산티아고 아르곤 #3

 

Day 3 - From Somport to Jaca

 

 

 

 

The first of the Spanish waymarks in the early dawn.
	Cadanchu, a ski and holiday resort just below Somport
The GR signposts guide you all the way to Puente La Reian	Stony paths to start with
Dawn touching the peaks of the Pyrenees	... with some welcome cool shade down in the valleys
	Approaching Canfranc Estacion
	The magnificent railway station
which used to serve the smart international set changng from French to Spanish trains, but now gets only a few local Spanish trains each day	and the offices of the Highway Department
Camino diverging from the highway before the tunnel
Finely sculpted dam
	The town of Canfranc lower down the valley
More relics from the railway age	Medieval bridge
The new road leaps across a gorge, but only gives crouching space to the Camino
	Crocuses
	The bar in Villanua
	Nice wide path, but the loose stones meant you had to watch every step
	The stony track seems to go on for ever!
but finally ends in Castillo de Jaca, a lovely medieval village	You then cross to the other side of the Río Aragon
and cross a tributary, the Rio Ijuez, on stepping stones	Lovely views of the Aragon, slowly increaseing in size all the way
	and so into the approaches to Jaca
sign on an old bridge	The refugio at Jaca These two photos courtesy of and © Rob Steele 2006
The dining room of the excellent refugio at dawn	very good facilities