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Aneto - With its stunning beauty and its 3,404 metres, every year the Aneto tempts the conquering spirit of mountaineers from all over the world. Resplendent with light and life, the great colossus of the Aragon Pyrenees stands majestically over the impressive landscapes of the Posets-Maladeta Nature ...
Calatayud Wine & Wineries - The Calatayud wine region is situated in the province of Zaragoza and covers an area of 5,600 hectares. The Calatayud wine region consists of 15 vineyards (Bodegas), which produce 14 millon liter of wine annually. It borders with the Cariñena (DO) in the east and with the province of ...
Calatayud Wine Region - The Calatayud wine region is situated in the province of Zaragoza and covers an area of 5,600 hectares. The Calatayud wine region consists of 15 vineyards (Bodegas), which produce 14 millon liter of wine annually. It borders with the Cariñena (DO) in the east and with the province of ...
Campo de Borja - Since this area acquired DO (Designation of Origin) status in 1980, it has been progressively acquiring an identity of its own. Its wines are well-made, full-bodied and dense, with clear, fruity aromas.
Whilst most production continues to be red wines, the number of crianzas is steadily ...
Campo de Borja Wine & Wineries - Since this area acquired DO (Designation of Origin) status in 1980, it has been progressively acquiring an identity of its own. Its wines are well-made, full-bodied and dense, with clear, fruity aromas.
Whilst most production continues to be red wines, the number of crianzas is steadily ...
Cariñena Wine & Wineries - The Cariñena wine region is situated in the province of Zaragoza, well south of the river Ebro, northeast of Calatayud and covers an area of 16,600 hectares. The Cariñena wine region consists of 60 vineyards (Bodegas), which produce 72.6 millon liter of wine annually.
The ancient ...
Cariñena Wine Region - The Cariñena wine region is situated in the province of Zaragoza, well south of the river Ebro, northeast of Calatayud and covers an area of 16,600 hectares. The Cariñena wine region consists of 60 vineyards (Bodegas), which produce 72.6 millon liter of wine annually.
The ancient ...
Foreign Embassies & Consulates in Spain - AUSTRALIA EMBASSY: Pza Descubridor Diego de Ordás, 3 (a la altura de Santa Engracia, 120) 28003 MADRID Tel: (91) 441 9300 Consulates: Barcelona Gran Vía Carlos III, 98, 9 piso 08028 BARCELONA Tel. (93) 330 9496 Sevilla Federico Rubio, 14 41004 SEVILLA Tel. (95) 422 ...
Formigal Ski Resort - The ski resort of Formigal is located in the Aragonese Pyrenees. It's a lively purpose-built resort suitable for beginners, intermediate skiers and families. You don't come here to rub shoulders with the rich and famous but it's a friendly and relaxed resort with good facilities provided at ...
Formigal Ski Resort - The ski resort of Formigal is located in the Aragonese Pyrenees. It's a lively purpose-built resort suitable for beginners, intermediate skiers and families. You don't come here to rub shoulders with the rich and famous but it's a friendly and relaxed resort with good facilities provided at ...
Los Monegros - Los Monegros is a Spanish comarca located within the provinces of Zaragoza and Huesca. The area is prone to chronic droughts, and much of the area is semi-desert. The sierra de Alcubierre mountain chain crosses the comarca from Northeast to Southeast. Its maximum elevation is 822 meters, which can ...
Natural Park of Posets Maladeta - From the high mountain tops to the last foothills of the outer mountain ranges, the magnificent mountain landscape plays a leading role in Ribagorza, the most eastern area of the Aragonese Pyrenees. The granite massifs of Posets and Maladeta, declared a Natural Park with a surface area of 33.267 ...
Ordesa Valley & Torla - The Ordesa valley is a spectacular cannon created for centuries for the Arazas River (It has been compared with the Colororado one). This is one of the most visited areas of the Pyrenees because of its diversity. There are wonderful climbing areas too, like the Gallinero or the Tozal del Mallo, ...
Panticosa Ski Resort - The Pyrenees ski resort of Panticosa is located in the centre of the Spanish Pyrenees Mountains in the region of Aragon. A band of local inhabitants of this lovely, centuries-old village came up with the idea of installing a chair lift to access the local mountain peaks as far back as 1970. Recent ...
Pavilion of Spain - The Pavilion of Spain during the Expo Zaragoza is committed to ethical architecture in pursuit of environmental protection and sustainable development. It is an artificial forest made of columns and glass.
The pavilion is designed to save energy and to use environmentally friendly materials and ...
Selgua - Selgua is home to one of the few Romanesque funerary monuments in the province of Huesca. It can be found in the nearby San Salvador Chapel and it keeps most probably the remains of a son of King Jaime the First of Aragon. ...
Somontano Wine & Wineries - The Somontano de Barbastro is a county in the Province of Huesca, in Aragon, north-eastern Spain. In recent years the area has come to enjoy world renown as one of Spain's finest viticultural regions, earning it Denominación de Origen certification. The name Somontano actually means ...
Spain Embassies & Consulates Overseas - ANDORRA EMBASSY: Prat de la Creu, 34 Tel: 820013 - Fax: 868500 Consulates Office - Prat de la Creu, 34 - Tel: 86 87 86 - Fax: 86 85 00 AUSTRALIA EMBASSY: Canberra - 15 Arkana St. Yarralumla. P:O: Box 9076 Deakin. ACT 2600 Tel: 73 35 55 - Fax: 73 39 18 Consulate - Sydney - Level 24 St. ...
Tapestry Museum - Located in La Seo Cathedral, the museum is home to a major collection of tapestries belonging to the Cathedral Chapter, which experts consider to be the most important of its kind in the world. It comprises 63 Flemish tapestries and 6 pieces of heraldic embroidery. They are of very high quality, ...
The Somontano Wine Region - The Somontano vineyards, located in the province of Huesca, in the foothills of the Aragonese Pyrenees, have an ideal altitude and climate as well as an interesting range of grape varieties and wineries intent on making unique, high-quality wines. The excellent results obtained are reflected in the ...
Vallibierna - The Vallibierna is a double summited mountain in The Aragonese Pyrenees wich closes the valley of Vallibierna to the east. It's a very interesting viewpoint over Brecha de Tempestades (to the N), the ridge between and Pico Russell and is inside (south) Natural Park of ...