After having walked almost 120km along The Portuguese Way of Saint James in Galicia (from Valença do Minho and Tui to Santiago de Compostela), I wanted to visit some villages of The French Way of Saint James because I really like the Jacobean atmosphere. So some weeks later, we visited some of these villages and towns in La Rioja and Navarra (but this time we went from one town to the next one by car):
However we spent previously two days in Zaragoza to visit some beautiful mudéjar churches and buildings before reaching La Rioja.
Below you can see all the places we visited in Zaragoza (and clicking on the next link, some bars and restaurants where enjoy Tapeo in Zaragoza):
Below you can see all the places we visited in Zaragoza (and clicking on the next link, some bars and restaurants where enjoy Tapeo in Zaragoza):
Day 1
- Basílica del Pilar
- Area of the Expo Zaragoza 2008
- Aljafería Palace
- Mudéjar church of San Pablo
- Seo or Cathedral of Zaragoza
- Church of Santa María Magdalena
- Lonja
- Mudéjar Tower of Zuda
- Parque Grande
Next I would like to show you some pictures of the places I like the most.
Basílica del Pilar
Basílica del Pilar beside the Ebro river. Goya left his mark on this temple, particularly on the dome, the setting for his fresco "Queen of Martyrs"
Basílica del Pilar in Zaragoza
Palacio de la Aljafería
The beautifully restored Palacio de la Aljafería rises up majestically near Zaragoza-Delicias Station
Moat of Palacio de la Aljafería
Torre del Trovador of Palacio de la Aljafería
Mudéjar arches of Palacio de la Aljafería
Mihrab of the Mosque you can visit inside Palacio de la Aljafería
Mudéjar arches in one of the courtyards of Palacio de la Aljafería
Courtyard of Palacio de la Aljafería in Zaragoza
San Pablo Church
Mudéjar church of San Pablo in Zaragoza is World Heritage Site by UNESCO
Mudéjar tower of San Pablo church in Zaragoza
Seo (Cathedral of Zaragoza)
It has been a Roman temple, Visigoth church, Mosque and finally a Cathedral, and thus bears witness to a range of contrasting artistic styles: Romanesque, Mudéjar, Renaissance, Gothic and Baroque
Also known as La Seo, particularly remarkable features include the Mudéjar wall of the parish, which you can see in this picture
Another picture of the previous mudejar wall of La Seo in Zaragoza
Santa María Magdalena church
Mudejar church of Santa María Magdalena in Zaragoza
Lonja
Set within the most important monumental area of Zaragoza, by the Basílica del Pilar, the Town Hall, the Archbishop`s Palace and La Seo Cathedral, la Lonja is the finest existing example of Aragonese Renaissance civil architecture
Torre de Zuda
Múdejar Tower of Zuda. Here you can find the Tourist Office of Zaragoza
Parque Grande
Parque Grande in Zaragoza
Some weeks before, along The Portuguese Way of Saint James I could visit many interesting places like:
Other cities I visited during this trip in Zaragoza, La Rioja and Navarra were:
Finally, other beautiful places you can visit in Spain are:
- Catalonia
- Basque Country
- Cantabria
- Granada
- La Alhambra, Albaicín and Sacromonte in Granada
- Sevilla, Córdoba, Cádiz and Costa de la Luz
- Toledo, Madrid, El Escorial and Segovia
- Mallorca, Ibiza and Formentera
- Galicia
- Alicante
