YT April 2014

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Zaragoza Airport
Aena’s gross operating profit (Ebitda) in 2014
raised to 1,875 m euros, 16.5% more than in
2013.
Aena also consolidates the positive trend in
passenger traffic and reaches 195,9 m pax in
2014, 4.5% more than in 2013.
Beacon technology to improve the
quality of service offered to the
passengers
Aena will offer free and unlimited access to
internet in all its 46 airports and 2 heliports
with a speed that multiplies by four the
existing one.
This innovative technology provides direct
and real time information to passengers about
their flights, waiting time at the security
checkpoints, commercial offers, ... through
Aena’s app, which is free and available for
Android and iOS devices.
A payment Premium service will also be offered
for those clients that request it with better
performances and additional services.
This initiative is a pilot project that is being
carried out at the airports of A.S. MadridBarajas, Palma de Majorca and Barcelona-El
Prat and that will be gradually implemented in
the rest of Aena’s airports.
Our Airline Customer Relations and Airport Marketing Team will attend the meeting.
We hope to see you in the stand 214
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Aena will attend the 136th IATA Slots Conference in Vancouver from 23 to 25 June 2015.
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This new service, that will presumably enter
into operation next October and will have a
duration of two years, is another step toward
fulfilling Aena’s commitment to provide new
digital services to its passengers.
Market
Analysis
The measures carried out by Aena from 2012,
via incomes and expenditures, have marked
the consolidation of the company and its
remarkable profitability.
Free and unlimited WiFi access for
all the airports and heliports of
Aena’s network
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Aena’s financial results for 2014
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Rome FCO
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Alicante-Elche
Alicante-Elche
Asturias
Asturias
Barcelona-El Prat
Barcelona-El Prat
Barcelona-El Prat
Barcelona-El Prat
Bilbao
Ibiza
Ibiza
Ibiza
Ibiza
Málaga-Costa del Sol
Menorca
Palma de Majorca
Palma de Majorca
Palma de Majorca
Palma de Majorca
Palma de Majorca
Palma de Majorca
Palma de Majorca
Palma de Majorca
Reus
Seville
Seville
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Turin
Asturias
Menorca
Seville
Istambul SAW
Saint Petersburg
Burgos
Birmingham
Zúrich
Lyon
Brest
Berlin Schonefeld
Hannover
Saint Petersburg
Milan MXP
Ibiza
Menorca
Baden-Baden
Saarbrucken
Venice
Tel Aviv
Lille
Verona
East Midlands
Paris CDG
Dusseldorf
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Vueling
Volotea
Volotea
Volotea
Turkish
Abakan Avia
León Airlines
Vueling
Swiss
Air Nostrum
Air Nostrum
Germania
TUIfly
Vueling
Alba Star
Air Europa
Air Europa
TUIfly
TUIfly (stopover in Hannover)
Volotea
Air Europa
XL Airways France
Neos
Jet2.com
Vueling
Sunexpress Deutschland
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Norwegian
Air Cairo
Iberia
Iberia
Air Nostrum
Transavia France
Wizz Air
Vueling
Jetairfly
easyJet
Corendon Airlines
Vueling
Vueling
Katekavia
Jetairfly
Jetairfly
Chalair
easyJet
Primera Air
Vueling
Vueling
easyJet
Corendon Airlines
Primera Air
Volotea
Vueling
Jetairfly
Smartwings (stopover in Faro)
Vueling
Volotea
Vueling
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Catania
Luxor
Florencia
Marrakech
Seville
Nantes
Warsaw
Argel
Antwerp
Rome FCO
Istambul
Belfast
Brindisi
Ekaterinburgo
Antwerp
Ostend
Limoges
Bristol
Paris CDG
Barcelona-El Prat
Seville
Bristol
Amsterdam
Billund
Nantes
Bordeaux
Antwerp
Lille
Nantes
Toulouse
Argel
Paris CDG
Antwerp
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A.S. Madrid-Barajas
A.S. Madrid-Barajas
A.S. Madrid-Barajas
A.S. Madrid-Barajas
A.S. Madrid-Barajas
A.S. Madrid-Barajas
Alicante-Elche
Alicante-Elche
Alicante-Elche
Alicante-Elche
Barcelona-El Prat
Barcelona-El Prat
Barcelona-El Prat
Barcelona-El Prat
Barcelona-El Prat
Barcelona-El Prat
Barcelona-El Prat
Bilbao
Gran Canaria
La Palma
Lanzarote
Lanzarote
Málaga-Costa del Sol
Málaga-Costa del Sol
Málaga-Costa del Sol
Málaga-Costa del Sol
Málaga-Costa del Sol
Málaga-Costa del Sol
Palma de Majorca
Palma de Majorca
Palma de Majorca
Palma de Majorca
Palma de Majorca
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Traffic by Airport
Airport
Change
Passengers
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Change. %
Change
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Passengers
Change. %
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-1.7%
5.2%
27 Zaragoza
130,775
5,103
4.1%
154,052
4.1%
28 Melilla
100,853
5,609
5.9%
3,774,703
-21,905
-0.6%
29 San Sebastián
74,739
2,043
2.8%
05 Málaga-Costa Del Sol
3,514,052
158,547
4.7%
30 Valladolid
55,583
-1,721
-3.0%
06 Tenerife South
3,213,090
-50,673
-1.6%
31 Reus
54,734
-15,042
-21.6%
07 Alicante-Elche
2,596,164
91,346
3.6%
32 Pamplona
45,897
3,568
8.4%
08 Lanzarote
1,914,365
37,514
2.0%
33 El Hierro
45,744
1,118
2.5%
09 Fuerteventura
1,551,230
47,088
3.1%
34 Badajoz
10,090
-3,536
-26.0%
10 Valencia
1,353,517
103,324
8.3%
35 La Gomera
9,609
1,794
23.0%
11 Seville
1,274,672
150,232
13.4%
36 León
7,649
883
13.1%
12 Bilbao
1,179,660
57,110
5.1%
37 Salamanca
6,649
1,751
35.7%
13 Tenerife North
1,121,889
12,332
1.1%
38 Burgos
4,809
444
10.2%
14 Ibiza
682,039
63,978
10.4%
39 Logroño
4,578
722
18.7%
15 Santiago
601,097
33,682
5.9%
40 Vitoria
2,370
-283
-10.7%
16 Girona
337,020
-64,515
-16.1%
41 Córdoba
2,185
-237
-9.8%
17 La Palma
313,383
25,170
8.7%
42 Sabadell
1,008
458
83.3%
18 A Coruña
312,314
13,070
4.4%
43 Madrid-Cuatro Vientos
823
287
53.5%
19 Asturias
302,846
-1,862
-0.6%
44 Son Bonet
453
74
19.5%
20 Menorca
280,779
18,898
7.2%
45 Albacete
452
15
3.4%
21 FGL Granada-Jaén
218,026
22,454
11.5%
46 Ceuta /Helipuerto
406
-160
-28.3%
22 S.B. Santander
216,203
29,132
15.6%
47 Huesca-Pirineos
30
-130
-81.3%
23 Vigo
24 Murcia-San Javier
25 Jerez De La Frontera
192,450
179,490
172,563
-3,441
-13,937
1,320
-1.8%
-7.2%
0.8%
48 Algeciras /Helipuerto
Total
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54,168,013
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2,733,444
0%
5.3%
11.0%
02 Barcelona-El Prat
10,643,656
523,610
03 Palma de Majorca
3,883,349
04 Gran Canaria
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-2,960
1,347,107
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169,169
13,610,840
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26 Almería
01 A.S. Madrid-Barajas
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Airline
Passengers
Passengers
Market Share
Change
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Change, %
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7,518,626
8,751,496
16.2%
1,232,870
16.4%
02
Vueling
6,827,325
7,278,887
13.4%
451,562
6.6%
03
Air Europa
4,468,631
4,712,907
8.7%
244,276
5.5%
04
Iberia
3,984,305
4,375,193
8.1%
390,888
9.8%
05
easyJet
3,317,402
3,360,357
6.2%
42,955
1.3%
06
Air Nostrum
1,967,546
2,247,679
4.1%
280,133
14.2%
07
Air Berlin
2,316,104
2,157,122
4.0%
-158,982
-6.9%
08
Iberia Express
1,707,397
1,897,992
3.5%
190,595
11.2%
09
Binter+ Naysa
1,598,583
1,625,961
3.0%
27,378
1.7%
10
Norwegian
1,328,722
1,456,599
2.7%
127,877
9.6%
35,034,641
37,864,193
69.9%
2,829,552
8.1%
16,399,928
16,303,820
30.1%
-96,108
-0.6%
51,434,569
54,168,013
100%
2,733,444
5.3%
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Airline
Change, %
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Passengers
Passengers
Market Share
Change
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16,986,551
17,832,690
32.9%
846,139
5.0%
02
United Kingdom
7,669,599
8,010,689
14.8%
341,090
4.4%
03
Germany
6,124,946
6,224,702
11.5%
99,756
1.6%
04
Italy
2,655,396
3,065,509
5.7%
410,113
15.4%
05
France
2,682,604
2,953,811
5.5%
271,207
10.1%
06
Netherlands
1,542,133
1,632,031
3.0%
89,898
5.8%
07
Belgium
1,330,851
1,470,463
2.7%
139,612
10.5%
08
Switzerland
1,356,015
1,416,224
2.6%
60,209
4.4%
09
Sweden
963,824
977,488
1.8%
13,664
1.4%
10
Portugal
798,740
893,125
1.6%
94,385
11.8%
42,110,659
44,476,732
82.1%
2,366,073
5.6%
9,323,910
9,691,281
17.9%
367,371
3.9%
51,434,569
54,168,013
100%
2,733,444
5.3%
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Short Haul Route: Tallinn
Potential routes
Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia.
and has a population of 435,245 inhabitants .
In the case of Spain, almost 70,000 direct
passengers1 (departure+arrivals) travelled from
Estonia to our country in 2014 (7.5% more
than in 2013). Tallinn is currently connected
with four Spanish cities Girona, Tenerife,
Madrid and Barcelona.
Geographically, the city is situated in the
northern coast of Estonia, on the banks of the
Gulf of Finland.
Nevertheless, in 2014 there were also 42,200
indirect passengers who travelled from Spain
to Estonia.
Malaga: 12,000 indirect passengers3
Madrid: 8,600 indirect passengers3
1 Source: Aena’s statistics
2 Source: FRONTUR
3 MIDT 2014 - indirect traffic (round trip)
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Just a 5 minute walk from the medieval Old
Town is the thriving business centre of Tallinn:
modern glass and steel skyscrapers, hightech hotels and conference centres, hundreds
of restaurants and bars, banks and shopping
areas. Here is everything you would expect
from a modern European capital, within an
easy reach and for a friendlier price.
In 2014 there were almost 39,000 Estonian
tourists2 visiting our country.
Barcelona: 16,900 indirect passengers3
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Analysis
Tallinn’s medieval Old Town is listed as a
UNESCO World Heritage Site and known
around the world for it’s authentic Hanseatic
architecture, its cobblestone streets and
houses dating back as far as to 11th century.
The main destinations to consider as possible
new routes or increasing frecuencies,
according to the indirect traffic figures for
2014, are:
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The Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport is the
main airport in Estonia and belongs to the
administrative field of Ministry of Economic
Affairs and Communications of the Republic of
Estonia.
In 2014 the airport handled 2 million
passengers and served various legacy airlines
as well as low cost airlines.
Tallinn’s medieval old town
Source: Estonian Embassy in Madrid
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Tallinn Airport is placed about 4 kilometres
from the city centre and has seen considerable
development over the past years, both in terms
of traffic and its facilities.
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Airport Charges frozen until 2025
There are not many places in the world
that connect western lifestyle and Eastern
spirituality. However, southern China is
home of one of the privileged places: Special
Administrative Region of Hong Kong. With
approximately 1,108 sq km and 7 million
people distributed between the Kowloon
Peninsula and various islands, this small
territory bathed by the South China Sea owes
its historical peculiarities to its geographical
location. A strategic port location, in the
19th century, became the object of desire of
European trading powers.
Spain has no direct connection with Hong
Kong. However in 2014, 105,000 indirect
passengers travelled from Hong Kong to Spain.
The Spanish Goverment approved in 2014 the
RD-Law 8/2014 which includes the freezing
of airport charges levels until 2025 and the
exemption of cargo charges.
The new route would benefit from the
Incentive Scheme valid for 2015 with
discounts in the passenger and security
charges. Check this information in the Price
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The restaurant, designed like a classic Chinese palace, can
accommodate up to 2,300 people. Situated in Aberdeen harbour, the Jumbo is one of the world’s largest floating restaurants and an iconic tourist landmark of Hong Kong.
Source: Hong Kong Tourist Board (HKTB).
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Today the city holds the status as a financial
capital and center of attraction for business
and tourism.
Additionally a direct route could capture the
indirect traffic between Latin America and
Hong Kong: AS Madrid-Barajas Airport is the
gateway to Latin America in Europe with close
to 24% of the market share and there is no
need for transit visas for Latin American and
Hong Kong passengers.
The document also defines the new regulatory
framework for Spanish Airports for the next
years.
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The 60’s and 70’s witnessed a spectacular
economic development of Hong Kong, which
would be considered as a so-called Asian
Tigers (along with South Korea, Taiwan and
Singapore). Likewise, its industrial boom was
even an extraordinary urban growth. Given the
scarcity of buildable space, Hong Kong was
doomed to large population concentrations
backed by massive construction of skyscrapers
which today draw their skyline.
Madrid, with 38,400 indirect passengers and
Barcelona with 48,200 indirect passengers in
2014 are the main destinations to consider a
new route to Hong Kong.
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The Descent of the river Sella is the most
important popular celebration of Asturias,
and is considered to be a celebration of
International Tourist interest.
Every year, on the first Saturday of August,
canoeists from all over the world come to
Asturias to take part in the Sella River race.
The festivity starts in the morning, when trains
set out from Oviedo and Ribadesella packed
with people to see the race. At 11 o’clock, while
the canoeists get ready on the river, colourful
crowds of people in fancy dresess make their
way to watch the race from the shore.
At twelve o’clock the race starts with a
stampede of canoes towards the river and the
excited shouts of the spectators.
In Ribadesella, the finishing point of this race,
people wait impatiently for the champions in
each category and there is a huge picnic in
Campos de Ova with food, cider, songs, dances…
There is also another speciality. This is to do
this same race but at night. Under the words
“Row, Row!” people encourage those night participants up to the dawn.
If you have the chance, come to enjoy it.
But the party doesnt end here because
this locality by the river Sella offers a lot of
entertainment on fridays and saturdays nights
in Ribadesella and also in Arriondas.
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Only interrupted by the Spanish Civil War
between 1936 and 1943 each year this
festivity is even more crowded beating all
possible records of previous years.
The starting of the Sella’s river descent
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The story started in 1929 when Dionisio de La
Huerta and a friend of him made an excursion
in canoe by the river Piloña, a tributary of the
river Sella. Their aim was only descending for
pleasure and enjoyment. Nevertheless, this
excursion began to take place yearly as a kind
of competition among the friends in order to
get the best records.
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It consists of a canoe race down the 20
kilometers of the river Sella between the
towns of Arriondas and Ribadesella. This is the
longest navigable distance of this beautiful
river whose natural course has sixty kilometres
surrounded by splendorous nature, that can be
also enjoyed during the whole year.
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Zaragoza: Infrastructure specialised in air freight
passenger traffic. Due to its excellent
location, with over twenty million people
concentrated within in a radius of three
hundred kilometres, it is an important goods
General Airport Facts
Passenger Profile
Runways
12R/30L (3,718 x 45 m.)
12L/30R (3,032 x 45 m.)
Runway capacity
Arrivals: 8
Departures: 8
Total: 14
Commercial Aviation
Parking stands
Nationality
Residence
53%
64% 36%
Spanish
Woman
Foreign
Zaragoza
27% 20%
Rest of Spain
Total: 14
Types: 1 B747-800, 4
B747-400, 3 A-300, 6
B737-800
Age
Foreign
Reason of the Journey
100%
50%
80%
40%
60%
30%
40%
20%
20%
10%
0
18%
< 15
22%
15 - 29
46%
12%
30 - 49 50 - 64
2%
>64
0
11%
23%
61%
Business
Visit
Holidays
Family/Friends
5%
Other
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Arrivals: 975
270 No UE
Departures: 700
400 No sch
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Pax/h
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Winter: 05:45-22:00
distribution centre. In 2014 it was the third
airport in Spain, after A.S. Madrid-Barajas and
Barcelona-El Prat, in terms of cargo volume.
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Zaragoza airport is located 10 km southwest
from the city centre. It is a joint civilmilitary aerodrome. The airport is currently
experiencing a significant increase in
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Zaragoza Airport: Infrastructure specialised in air freight
Why operate in Zaragoza Airport,
specialised in air freight?
Additionally there is a network of Aragonese
logistics parks that represents 38% of the
occupied logistics parks surface in Spain.
1,157,062 sqm
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13,117,977 sqm
875,988 sqm
2,545,510 sqm
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Over 200 multinational companies can tell
their successes in Aragon:
• Companies like Inditex or Decathlon
have located their international logistics
operations in Aragon.
• GM has its largest factory in the world in
Aragon
• Companies like BSH Bosch und Siemens
Hausgerate GmbH or Valeo perform their
R&D in Aragon.
• Business services firms like Accenture, HP
or Capgemini have their IT operations in
the region
• Companies like Adidas are market leaders
in Spain and Portugal from headquarters in
Zaragoza.
• Other world class companies operate from
Aragon, including Arcelor Mittal, Vestas,
ABB, Schindler, Groupe Auchan, Baxter
Bieffe Medical, Becton Dickinson, SaintGobain, Tarmac Aerosave and so forth.
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• Its strategic location places it in the centre
of a 300 km radius which includes the
main economic and industrial hubs of the
Peninsula and the south of France (like
Toulouse).
• Zaragoza Airport is integrated with the
largest logistical platform in southern
Europe, an intermodal transport hub (rail,
road and air) making Zaragoza one of the
most important logistics cities in Europe.
• It offers excellent access with many
different connections. Its warehouses,
equipment and development capacity are
at the service of the specific needs of each
company, and it is equipped with the latest
technology.
• It operates 24 hours a day, seven days
a week. It is an EU-Approved Border
Inspection Post (BIP) for animal products
for human consumption, and has facilities
for controlling plant-based products. The
various Government Services involved in
airport operation are all available.
• It has two handling operators providing the
best possible service. One of them has its
own warehouse for handling goods and a
temperature controlled storage facility for
perishable goods next to the BIP.
• The simplicity of the airport’s
infrastructure speeds up the management
of cargo, making faster delivery times
possible and thus reducing costs. It has
also benefited from the notable reductions
in air freight tariffs of recent years.
• Its 20,000 square metres of developed
site permit the installation of new first and
second line companies.
• Eight air freight companies currently
operate in the airport, connecting to
destinations in Europe, Russia, the
Americas, East Asia and the Middle East:
Air China, Air Bridge Cargo, Korean Cargo,
Emirates, Qatar Cargo, China Cargo,
Cargolux and TNT.
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Since 2009, Zaragoza Airport’s expanding
air freight activity has placed it third in
Spain in terms of volume of cargo and first
by “wide-body” cargo aircraft operation.
In 2014 it processed 86,311 tonnes of
cargo, predominantly textile products which
represented 50% of the transported goods.
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Basilica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar
festivals, or international folklore meetings
as well as other artistic events are held
throughout the whole year.
Plunge into the extensive cultural heritage
offered by the different museums in the city:
the museum of Zaragoza, the Pablo Gargallo
museum, the Pablo Serrano (IACC), the Goya
Source: Turismo Zaragoza
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Furthermore, the city offers an interesting
repertoire of plays and performances of
difference genres of music and dance, at the
Teatro Principal, the Teatro del Mercado, the
Teatro Arbolé, the Teatro de la Estacion, or
Teatro de las Esquinas theatres.
Museum-Ibercaja Collection, with a collection
of more than 200 etchings by our most
acknowledged artist – Francisco de Goya-, the
MUDIZ Diocesan Museum, or the archaeological
museums of Caesar Augustus. You can also
visit other very original museums such as
the Museum School of Origami of Zaragoza
- the first museum of its kind in Europe-, the
Museum of Fire and of Fire-fighters, or the
Tapestry Museum. The most recent addition
to our museums is the CaixaForum Centre,
opened in summer 2014.
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Zaragoza is a very active city. You can enjoy
an exceptional programme of classical,
contemporary or jazz music in the Auditorium;
as well as international musicals and concerts
in the Convention Centre of Zaragoza.
Contemporary dance and Latin music cultural
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Iberians, Romans, Christians, Arabs, Jews,...
have all lived in Zaragoza and that cultural
wealth can be seen throughout the entire city.
The greatest concentration of monuments and
museums is in the Historical Quarter, which
makes it the best point to start any visit to
Zaragoza: from the grandiosity of the Roman
Empire, with its Public Thermal Baths, the River
Port, the Theatre or the underground Roman
Forum Museum, to the Mudejar legacy (artistic
style that was declared World Heritage) in
the San Salvador Cathedral, “La Seo”, a temple
which also combines a magnificent mixture
of Roman, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque
styles; the churches of San Pablo or La
Magdalena, and the Aljaferia Palace, a symbol
of the city’s Muslim past. Strolling through the
streets of the old quarter, you will discover
the Renaissance style of the city: present
in buildings such as La Lonja or the Patio de
la Infanta. A route that will not disappoint
you must include the Renaissance palaces
of Zaragoza such as the Real Maestranza,
the palace of the Counts of Morata, Arnijo
or Sastago. And to finish the visit on a high
note, next to the river the impressive Basilica
de Nuestra Señora del Pilar rises up, a gem
of Spanish Baroque style and magnificent
sanctuary of the Marian Route.
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Zaragoza is a very lively, festive and dynamic
city to be enjoyed during the day and night. In
the “Luis Buñuel” Water Park you can go horse
riding, play golf or do rafting without leaving
the city. Zaragoza nightlife will not disappoint
you with its great variety of terraces, bars, live
music, cabaret and concerts-bars, as well as
other shows.
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Zaragoza celebrates several popular festivities
throughout the year: San Valero, patron saint
of the city, Carnival, Cincomarzada (5 March),
Easter, festival of international tourist interest,
and of course the Festivities of the Pilar, in the
middle of October, which are the dearest and
most celebrated ones. At that time of the year,
the city doubles its population and the festival
hits the streets both day and night.
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garde and innovative to the more traditional
and local cuisine.
If you prefer, you can go for “tapas”. The Tubo
and the Historical Quarter are two of the main
areas where all your senses will be satisfied
and where you will discover why Zaragoza is
one of the best places in Spain to enjoy the
typical pleasure of “having tapas”.
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Eating in Zaragoza will make you want to lick
your fingers. The region’s culinary tradition is
based on products from the Ebro Valley market
garden: seasonal vegetables and garden
produce with incredible taste and texture, and
on products such as Aragonese lamb, Teruel
ham, sausages like “longaniza” or “morcilla”
(black pudding) and the four Aragonese wine
Denominations of Origin: Cariñena, Borja,
Calatayud and Somontano, as well as Cava.
The extensive restaurant offer – some of which
have Michelin stars – is not going to disappoint
you, as it covers the whole range of specialities
that exist in the market, from the most avant-
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The 2008 Expo represented an opportunity for
Zaragoza to modernise many of its structures
and commit to innovation, transforming it into
a new city that looks to the future. In this
setting, you can enjoy the Bridge Pavilion, the
Pritzker Prize winning work of Zaha Hadid and
one of the few bridges in the world that can
be inhabited: the Water Tower shaped like a
vertical drop of water; the fantastic Volunteers’
Footbridge or the River Aquarium, the largest
in Europe and with more than 5000 specimens
of 300 different species originating from rivers
such as the Nile or the Amazon. In summer, the
Expo area becomes the best setting for artistic
performances and festivities. Furthermore, in
Costa Chica, the Playas (beaches) of Zaragoza,
you can enjoy the entire summer period. Take
advantage of it when you come.
visit curious places with great ecological value
such as Los Galachos (oxbow lakes) of Juslibol
or La Alfranca, and you can also programme
trips to nearby places of great natural beauty.
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Zaragoza is an “eco-city” that commits to
the environment and sustainability in its
everyday activities. A clear example of this is
the promotion of the tram and the increasing
use of bicycles as a transport means in the
city, the creation of urban market gardens
and the commitment to recover the Ebro river
banks. The Green Ring offers the possibility of
going for a pleasant walk or bike ride around
Zaragoza, one of the Spanish cities with
the highest percentage of green areas per
inhabitant. In the surrounding areas you can
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Nowadays, our creators use the street as a
canvas to express their ideas and commit to
recuperating forgotten spaces in the city with
avant-garde artistic proposals. An example
of this cultural offer is the International
Festival of Urban Art (ASALTO) which every
year inundates the streets of the Old Quarter
of Zaragoza with a real mixed bag of ideas.
Another new art and culture offer that you
must visit in Zaragoza is ETOPIA, which is the
Centre for Art and Technology, housing an
extensive offer of innovative and up-to-theminute artistic projects. For another vision of
contemporary culture and art, we suggest you
visit the Centro de Historias of Zaragoza, a
cultural and artistic centre installed in an old
restored convent.
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Zaragoza is a home of artists and a constant
focal point for a varied and intense cultural
activity. Francisco de Goya is the most wellknown Aragonese artist and his work can be
seen in places such as El Pilar, La Cartuja de
Aula Dei, the Museum of Zaragoza and the
Goya Museum-Ibercaja Collection, the artistic
centre that houses the most works by Goya
after the Prado Museum. Great artists such as
Pablo Serrano or Pablo Gargallo also have their
own Museum spaces in the city.
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