Aragon · Spain
Where to stay in Huesca
Huesca is a city in Aragon, Spain, home to about 55,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Huesca.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- May, June, August and September
- Nearest airport
- ZAZ74 km · Zaragoza Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zone
- Europe/Madrid
- Language
- Basque, Catalan, Galician
About
About Huesca
Huesca is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the autonomous community of Aragon. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Aragon between 1096 and 1118.
Huesca is in the province by the same name, and which one of three provinces in the autonomous region of Aragon Spain. Like many Spanish towns, it has suffered uncontrolled, high-rise urbanisation since the late 20th century. Huesca has a humid subtropical climate, with semi-arid influences. Winters are cool (with normal maximums from 8 to 16 °C and minimums from -2 to 6 °C) and summers are hot, with daily maximums reaching up to 35 °C (95 °F), while the rainiest seasons are autumn and spring.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Huesca
See
- Cathedral of Huesca
- Miguel Servet Park
- The monastery of San Pedro el Viejo
Do
The best time to go is in the summer, but January and February often have plenty of sun. August is fiesta season.
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Huesca
1 place to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay |
|---|
| Canfranc Estación, a Royal Hideaway Hotel hotel |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Huesca
3 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Abba Huesca | 0.8 km | |
| Hotel Pedro I de Aragón | 0.3 km | |
| Hotel Sancho Abarca | 0.2 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Huesca
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Huesca are May, June, August and September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 29 °C; October is the wettest, with about 83 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Huesca: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Zaragoza Airport (ZAZ), about 74 km from the city centre in a straight line; Lleida-Alguaire Airport (ILD, 91 km) and Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport (LDE, 120 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
You can reach the city and other towns by Alosa bus. There are regular bus services from Barcelona to Huesca and Zaragoza to Huesca. Arriving at Zaragoza Airport you can reach Huesca city and other provincial towns from the main bus station.
Getting around
There are many places which you can only reach by mountain bike or 4x4, but that's the beauty of them. The train from Huesca to Canfranc is worth catching just to see the scenery, and the surreal, semi-abandoned Louis XV style station at the end of the line.
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ZAZ · Zaragoza Airport
ILD · Lleida-Alguaire Airport
LDE · Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Huesca
Eat
Local specialities include Pollo al chilindrón (chicken with red peppers) and Ternasco (local lamb).
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Questions
Huesca: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Huesca?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Huesca are May, June, August and September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 29 °C; October is the wettest, with about 83 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Huesca?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Zaragoza Airport (ZAZ), about 74 km from the city centre in a straight line; Lleida-Alguaire Airport (ILD, 91 km) and Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport (LDE, 120 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Huesca?
euro (EUR).
Nearby
Destinations near Huesca
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.