At half an hour from Tobed, you can find Cariņena (WEB), center of an important wine growing area. (Designation of Origin Cariņena). In its numerous cellars you can freely taste the different wines and buy the one best suited to your palate. You can also visit its Wine museum. (WEB). See that also Calatayud and Borja have their own Designations of Origin so if you visit those places you can also try their wines.
Cariņena 20 Km. from Cariņena you can fish, picnic and trek along the reservoir "Embalse de Las Torcas", near Tosos, a really quiet place , full of trees around the long reservoir. To arrive in there at 11 Km from Cariņena you must take road CV-102 on the right and then a asphaltless track and through a tunnel you arrive at the reservoir wall and then you can park and enjoy the sight.
Reservoir "Las Torcas" Coming back to road A-220, if you have the time you can well visit Fuendetodos, birthplace of the painter Francisco de Goya, international figure in XVIII - XIX century art. (WEB). In Fuendetodos you can see the humble house where he was born, and also a permanent exhibition of etchings from several artists who visit the place leaving their works as an homage to the maestro.
Goya's birthplace in Fuendetodos If you still feel adventurous, you can also visit Belchite, with its impressive remains of the Spanish Civil War. In fact, the rest of the bombed town are there still as they were in 1939.
Remains of one of Belchite's churches and adjourning buildings. (Up) (Back to Routes) |
