Usignola / Spain / Alquézar
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Alquézar

Aragon (Huesca) · Spain
Los Pueblos más Bonitos de España
Coordinates
42.1707, -0.0133
Population
301 (2012)
Elevation
565 m
Terrain
Gorge

Location

Alquézar stands on a limestone outcrop above the Río Vero canyon in the Sierra y Cañones de Guara Natural Park, its Collegiate church built on the site of a Moorish castle whose Arabic name — al qasr, the fort — the village has kept

Río Vero canyonArabic fort heritageSierra de Guara canyoning
Getting There & Staying Nearby
Nearest airport
Huesca–Pirineos Airport 50 km
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Nearest station
Barbastro 18 km — Bus from Barbastro to Alquézar.
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Staying nearby
Sierra de Guara canyoning lodges and rural guesthouses
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Nearby
Río Vero canyon canyoning, Collegiate church of Santa María (consecrated 1099), vulture-watching
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