Castilla y León, Soria

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Soria is a Spanish province with less population, it borders the provinces of La Rioja, Zaragoza, Guadalajara, Segovia, and Burgos. The province has more than 500 villages, of which about half of them have fewer than 100 inhabitants.

Soria and capital exceed 5,000 inhabitants. Soria capital lies on the banks of the Rio Duero, its constituent municipality is the city of Soria, the Barrio Las Casas, 1 km from the city and three places: Oteruelo, Pedrajas and Toledillo. Typical Castilian climate of cold and long winters, a short and hot summers. Soria in Spain is a small but active provincial capital, partly retains its historic and medieval, and charming corners, which exude the magic that has lured travelers of all time as they passed by Soria. Also retains a vast heritage and religious and civil monuments

What to do | What to visit in Soria | Spain

Soria offers visitors plenty of places to visit, both night and daily life in the capital and throughout the whole province, from large number of monuments. Here you can visit avenues, squares, streets and corners, where poets like Becquer, Machado, Gerardo Diego fell in love with.

Located in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Castilla y Leon, It borders the provinces of La Rioja, Zaragoza, Guadalajara, Segovia, and Burgos. Its area is 10,287 km ²

Soria´s Castle: The old Soria was heavily fortified as a whole, more than one square kilometer with a double barrier and barbican. After the reconquest, the city of Soria was born in the shadow of his castle spreading along a wide and long ravine between two hills, the Castle, and Myron. In the War of Independence the general Duran recovered from French hands, but in 1812 ordered its demolition and the walls to prevent them falling into enemy hands, now, practically in a state of decline you cannot distinguish the might it once had.

Ríos and Salcedo Palace: Made of Renaissance bill today is the Provincial Historical Archive, have birth certificate of the sixteenth and beautiful coats keep their door.

San Juan de Rabanera Church: The church of San Juan de Rabanera is one of the Castilian Romanesque monuments owned by the city. This Romanesque church of the late twelfth century Latin cross plan shows a single nave and transept of equal height than the former. Partially restored, and sadly undermined by a variety of chapels and vestries added that transcend their facades, the only thing that is original from the outside is the magnificent apse, the south gable of the transept and a blind door that opened on the south wall also .

Numantin Museum-Museo Numantino: The archaeological museum of Soria is also known as Numancia Museum and includes most of the findings of the nearby Numancia, which was a missing Celtiberian population. Their remains are found in the town of Soria Garray. With a permanent exhibition presents a chronological history of the province of Soria.

El Collado and the Old Town: Where Sorians walk and do their shopping, the main street houses under their arcades the Soria´s Casino.

This tangle of narrow streets and old, are commanded by the most famous street of the city, known as El Collado. In this charming shopping street, small and narrow, had spanish writer Antonio Machado his first home in Soria in 1907.

Plaza Mayor-Mayor Sq: To reach Plaza Mayor we´ll go through the Zapatería-street with old houses and palaces, before crossing the Arco de Cuerno which was used for entering and leaving the bulls when the plaza was open. The building opposite is from seventeenth century, called the Twelve Lineages and is the Town Hall. At his side, former Consistory, today is an important cultural center.

Natural Parks|Nature in Soria-Castile León

Sierra de Urbión y Laguna Negra Natural Park: From Vinuesa, signs will tell you how to access the Laguna Negra (18 km) by the lovely valley of Revinuesathough pine trees of high altitude. This is one of the most beautiful sites in the province of Soria. The first Sunday of August, since more than 40 years ago there is a famous crossing to the lagoon where there is a large participation of swimmers.

Sierra de Urbión -Laguna Negra

Natural Park of the Rio Lobos Canyon: This is a deep limestone canyon formed by an ancient and intense erosion of the river Lobos in Soria, Spain, covering over 25 km. It is located in the bottom hills that separate the spurs of the Iberian Mountain Range and the High Plateau of the Duero. The river is squeezed from Burgos and continues burrowing in Soria Cretaceous limestone, covering more than 25 km. This Natural Reserve was declared a Natural Park in 1985. It has a parking on arrival.

Cañón de Rio Lobos

El Moncayo: This is the roof of the province of Soria, it is a shared land between Aragon and Soria, and it is a big mountain between the two provinces in a journey of pine and oak.

Cuisine in Soria | Gastronomy | Castille | Spain

Soria's cuisine is Castilian par excellence, butter with designation of origin, the Iberian pork sausage, lobster stew, roast lamb and suckling pig. The province also has an local breed of sheep: la ojalada

Going out in Soria | What to do | Where to go

Soria's nightlife starts at Herradores Square(Plaza de Herradores), where people of all ages start with the first drink or meal. Then we can start going towards Rota de Calatañazor until the early hours of the morning.

Transport in Soria|Castilla León|How to get there

Roads: Soria is located 225 kilometers from Madrid and 453km from Barcelona. By car from the two cities we can take the A-2, and respectively turning in Medinaceli and Calatayud.