Aragon Guide

20km of Daroca (Zaragoza Province) and a similar distance west of Calamocha (Teruel Province) on the N-234, Laguna de Gallocanta is Spain’s largest natural lake, a about 15 sq km in area (though it can almost dry up in summer). It’s a winter home for some 60,000 cranes and many other water fowl.

A Centro de Interpretacion (978 72 50 04; open 10am-2pm & 4pm-8pm daily November & February; Saturday & Sunday only rest of year), with information and exhibitions, is on the Tornos-Bello road near the southwest corner of the lake where the cranes gather. Take binoculars if you can.