The hilltop castle on the north side of Daroca is not visible from the town below, but the hike up to it is well worthwhile for the evocatively ruined buildings and city walls, and the town panoramas. Founded as a Muslim fort in the 8th century, the castle underwent numerous battles and rebuildings and was in use until the 19th-century Carlist Wars.
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28.32 MILES
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…
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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…
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Up in northwest corner of town, 12th-century San Miguel is an austerely beautiful masterpiece of Romanesque architecture, but its greatest treasures are…
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Basílica de Santa María de los Sagrados Corporales
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Pretty Plaza de España is dominated by this ornate Romanesque-Gothic-Mudéjar-Renaissance church, which boasts a stately interior with towering columns and…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Centro de Interpretación Laguna de Gallocanta
9.79 MILES
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…
Nearby Aragón attractions
1. Basílica de Santa María de los Sagrados Corporales
0.12 MILES
Pretty Plaza de España is dominated by this ornate Romanesque-Gothic-Mudéjar-Renaissance church, which boasts a stately interior with towering columns and…
0.16 MILES
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…
0.26 MILES
Up in northwest corner of town, 12th-century San Miguel is an austerely beautiful masterpiece of Romanesque architecture, but its greatest treasures are…
4. Centro de Interpretación Laguna de Gallocanta
9.79 MILES
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…
5. Centro de Interpretación Laguna de Gallocanta
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Smaller and older than the one at Gallocanta village, this centre also provides information and exhibits on the lake and its birds. It's beside the Tornos…
17.96 MILES
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…
20.03 MILES
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…
28.32 MILES
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…