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This bus, adapted by the Tourism Board to show visitors the attractions of the area: charming villages and beautiful countryside. This special bus, was the first bus ever in the province of Huesca. |
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There are seven itineraries for visitors to discover the diversity of the countryside and heritage, with the aid of our tourist guides. They are:
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| Loarre Castle/Bolea |
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The castle of Loarre nailed to 1.071 metres of altitude, and the collegiate church of Bolea, constructed on a former Arabic fortress where witnesses of the confrontations among two Kingdoms, the Christians and the Arabs. Not uselessly both are situated in the territories that were delimiting the political border of these domains, the exterior or the Pyrenees and the “Hoya de Huesca” mountains. |
| Hoya Scarps/Piracés/Sesa/Salillas |
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Fruit of the caprices of the nature, as consequence of the erosion, has been created a fantastic landscape of scarps and walls where the imagination gives name to its relief looking like a landscape of the Western. Close to the scarp, and under the safeguard of what a time was an Arabic fortress, meditates a Roman causeway. Mixture of legend and tradition, we find on having visited a known cave of which, it is said, fertilizer power come in its interior. To finish the route a former well of ice is visited. |
| Kingdom of the Mallos: Agüero/Riglos/Ayerbe |
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Point of reference to many climbers and fans of the sports of risk, this natural place shelters, in addition, an important colony of greedy birds that, according to the climatology, can be observed.
The “Mallos”, vertical walls of more than 300 meters of altitude, and whose name designates to a former kingdom of the zone, there are accompanied of two villages of great captivation: Agüero and Riglos. |
| Mediterranean trilogy: Casbas/Ibieca |
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Small pictures of plantations in which there are cultivated the three most typical products of the Mediterranean, cereals, grapevine and olive trees, besides numerous almond-trees, shape the landscape, like mosaic, with that we run up on having come this zone. Two notable constructions complete the space, “San Miguel de Foces” (Natural Monument) and the monastery of Casbas. |
| Belsué Valley: Belsué/Arguis |
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In the north slope of the nature reserve of Guara, Belsué and Nocito valleys are situated ; between them, both the buildings, and the way of life, they support the purest tradition of the interior villages of the region.
Te visit for the zone leads its diverse pardinas and villages left that one accede for cabañeras, today, almost in disuse, long ago, the average only one of communication with the Pyrenees and the plain.
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| Gratal mountain: San Julián gorgas/ Roldán jump |
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In the Gratal mountain we find San Julián de Lierta gorgas. We will closer with the bus up to the surrounding areas from there by foot and we will initiate a walk approximately of half an hour to visit the gorgas.
It is a relief shaped throughout the years by the water of the rivers principally, the deposits of conglomerated material have eroded forming caves. In the way we will observe oaks, olive trees and other Mediterranean species. We will continue our route to the Roldán jump. A track leads us to a wide esplanade. We are already close to both big masses of conglomerate, San Miguel and Amán. Le legend says that Monsieur Roldán came here prosecuted by his enemies and from a great jump with his horse went of the San Miguel rock to Amán rock. The panoramic view is spectacular and an idyllic place to observe tawny vultures and other birds.
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| Route of the Abadiado: Montearagón Castle/Santa Eulalia/Vadiello |
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Montearagon castle is one of the most important castles of Spain. In order to reconquer Huesca in advance towards Saragossa, the Aragonese king Sancho Ramirez chooses this hill to build a fortress. Some years later this place turned into a powerful monastery with jurisdiction into a wide territory that the Montearagón Abadiado shaped; big extensions of area belonged to him during centuries.
We will continue the route towards Loporzano to arrive to Santa Eulalia La Mayor, more known in Huesca as “Santolaria”. We will visit the defensive watchtower of medieval origin, from which is observed a beautiful panoramic of Guara, Guatizalema river and the Hoya de Huesca. We will continue up to Vadiello, it is the reservoir of water mouth in Huesca.
We will see Ligüerri mallos, the one of San Jorge, el Puro, la Mitra, the peak Borón that rises up 1310 m. of altitude. Easy to see vultures, alimoches birds and some ospreys if we are lucky.
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