The Other Spot

If we look a little further north of Spain not find another ski resort also well known, the Formigal, one of the most modern winter resorts in the country, very close to the porch, and the Panticosa Spa, famous for medicinal properties of its waters, and appreciated in Roman times, and Jaca, a beautiful and tranquil village nestled in the heart of the Aragonese Pyrenees.

In Jaca seems that time passes. You are walking through their streets, quiet, calm, breathing clean air in there, from the Pyrenees mountains, warm, yes, but with the same slow and deliberate pace you head towards the Paseo de la Constitución and the Castle of San Pedro , where the views over the Pyrenees, are simply beautiful. The view from there we can offer beautiful photographs of the plain of the River Aragón and the Gothic bridge of San Miguel.

A little further down the very walls leading our gaze to the peak Oroel, in a place that once was covered by orchards Benedictines. Unfortunately the ancient wall around Jaca are only a few pieces. It is on Main Street where we can find the largest piece of wall, a place it seems medieval, with those jacetanas traces of the ruins and cobblestone streets, wrought iron balconies and wooden gates.

Jaca is a place of rest after a hard day’s skiing. A place to relax and enjoy talking about our adventures in all its many bars and restaurants. Or eat, while admiring the serene beauty of Jaca, a good sweet too typical in the various cafes that are in the cathedral area.

And is that Jaca also boasts a great architectural heritage, its Romanesque cathedral of St. Peter or above Castillo de San Pedro, built by Philip II and its citadel and its double moat, separating it from the outside.

We ended the day with the mind set on the new adventures that will run with the skis on the slopes of those magnificent Pyrenees, and the only thing left to decide whether we will descend the slopes of Formigal, or by Candachu.