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Alquezar, a destination for adventurers


By JemG - Posted on 19 September 2008

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This time we visited a place highly recommended for lovers of nature and the different extreme sport, located at the base of the Pyrenees, more precisely in the province of Huesca.

This is the magnificent scenery which is the town of Alquézar, which offers its visitors places with rocks, water, mysticism, art and history in an irresistible combination for all adventurers.

Among the variety of activities that can be performed in the region highlight canoeing, mountain biking, climbing and horseback riding, among many other proposals in different environments.

Those who decide to approach this site can not miss several trips such as the castle of the collegiate church of Santa Maria Maggiore, and the medieval village of the town of Alquézar which stands at the foot.

Lastly is also the possibility of hiking routes such as that leaves the source of Monchirigüel and goes until Barranco de la Fuente, thereby allowing them to appreciate what wonderful barrel of Vero.

Culture

* Museum of the seventeenth century with works medieval, Renaissance and Baroque
* Ethnological Museum House Fabian
* Parc Natural de la Sierra and cannon Guara
or one of the main shelters flora and fauna of Europe. Area declared Z.E.P.A. (Special Protection Area of Birds) who live in the Quebrantahuesos, vultures, Egyptian vulture, hawks, Milan, etc..
* Cultural Park River Vero
You can visit or prehistoric paintings such as deer Levantine of Chimiachas, which is part painting, along with more than sixty coats and other artistic events and ethnological.