Spain Guide
Aragón
Accommodation
1 Albergue Juvenil Baltázar Gracián c/Franco y López 4, off Avda. de Valencia, Casco Viejo 
976 306 692; to reserve a bed, 902 088 905 
balta@aragon.es Basic but clean rooms sleeping two, four or eight people on bunk beds with bedding and breakfast included. Check-in is noon–9pm, and there's a midnight curfew. Over 26s pay €17. Price: €13
2 
Catalonia Zaragoza Plaza Manifestacion 16, Casco Viejo 976 205 858 
www.hoteles-catalonia.es Inside a gorgeous modernista building on the edge of the old town, this hotel blends contemporary design with traditional features such as a wrought-iron lift. Rooms feature designer furnishings and a simple, understated colour scheme. Price: €101-150
3 Hostal Plaza Plaza del Pilar 14, 1°, Casco Viejo 976 294 830 www.hostalplaza-santiago.com The rooms are adequate, if a little musty and dated, with faded bedspreads, but they have TV and bathroom, and the location is unbeatable. Price: €36–70
4 Hotel Palafox Casa Jiménez s/n 976 237 700 www.palafoxhoteles.com The closest five-star to the Casco Viejo, sporting a blend of contemporary, Aragonese and Mudéjar design by Pascua Ortega. Excellent facilities, including parking, a fine restaurant, internet access and an outdoor pool. Price: €201-250
5 Hotel Reino de Aragón c/Coso 80, Casco Viejo 976 468 200 www.hotelreinodearagon.com Smart Silken chain hotel with a boutique feel. Rooms combine classical and contemporary style, with satellite TV and marble-clad bathrooms. Sometimes offers good online deals in low season.Price: €201-250
6 Hotel Sauce c/Espoz y Mina 33, Casco Viejo 976 205 050 www.hotelsauce.com Along with its great name, this hotel boasts attractively furnished, a/c rooms with bathrooms and satellite TV. Price: €51-70
7 Hotel Vía Romana c/Don Jaime I 54, Casco Viejo 976 398 215 www.husa.es Smart mid-range option just off the Plaza del Pilar, beautifully restored, with neat, comfortable rooms and cheap weekend deals. Price: €71-100
8 Hotel Zentro Zaragoza c/Coso 86, Casco Viejo 976 703 300 www.hotelzentrozaragoza.com The city's latest upscale hotel, also from Silken, reveals a modernista facade and an elegant, cool-toned lobby (peer down through plexiglass at the underground Roman remains) that gives way to handsome rooms, with wi-fi and satellite TV. Check the website for good last-minute or low-season offers. Price: €201-250
9 Pensión Descanso San Lorenzo 2, Casco Viejo 976 291 741 Light, clean, cheap rooms with plenty of character and friendly owners, next to a pleasant, tree-shaded square. TV but shared bathrooms.Price: €36-50
10 Pensión La Peña c/Cinegio 3, 1°, Casco Viejo 976 299 089 Comfortable, clean and inexpensive rooms with shared bathrooms at this family-run pensión – the ongoing construction work nearby makes it noisy during the day. The comedor here, open to all and usually frequented by elderly locals, dishes up particularly vast quantities of simple home-cooked food. Price: Up to €35
11 Posada de las Almas c/San Pablo 22, Casco Viejo 976 439 700 This atmospheric hotel has worn but functional rooms, and boasts the oldest restaurant in town (1705), which has a certain faded charm and does wonderfully inexpensive menús (€10, weekend menú €15) of hearty local fare. Opening time: Restaurant closed Sun dinner & MonPrice: €51-70
12 Zaragoza Hostel c/Predicadores 70, Casco Viejo 976 282 043 www.alberguezaragoza.com New, central, spacious hostel built in a solid, medieval building near the banks of the Ebro. As well as dorm beds, they also have double rooms. Free internet, kitchen use and breakfast included. Price: €25
13 Camping Casablanca Valdefierro, 2km from the centre along the Avda. de Madrid 976 753 870. A rather barren-looking site, but large and well equipped, with a swimming pool. Bus #36 from Plaza del Pilar or Plaza de España runs past. Opening time: Closed mid-Oct to March