The Sierra de Guara is narrowly linked with the canyon descents and its cave art. From the town of Huesca to the Grado reservoir, the Natural Park of the Sierra de Guara rises to shelter in its interior beautiful spots, many of which are still unknown today. Guara and its outstanding beautiful spots were discovered by the French whose first travellers rested their gaze on this territory. Lucien Briet who was discoverer of the National Park of Ordesa already wrote about Guara and its landscape resources.

Barbastro is the natural entrance to the greatest part of the Sierra of Guara, although it can be discovered from Aínsa and Sabiñanigo (in the north) or from Huesca (west). Barbastro is the point of origin for the internationally renowned Aragonese wines; Somontano wines with Guarantee of Origin and Quality. This valuable gastronomic complement, whose first records go back to the Roman Times, is one of the many attractions of the area. The Vero capital town is a wonderful historical and cultural city. Its old quarter contains many monuments that are worth the visit and a great variety of shops.


The Vero and Alcanadre rivers constitute the most frequented area of Guara Mountains and their banks are the meeting places for one of the most successful sports during the last few years, the ravine descent. From Lecina to Bárcabo and Rodellar, this unique experience will bring you in close contact with nature. Along their narrow gorges you will discover the astonishing beautiful shapes carved in the rock by the river.

The cave art is another of the important values sheltered in the Guara Mountains, which is an area that became a Nature Park in 1991. Among over sixty cave painting spots located along the river Vero banks, those of the Trucho, Muriecho and Chimiachas caves are the most remarkable and outstanding. Experts say that the river Vero is a unique place in the world because of the variety and the quantity of its archaeological sites.


Sports and art combine with landscapes of an overwhelming beauty spread by small villages that still maintain a rich cultural and gastronomic tradition in spite of the harshness of the relief. The traveller getting to the Guara mountains should visit Alquézar: its historical monuments, winding, medieval streets, stately houses and the collegiate church of Santa Maria la Mayor. In this church, the Christ of Lecina and the Sacred Art museum are two elements of great interest.
Towards Huesca, the westernmost foothills of the Guara mountains will take us to places such as Loporzano, San Julian de Banzo or Santa Eulalia la Mayor, a village of a medieval origin where a circular tower from the XI century still remains standing. Upstream the Flumen River lays the Vadiello reservoir. Full colonies of birds of prey can be easily watched in its surroundings. People keen on potholing will find in Bastarás a wide karstic complex with over 10 kilometres galleries and a well of 289 m. downfall. In Casbas from Huesca seven Cistercian cloistered nuns live in the huge building of an eight-century-old monastery. Abiego, Adahuesca and Las Almunias de Rodellar are other lovely villages that should not be forgotten on our route throughout the Guara Mountains.