La Puebla de Valverde: Discover Gates, Trails and Festivals

La Puebla de Valverde can be read through its preserved gates: the visible remains of the former town wall include the Portal de Teruel, the Portal de Valencia and several possible sections of wall; the Portal de Teruel is the best-preserved of the surviving gates and was the town's main entrance.

When comparing a holiday apartment in La Puebla de Valverde, you can view travel dates, room category and cancellation policies side by side on accommodation listings. Depending on the period and the layout you want, these fields can be considered separately; the specific details of the respective listing remain decisive.

Culture and history

The town centre is home to traditional, three-storey Baroque houses built between the 17th and 18th centuries. The Portal de Valencia has two pointed arches; the inner one is made of limestone blocks. The Portal de Valencia was restored by the Government of Aragon. The parish church of Santa Emerenciana is a Gothic-Renaissance building from the 16th and 17th centuries with a Mannerist portal. The chapel of Nuestra Señora de Loreto is a Renaissance building from the 16th century.

Festivals

The patron saint festivals of La Puebla de Valverde take place in the first days of September around the second Sunday of the month in honour of the Virgen de Valverde. The Romería de Santa Bárbara is celebrated on the first Sunday in May. The Romería de San Martín takes place on the Sunday closest to 11 November and includes a mass, gachas and bureo at the Masía del Manzano.

Other places

Other places in the selection include La Iglesuela Del Cid, Alobras, Arcos De Las Salinas, Rubiales, Torrijo del Campo, Formiche Alto, Nogueruelas and Bronchales.

Trails and nature

The circular route through the Barranco del Hocino is 7.4 km long and takes an estimated 1 hour and 35 minutes. The GR 8 circular route begins at the Fuente del Serrallo at the town entrance and leads back to La Puebla de Valverde. A hike in the surroundings of La Puebla de Valverde can be completed in 4 or 5 hours. A 14.5 km circular route begins in El Ventorrillo, passes through the abandoned Masía del Manzano, the Barranco de Gollonga and El Val, and takes around 3 hours.

The different distances and walking times can be viewed side by side if you want to distinguish between shorter circular routes, a hike lasting several hours and longer stages.

The La Puebla de Valverde–Albentosa stage of the Camino Natural Santander-Mediterráneo is just over 22 km long, passes cultivated areas for black truffles and begins beside the former La Puebla de Valverde railway station at kilometre marker 83. GR-8 Stage 15 reaches La Puebla de Valverde via the Fuente de Los Santos and the Ermita de San Roque. GR-8 Stage 16 begins at the Portal de Valencia, joins the Vía Verde Ojos Negros-Sagunto and crosses a viaduct of the mining railway.

The Rocha de la Noguera palaeontological site dates from the Pliocene–Pleistocene; remains of various mammals have been found there. The first stage of the Vía Verde Ojos Negros runs mainly through the province of Teruel along the former mining railway of the Sierra Menera.

For the higher-level travel overview: Teruel.