Day 3

Woke up early, had breakfast buffet in the hotel. First stop in our sightseeing list given to us by the tourist office for a one day visit was the Cathedral of our Lady of the Pillar. A beautiful cathedral! We arrived just after mass started so we lucked out. After mass we walked to site number two, the Aljaferia, a fortified moorish medieval palace built during the second half of the 11th century. We passed it on our way from the train station to the hotel and thought it looked beautiful. Though it was nice it just didn’t compare with the Alhambra in Granada or the Alcázar of Seville. There several tour groups there at the same time- the place was packed! After that we had a nice lunch at place called Los Xarmientos Parrilla Aragonesa restaurant advertised as “typical Aragones”. We had the menu of the day and the food was delicious. Afterward we headed over to site number three which was the Cathedral of San Salvador. An amazing place which offered a self guided tour in English, something the Aljaferia did not have. So much beauty, art and history. I felt like we had the place to ourselves as there were less than a dozen people in there at the same time. Tomorrow will be a travel day. Train to Pamplona and then bus to Roncesvalles.Læs mere