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The
two main things that make Aragón an attractive tourist place are
its Culture and its Nature.
Aragón has an enormous artistic legacy, which is the result of
its millennial history: old prehistoric towns, remains of the
Roman civilisation, Romanesque hermitages, turrets and Muslim
and Christian castles, monasteries, palaces and cathedrals are
distributed all around its territory.
Nature
offers a wide range of landscapes and different options for tourism:
the Pyrenees and the Iberian mountain range offer an ideal environment
for the practice of outdoors activities and adventure sports.
Tourist exploitation is combined with a nature protection policy
that has under strict protection more than 490.000 acres of National
and Natural Parks, among which we must highlight the National
Park of Ordesa, with over 35.000 acres.
During
the winter season, 7 alpine ski resorts offer almost 300 kilometers
of ski slopes in the resorts of Astún, Candanchú, Cerler, Formigal,
Javalambre, Panticosa-the Lakes and Valdelinares. An equal number
of ski resorts offer the possibility of practicing cross-country
ski in marked circuits.
The
choice of hotels is wide and varied all over the state.
The
gastronomy of Aragon combines the old traditional recipes of a
hard-working people, subjected to the rigors of the climate, with
innovative tendencies appreciated by even those with a discerning
palate. Eating well is an obligatory norm in our community, no
matter the number of stars of the place or the price of the menu..
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