Welcome to Hospedería San Juan de la Peña ****
Located in a place so unique that it surpasses the normal attractions of landscape and culture, the New San Juan de la Peña Monastery Hospedería stands on the southern wing of the building’s former location. We are on the meadow of Saint Indalecio. With the notable influence of the nearby Old San Juan del Peña monastery, one of the artistic jewels of our community, the importance of this zone led to the protection of the monastery areas, to the point of attaining the current figure of the Protected Landscape of San Juan de la Peña and Monte Oroel.
Today, the New Monastery complex, which houses the Hospedería and the interpretation centre of the Monastery, is an example of bringing closely together the architectural proposals of diverse times. Particularly noteworthy is the harmony of an intervention that contributes contemporary sensations, both in the volumes and in the materials: copper, glass and steel. Brick and hewn stone have given way to the warmth and luminous versatility of wood and alabaster.
It has 20 rooms and five suites, as well as spacious halls for holding all types of banquets and events, both private and professional; it also offers the customer a complete spa with a swimming pool, underwater beds, sauna, Turkish bath and gym equipment.
Without a doubt, the key to their lodging offer is comfort, which allows the guest to enjoy an unforgettable stay. All rooms have an outside view and are decorated with the finest materials to add a high level of comfort to the beauty of the surroundings.
The different meeting rooms are perfectly equipped for carrying out any cultural or business activity. The all-purpose hall has a seating capacity of 100 in the theatre, while the meeting room is designed for private meetings. Because we are in a place that is marked by its intensity, it is not difficult to search for and find especially attractive or interesting spots that each person will appreciate and value.
In other areas of the New Monastery, visits can be made to the Monastery Interpretation Centre. The perimeter of the cloister has been prepared as an exhibition hall, perfectly equipped to house any type of artistic event.
Located in the New Monastery, next to the spectacular San Indalecio meadow, our restaurant offers a selection of hot sandwiches, freshly made pizzas, toasts and salads.
Hospedería San Juan de la Peña surroundings
In full Aragon’s Pyrenees is found the spectacular space of the Protected Landscape of San Juan de la Peña and Monte Oroel, and among its most outstanding elements displays the Old Monastery of San Juan de la Peña, jewel of the medieval era.
The territory in which is found San Juan de la Peña is a natural space with a surprising biodiversity. The great rock that gives to it its name, the same as Oroel, it is a huge sinclinal hung from conglomerates, with crests in the mountains of Cuculo and San Salvador.
The mushrooms, of great abundance, and different types of birds complete an ecosystem full of life, in which stand out the predatory and the ghouls, as the common vulture or the Egyptian vulture, in addition to the typical fauna of the forest: boars, foxes, genets, martens, roe deer…
In the immediacies of both monasteries there are numerous viewpoints on to the Pyrenees, among which stand out the Balcony of the Pyrenees and the Viewpoint of San Vote, as well as the various hermitages.
In San Juan de la Peña, due to its privileged situation, there are numerous viewpoints on to the Pyrenees, as well as the various hiking trails located in the immediacies of both monasteries. To them you can accede by beautiful paths in the forest of the Protected Landscape of San Juan de la Peña and Monte Oroel.
The charming urban centre of Santa Cruz de la Serós is found at 7 km from San Juan de la Peña and it houses two Romanesque jewels to visit. The church of Santa María was a Benedictine nuns’ monastery in the eleventh and twelfth centuries and among its walls lived the women of the Aragonese nobility. Aresa, Urraca and Sancha, daughters of King Ramiro I, were his most famous guests. Their tympanum, their belfry tower and a Gothic altarpiece of the century 15th century stand out. The hermitage of San Caprasio, located at the entrance of the town, is a beautiful example of Lombard Romanesque from the 11th century.
There is a diversion of the ‘Camino de Santiago’ from Jaca to the monastery of San Juan de la Peña. It is the GR 65.3.2 trail. It can be taken about 5 km past Jaca, crossing the Gas River bridge towards the village of Atarés.