Embalse de Canal Roya

Embalse de Canal Roya is a reservoir in Canfranc, Huesca, Aragon. Embalse de Canal Roya is situated nearby to the locality El Sasor, as well as near La Raqueta.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Somport and Hospital de Somport.

Somport

Photo: CHV, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Somport is a mountain pass in the central Pyrenees on the border of France and Spain. It lies on the French Way of the Way of Saint James. The pass is the end of the Via Tolosana and the starting point of the Aragonese Way.

Hospital de Somport

Protected area

Photo: CHV, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hospital de Somport is a protected area.

Canfranc International Railway Station

Hotel

Photo: MarcCeleiro, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canfranc International railway station is a formerly international railway station in the village of Canfranc in the Spanish Pyrenees. The Somport railway tunnel, inoperative since 1970, which carries the Pau–Canfranc railway, under the Pyrenees into France, is located at its northern end.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Candanchú and Canfranc-Estación.

Candanchú

Hamlet

Photo: Willtron, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Candanchú is a ski resort situated near the town of Canfranc in the High Aragon of the western Pyrenees, in the province of Huesca, Spain. The name of the area is an adaptation of the French "Camp d'Anjou", as it was originally the site of a military camp of the French Angevin dynasty.