Guided Visit to the Medieval Town and the Casa Fabián Museum

The tourist office runs a guided visit of an hour and a half through the historic centre, with accredited official Aragon guides, ending at the Casa Fabián ethnological museum. They tell the history of the town, its curiosities, anecdotes and legends, and the visit includes radio guides so you can hear the guide with more freedom while you take in the views.

Times and prices

In autumn and winter it only runs at weekends: Saturday at 11:00 and 16:30, and Sunday at 11:00. It is in Spanish; in English and French, on request. It costs €8; €5 for children, pensioners, Carné Joven holders and large families, and free up to age 6. Schoolchildren pay €4 up to age 16 and €6 from that age; groups from agencies, associations and adults, €6; accompanying guides and teachers do not pay.

Tickets are bought online at turismoalquezar.es or at the office, at Calle Pedro Arnal Cavero, 16. Private groups are not booked on the website: they are requested with the office's form, on 974 352 916 or at [email protected].

The Casa Fabián museum

The end of the visit is what sets it apart. Casa Fabián is a 17th-century Aragonese house, at Calle Baja, 16, with about 350 pieces on the life, customs and folk arts of Alquézar and the Somontano. You tour the farm-tools room, the weights and measures room, the kitchen, the bedroom, the cellar and the water well. Many of the names of the tools are written in Aragonese dialect, which the older people of the place still use.

In the foundations there is a medieval olive-oil mill cut into the rock. For many years it was the town's press: families brought their olives, turned them into oil and, before taking it away, paid the tax that was called the décima here. The museum can only be seen on the guided visits organised by the tourist office.

Other visits from the office

The sunset visit with a glass of DOP Somontano wine is suspended for now. The office also runs an interpretive visit to the walkways, of about three hours: in autumn, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, for €18 for adults and €12 for ages 8 to 15. It is a mountain route with steep climbs and is not recommended for under-8s.

To combine with

The visit helps you understand the town; then go up on your own to the collegiate church of Santa María and its painted cloister, or go down to the Vero walkways.