The Aragón and Gallego rivers give shape to the westernmost territories of Huesca. Places such as the valleys of Ansó, Hecho, the Aragón River and Serrablo valleys contain landscapes, traditions and customs of an overwhelming beauty.

Bordering Navarra, Zaragoza and France, each valley of this territory is a unique route to discover the nature and the oldest tales that gave Aragón kingdom its name. San Juan de la Peña, San Pedro de Siresa, Jaca and Canfranc are, among many others, places worth visiting and where the traveller will get in touch with a surprisingly well-kept history through their monuments spread throughout their streets and natural spots.
Ansó is the westernmost valley and concentrates in the Nature Park of the valleys a variety of specimens of the Pyrenean fauna. Ansó, the town that gives its name to the valley is in itself a museum. Some traditions such as the typical dress of these lands are exhibited in the costume museum. Upstream the river Veral, Zuriza valley turns into privileged scenery for the practice of crosscountry skiing during the winter season.

Hecho valley is parallel to Ansó valley. In the town of Hecho, streets have kept their Pyrenean atmosphere. In the town hall interesting samples of its regional dressed can be contemplated. Towards the north, Selva de Oza, after passing by the so-called Boca del Infierno, shows a majestic landscape that combines in a perfect harmony mountains and valley.


The Jacetania, with Jaca being the capital town, is proud of its many tourist resources that the town and its surrounding countryside contain. Its is part of the Road to Santiago and stands out for its monuments. The cathedral is built in a Roman style and its external decoration gave birth to Jaca sculpture school. Inside the cathedral, the diocesan museum contains interesting samples of Roman mural paintings and some very valuable religious pieces of art. The city walls date back to 1594 when it was built in by King Felipe II and it is nowadays one of the best preserved samples of XVII century military architecture.


El Serrablo, whose capital town is Sabiñanigo, is another of the territories that stands out for its many historical sites spread in the small villages. On the Serrablo route, many Roman art samples can be contemplated.

On the road to San Juan de la Peña, Santa Cruz de la Serós, stands out for its religious buildings, among many others of the surroundings: the Benedictine monastery and San Caprasio church. San Juan de la Peña is one of the most famous Roman monuments in Huesca and welcomes many visitors. Its irregular-shaped atrium, its room of the councils its primitive Mozarabic church and its room of nobles are some of the spaces of this emblematic place. The atrium stands out for its XII century beautiful capitals.

Not only does this land exhibit a wide range of historical monuments but also traditions and gastronomy are basic components in the present times of Jacetania an the valleys. In August, a custome day is held in Ansó where local people exhibit their traditional dresses. In Hecho the many sculptures scattered in the ancient fields attract the visitors'attention. They are the result of the first International Sculpture Symposium organised in 1975 and that was the starting point of a interesting open-air museum.
In Jaca where history and modernity merge, the only ice-ring in the Pyrenees can be found. Among many others festivals and musical events of the greatest interest, on the first Friday of may a great traditional festival in la Jacetania is held. Many worldwide folkloric demonstrations concetrate in the Pyrenean town during the folkloric Festival of Pyrenees in the first week of August, every second year and the International Festival of the Road to Santiago. The main ancient music performers gather in the outstanding Roman scenarios of the town and some surrounding villages.
A wide range of dishes and a typical Pyrenean gastronomy complete the offer. The beans from Embún, cod in garlic sauce, breadcrumbs fried in garlic in a shepherd style and highland asparagus have to be tasted.