welshbairn Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Anyone been, fun place? Tempted to nip over, mainly for this train ride. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/19/canfranc-europe-unluckiest-train-station-hotel 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Zaragoza is brilliant - really beautiful with a great cafe culture. Bits of Game of Thrones were filmed nearby (the Dothraki Sea). We only stopped over one night in 2018 but hope to be going back this October 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 20, 2021 Author Share Posted July 20, 2021 Nice one! Think I'll book up for next May, have some flight vouchers that need using up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 20, 2021 Author Share Posted July 20, 2021 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Newbornbairn said: We only stopped over one night in 2018 but hope to be going back this October Just had a look on Airbnb, decent looking apartments for under £50 per night. Edited July 20, 2021 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 2 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Just had a look on Airbnb, decent looking flats for under £50 per night. We stayed here - https://www.nh-hotels.com/booking/step1-rates?fini=04/08/2021&fout=05/08/2021&nchilds1=0&nadults1=2&hotelId=ESZZ.CIUZA&divisa=GBP&roomcode=STDDBL&rateplan=SD1_7-14D®imen=14&utm_medium=metasearch&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=metasearch_google-hpa&utm_term=english-all_generic_paid&utm_content=115732638&campid=8565112&price=58.69 Nice hotel, great location. £53 a night 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Other Foot Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Spent two weeks there back in 2003-ish. 'Beautiful' isn't really the term I would have used, but parts of it are certainly pretty. Most of it is residential towerblock, though not the kind of unkempt thing you see in Scotland. Aside from that, good weather, good food, lively locals, phenomenal history. I'd go if I were you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 I don't trust Air BnB any more. Too many last minute cancellations and a luxury apartment which turned out to be smaller than my shed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Just now, The Other Foot said: Spent two weeks there back in 2003-ish. 'Beautiful' isn't really the term I would have used, but parts of it are certainly pretty. Most of it is residential towerblock, though not the kind of unkempt thing you see in Scotland. Aside from that, good weather, good food, lively locals, phenomenal history. I'd go if I were you. We were only there briefly and stayed in the centre. Did seem to have a bit of urban sprawl to the south. I've read that it has a very young demographic, similar to Dundee with lots of students. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 20, 2021 Author Share Posted July 20, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Newbornbairn said: I don't trust Air BnB any more. Too many last minute cancellations and a luxury apartment which turned out to be smaller than my shed. Never had a bad one and some spectacular ones. Lucky I guess. I'd much rather have a whole flat for the same price as a hotel room. Edited July 20, 2021 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 1 minute ago, welshbairn said: Never had a bad one and some spectacular ones. Lucky I guess. The one I regret having to cancel on was a yacht moored in Cartagena harbour. If you stayed more than three nights, the owner took you out for a trip on it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girth Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Never thought of Zaragoza before. Looks amazing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kersey Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 23 hours ago, Newbornbairn said: We were only there briefly and stayed in the centre. Did seem to have a bit of urban sprawl to the south. I've read that it has a very young demographic, similar to Dundee with lots of students. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 7, 2021 Author Share Posted August 7, 2021 Found a decent looking apartment in the centre for £50 a night. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMDP Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 (edited) I was in Zaragoza with my mrs for 3 nights there and really enjoyed it. We stayed in a hotel just off Plaza de España and everything is easily walkable. Highly recommend the El Tubo area for drinks and tapas, just wandering around there the vibe is brilliant and many of the pubs have their own speciality tapas - can't mind the name but one that did Sardines and Baked potatoes as speciality was great. For a full meal, I would highly recommend Casa Lac (excellent menu del dia at 22 euros and oldest restaurant in town), El Real (great view of Cathedral, lamb shoulder was incredible, also has about 7 different San Miguel on tap) and Flor de Lis was good too as was a place called la Cocina de Keyla for breakkfast/brunch. Book tickets online for Cathedral and the Aljaferia palace - there were people getting turned away on the day when we were there. The origami museum is also really good btw. Edited August 9, 2021 by JMDP 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share Posted August 9, 2021 (edited) 58 minutes ago, JMDP said: We stayed in a hotel just off Plaza de España and everything is easily walkable. Thanks for all the info, my apartment is 10 minutes walk from there. Have KLM vouchers to use up so will be flying from Inverness to Madrid via Amsterdam and train up from there. Edited August 9, 2021 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMDP Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 No worries mate, give me a shout if you need anything else. Have you booked a train? We went up with OUIGO, easy to book on the app and generally cheaper than renfe/ave. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share Posted August 9, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, JMDP said: No worries mate, give me a shout if you need anything else. Have you booked a train? We went up with OUIGO, easy to book on the app and generally cheaper than renfe/ave. I'll definitely use OUIGO if I can, thought it would be a slow stopping service but good to see it's just as fast as AVE. At first glance there might not be much choice early evening when I'll get to the station in Madrid. Not going till May so the timetables aren't up yet. Edited August 9, 2021 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Ferguson's Hat Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Tharagotha 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share Posted August 9, 2021 13 minutes ago, Barry Ferguson's Hat said: Tharagotha That's what I thought, but annoyingly they pronounce things differently in every part of Spain so they can laugh at the tourists. I'm going to gamble on Tharagosa so I'm only half wrong. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 42 days until I'm there again. OK, I'll admit, starting to get excited 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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