Aínsa · Sobrarbe · Spain

Villa de Ainsa

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easy

9/10

best: evening, spring, autumn

peaceful, historic, scenic

A local would say...

By 9pm this hilltop medieval village empties of every tourist and fills with silence — the kind of silence that medieval villages are supposed to have but rarely do.

There is no more beautifully preserved historic centre in Aragón — a hilltop medieval village with stunning laneways, a porticoed Plaza Mayor, and views of the Pyrenees from its perch above the confluence of the Cinca and Ara rivers. After sunset the day-trippers leave and silence reigns over the stone arcades. The Pyrenean villages of Sobrarbe all around are equally compelling territory for walkers.