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Albarracin - The crenellated walls climbing above the remote medieval town of Albarracin, 38km west of Teruel, dramatically announce its proximity as you approach. Built on a steep, rocky height carved out by a meander of the Rio Guadalaviar, Albarracin was, from 1012 to 1104, the seat of a tiny Islamic state ...
Albarracin's Mayos - At midnight on the 30th of April, the serenade goes round the steep streets of Albarracin and other villages in the region playing love-songs under balconies full of flowers. These are "the Mayos", a popular expression of exaltation of love and spring, which rises spontaneously from time ...
Hotel Albarracin, Albarracin, Aragon - Set in the breathtaking Universales mountains at 3,400 feet on the Guadalivar River in an area declared a national park, Albarracin is one of the most beautiful towns in Aragon.
Open all year, the Hotel is situated, in the old quarter of Albarracin, in the old Bugadiera Palace, only 21 miles ...
In the Footsteps of El Cid - The Route of del Cid is a tourist and cultural route that follows the steps of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar through the "Cantar de mío Cid", one of the great epic poems in universal literature. It can be travelled by car and on foot. There are many stories about Rodrigo Díaz ...