Huesca: Hotels and Accommodation
Accommodation in Huesca
The Sobrarbe-Pirineos UNESCO Global Geopark encompasses the entire Sobrarbe region in the north of the province of Huesca and offers more than 1,000 kilometres of well-maintained hiking trails.
File:Linás de Broto, Huesca, España, 2015-01-07, DD 01.JPG
Photo: Diego Delso via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
If you would like to book a hotel in Huesca, this is a separate decision from the landscape and cultural information on this page.
Nature
The Parque Natural de la Sierra y Cañones de Guara covers 47,453 hectares. Its peripheral protected zone covers a further 33,286 hectares; elevations range from 430 to 2,077 metres.
The Parque Nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido is a 15,696-hectare national park in the province of Huesca. It is home to more than 1,500 species of Pyrenean flora.
Culture
The Parque Cultural del Río Vero offers guided tours of the Abrigo de Arpán, the rock shelters of Mallata, the rock shelters of Barfaluy and the Abrigo de Lecina Superior. The cultural park also has signposted thematic hiking and mountain-biking routes with direction and information signs, viewpoints and rest areas. Within a relatively small area, it brings together prehistoric art styles ranging from Palaeolithic art through Levantine art to schematic art.
A guided-tour service is still available for La Cartuja de las Fuentes. The complex is open to the public on Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays.
The Musée de Huesca, Catedral - Museo Diocesano, Museo Pedagógico de Aragón and Editorial Pirineo are located in the vicinity of Huesca. All four are museums.
Routes and History
The Monte Irazo position on the Ruta Orwell can be reached via a path that begins on the A-129 road between Leciñena and Alcubierre at kilometre 34.6.
The Camino de Montserrat, also known as the Camino Catalán, crosses Aragón towards Huesca, where it connects with the traditional route to Santiago de Compostela.
The Frente de los Monegros route is Aragón’s first route dedicated to democratic remembrance. Along the route, visitors can explore trenches, casemates, bunkers and parapets mentioned by Orwell in his work “Homage to Catalonia”.
Surroundings and Events
Parque Universidad, Huesca is a park in the vicinity of Huesca. Parque Miguel Servet is also a park in the vicinity of Huesca.
Cerro la Cuasta and Cerro Fanfanrongan are peaks in the area surrounding Huesca.
The Descenso de Nabatas por el Río Cinca takes place every year on the penultimate Sunday in May.
Other Places
Other place pages: Jaca, Sallent De Gállego, Panticosa, Biescas, Benasque, Hoz De Jaca, Castejón De Sos, Canfranc, Aísa, Sahún, Villanova, Sesué
To the higher-level travel overview: Aragon.
