Located in a depression in Huesca’s Somontano region, Torres de Montes is built around the Parish Church of the Santos Reyes.

Visitors can see the Aísa Aqueduct, a work of hydraulic engineering composed by a pool that collects rain water paired with an aqueduct or canal that runs parallel to the road at a height of 2.5 meters, ending in several farms.

Another element of interest are the “eras”, spaces delimited by stone walls filled with either solid rock or caked earth. Each is owned by different houses farmhouses in the area. In centuries past, they were used to for threshing and then winnowing grain to filter out the chaff.

Crowning the mountain that towers over the village is the Chapel of Santa Ana, which, judging from the archaeological remains found in the vicinity, had been inhabited since the Middle Ages.

Also of interest: the trough, the Cubo-Lagar”, and the “O Lugar” fountain.

Nature lovers can find excellent places to swim on the Alcanadre River, in the direction of Barbastro, as well as natural elements of great anthropological value: the Mazú hole, a sandstone formation linked to ancient pagan fertility rites.

Torres de Montes holds several festivals over the year: St. Raphael is celebrated on October 24, and the “O viejo Remolón” festival is celebrated the weekend before Easter Week.

Blecua, a village raised slightly on a small promontory, is located in the easternmost part of the Hoya de Huesca region. The Castle and Chapel of Santa Ana, a 12th-century Romanesque building, stands on a strategic natural sandstone watchtower. As a point of interest, several wine cellars have been carved out of the sandstone base, where remains of anthropomorphic tombs can also be seen.

The buildings, which are distributed radially around the castle, tell the story of the transition from the Pre-Pyrenees to Huesca’s Somontano, a region that spreads out from the foothills: stone, brick, and rammed earth are combined with details from other latitudes, like cylindrical chimneys.

The village is also home to the 18th-century Parish Church of the Virgen de la Asunción, as well as the Chapel of San Gregorio and a private Ethnological Museum where the owner, Anselmo Buil, preserves numerous elements linked to traditional rural life.

Visitors and hikers can walk to the Cueva de las Criatas, one of the many artificial caves found in Hoya de Huesca, from Blecua.

The village celebrates a number of festivals over the course of the year: St. Roman on May 9th, St. Gregory on August 31st, and the pilgrimage to the Pueyo Monastery near Barbastro, in the heart of Huesca’s Somontano region.