CHILINDRÓN ROUTE

Several restaurants featuring chicken or lamb al chilindrón are landmarks along Zaragoza’s Roman Trail, for a relaxing walk that runs from the city walls to the museum in the Forum of Caesaraugusta, crossing Plaza del Pilar, with the Pilar Basilica, the Renaissance palace La Lonja, Seo Cathedral, and the museums of the river port, the Thermal Baths and the Theatre, among other tourist attractions overlooking the River Ebro. In this area, you can enjoy the legacy left by the master Francisco de Goya, through his paintings and engravings, in the city where he spent his childhood and youth, Zaragoza. You can admire his work in the dome of Pilar Basilica, at the Goya Collection Ibercaja Museum or at the Alma Mater Museum.

The Chilindrón Trail will also take you to another of the city’s residential urban expansion areas: the University district, highly prestigious in Spain, where you will see many young people and many Erasmus students.

In the centre of Plaza San Francisco, you will see a statue of King Ferdinand the Catholic, the architect of the uniting of the Crown of Aragon with the Kingdom of Castile.

Any of these restaurants would be a good choice to sample a fine chilindrón, paired with a wine from one of Zaragoza’s three denominations of origin— Calatayud, Campo de Borja and Cariñena—or a beer from the century-old Aragonese brewery, one of the few independents in Spain.

Take your time and enjoy each of the spots this traditional route reveals to you!