Peña Oroel in Huesca

Protected Landscape of San Juan de la Peña and Monte Oroel

Huesca
Jaca

This Protected Landscape (Huesca region) stands out for a combination of nature and culture, as it combines the typical landscape of the Pyrenean mid-mountain with one of the most important monasteries of the Early Middle Ages and the first royal pantheon of Aragon, the Monastery of San Juan de la Peña.

The diversity of environments makes this space a strategic location for fauna. One of its most characteristic landscapes are the reddish rock walls surrounded by lush forests. In spring, when the echinospartum horridum blooms, the mountain landscape turns a striking yellow, which contrasts with the spring green of the forest. Surrounded by the extensive forest stands the Old Monastery of San Juan de la Peña, leaning on Mount Pano de San Juan de la Peña.

Protected Landscape of San Juan de la Peña and Monte Oroel

Ctra. N-240 Jaca/Pamplona, ​​detour to Santa Cruz de la Serós, 7 km along a mountain road to the Old Monastery, and 1.5 km more to the New Monastery and the Visitor Centres.

San Juan de la Peña Visitor Centre

San Juan de la Peña, Jaca, Huesca  (Aragón)

Area:9.51 hectares Email:turismodearagon@aragon.es Email:espaciosnaturalesh@aragon.es Tel.:+34 974 360 098 Tel.:+34 974 361 476 Website:Protected Landscape of San Juan de la Peña and Monte Oroel
Useful information

What you need to know

  • Cultural information

    These mountain ranges in the Pre-Pyrenees of Huesca have witnessed continuous human settlements since the Neolithic. The area is of historical, cultural and religious importance. Hence the title of San Juan de la Peña Cultural Park.

  • Environmental information

    A big portion of the Protected Landscape is covered by Scots pine forests and, in many cases, the forests mix pines with gall oaks or aspens. As for fauna, there are many species such as roe deer, wild boar and cave-dwelling bats. There are also birds such as the bearded vulture, the Egyptian vulture, the golden eagle, the griffon vulture and the peregrine falcon.

  • Information for visits

    At the San Juan de la Peña Visitor Centre (next to the New Monastery of San Juan de la Peña, 8 kilometres from Santa Cruz de la Serós), visitors can get all the information about the space.