay your €3 and a lift will whisk you most of the way up the northwest tower of the Basilica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar, leaving you to climb 109 steps…
Basílica de Santa María de los Sagrados Corporales
Aragón
Pretty Plaza de España is dominated by this ornate Romanesque-Gothic-Mudéjar-Renaissance church, which boasts a stately interior with towering columns and…
Aragón
This Romanesque-Gothic church, with a weathered Romanesque portal, has a deliciously gloomy crypt decorated with medieval frescos.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Zaragoza
The smallest of Zaragoza's Roman museums displays the subterranean remains of the city's one-time bathhouse. The ruined pool is not particularly…
Aragón
Not generally open to the public, but no matter…what makes this church interesting is the delineation of its architecture. On the semi-circular apse, you…
Aragón
The Teruel area's jamón (ham) is widely respected throughout Spain, and Jamones Bronchales, 29km northwest of Albarracín, runs tours of its drying…
Aragón
Although dwarfed in size and importance by the cathedral, the Magdalena, with its emblematic Mudéjar tower, is Tarazona’s most distinctive and oldest…
Albarracín
The 18th-century Bishop's Palace, adjoining the cathedral, houses this rich collection of religious art, which is a cut well above your average church…
Aragón
The road between Albarracín and Gea de Albarracín (14km east) is paralleled by traces of an ancient Roman tunnel aqueduct. Signs point to the most…
Centro de Interpretación Laguna de Gallocanta
Aragón
This modern centre on the edge of Gallocanta village, at the lake's northeast corner, has binoculars and picture windows for lake viewing, plus cases of…
Aragón
This grand staircase, connecting the Paseo del Óvalo to the train station, is a masterpiece of neo-Mudéjar monumental architecture redolent of Seville's…
Aragón
Adjacent to the cathedral, the Museo de Arte Sacro is housed in the stately Palacio Episcopal and has two floors of outstanding religious paintings and…
Zaragoza
This pretty church has a delicate 14th-century Mudéjar tower and an early-16th-century retablo (altarpiece) by Damián Forment. Guided visits (adult/child …
Zaragoza
The old convent of San Agustín (only the neoclassical facade remains) is an interesting hybrid building given over primarily to temporary exhibitions of…
Aragón
The 12th-century keep and some of the walls are all that remain of the castle that once guarded the frontier between the two Christian kingdoms of Aragón…
Aragón
The south doorway of this Romanesque church is a forest of highly detailed 12th-century carvings featuring musicians, animals, acrobats, imaginary beings…
Albarracín
Albarracín's toy museum is a fascinating journey through the historical world of toys from the 1880s to the 1970s – the kids will love it. It's 300m east…
Aragón
Uncastillo's castle, rising unmistakably above the rest of the village, dates back to the 11th century and contains remains of a 14th-century Gothic…
Zaragoza
Within the wonderfully restored 17th-century Palacio Argillo is a representative display of sculptures by Pablo Gargallo (1881–1934), a friend of Picasso…
Aragón
Near the church in the heart of the village, this endearing museum features a captivating display of photographs of villagers from the 1920s and 1930s.
Centro de Interpretación San Juan de la Peña y Monte Oroel
Aragón
Come here, next to the Monasterio Nuevo, for displays and information on the bird life and other natural features of the San Juan de la Peña area.
