Centre Travel

Those early inhabitants of Vigo lived in settlements such as the one that can be visited near O Castro.  The way of life changed with the arrival of the Romans.  As well as the settlements the Romans also built salt mines, and they exploited them for fish salting.  The wealth produced bythis activity and by the trade allowed them to buildluxury villas.   The most powerful men enjoyed all kind of facilities on it, including hot water and heating.   One can get a good idea of how life was during that period by visiting the Roman villa at Mirambell, in Canido, and the remains of the salt mine at Rua rosalia de Castro.  The modern name, Vigo, is also a legacy from Roman times:  Vicus - Village. Vigo continued to be a small village throughout the Middle Ages.   This period saw the emergence of the populated areas that we know today as Vigo rural parishes -  Bambribe, Coruxo, Castrelos etc, in which small Romanesque  churche...

With the bluest sky that you can imagine as background and the greenest fields, on the left bank of the River Gallego, a collection of Romanesque churches with Mozarabic overtones, built between the middle of the X and XI centuries, are the must priced treasures of Serrablo.  The temples arise from this incomparable fusion of styles and usually have a rectangular plan linked to a semicircular chevet, with original decorations in the shade of slender towers.  All of them have been given the status of monuments of cultural interest, and they keep the secret of the passage of time among their walls.  Some of them protect ancestral traditions, as the division of women and men inside the temple, or the echo of shepherds and flocks that have sheltered inside them from the inclemency of the weather. Visit all of them in San Bartolome' de Gavin, an original tower-belfry stands out, on a nave and a rectangular chevet. It has the characteristic large window with three horsesho...

In case you want to go directly to Lourdes and visit Torreciuded in a later stage, we suggest this other option through the Somport tunnel.  This is one of the most beautiful and exciting itineraries that you can take.  The road runs through Huesca, Jaca and Canfranc all the way to the French border.Not far from Jaca you can find one of the jewels of this trip, the San Juan de la Pena Royal Monastery. it is a spectacular medieval monastery nestled in the rock from which takes its name.  It is one of the best preserved treasures of the Aragonese patrimony.  The magnificent Romanesque cloister is covered by the mountain.  This combination of mountain and cloister makes San Juan de la Pena a unique set piece. The crossing  to the French side takes place through the historic Somport Tunnel, across the Pyrenees National Park, Pau, capital city of the Aquitaine and Tarbes, will take you to the sanctuary of Lourdes. Tourism de Aragon (Aragon Tourism) Tel; ...

This is a good way of seeing both Aragonese santuaries of the Marian Route in an easy and comfortable trip.  not far from Zaragoza you will find Huesca.  It is a very hospitable Town.  It is worth taking a look at the historic quarter.  The cathedral and the San Pedro et Viejo church are almost mandatory stops. From Huesca we move towards and into the 'Sierra y Canones de Guara Natural Park'.  it is one of the best places in Europe to practice canoniong. The city of Barbastro and the Somontano shire, land of great wines, will guide you to Lake El Grado. The waters of this artificial lake guard the santuary of Torreciuded. The santuary was open to publioc in 1975. It has become the main center of devotion for people living in Aragonese Valleys of the Pyrenees. Approaching Ordesa and Monte Perdido National park from Torreciuded is as easy as following the road to Ainsa and then Torla (main entrance of the park) . This park is a UNESCO World Heritage. You can a...