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View of BiescasGraeme Churchard · CC BY 2.0

Biescas

Village

Biescas is a municipality of northeastern Spain close to the border with France, in the midst of the Pyrenees in the province of Huesca. The name seems to provide from the term bizka, which means "hill" in a Proto-Indo-European language.

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The town of Biescas is located at 875 meters altitude on the banks of the Gállego river. The municipality extends along a small plain and includes the canyon to access to the Tena Valley. At 72 km north of the main city Huesca, Biescas is a communication hub between the regions of Jacetania and Sobrarbe. The town is strategically located to crossing the Gállego river, as a link between the valleys of Tena and Ara.

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Village information

Coat of arms of Biescas
Province
Huesca
Autonomous community
Aragón
Population (INE 2025)
1,640
Altitude
867 m
Area (IGN)
191 km²
Postcode
22630
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What to see

  1. 1Iglesia de San Martín de Oliván
  2. 2Iglesia de San Juan de Busa
  3. 3Monasterio de San Pelay
  4. 4San Bartolomé de Gavín
  5. 5Santa Eulalia (Orós Bajo)
  6. 6Fuerte de Santa Elena
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What to do

  1. 1Hiking: GR 15 · Etapa 9: Biescas – Acumuer
  2. 2Hiking: GR 16 · Senderos del Serrablo
  3. 3Hiking: GR 16.1 · Senderos del Serrablo
  4. 4MTB: Bike Park Gavín
  5. 5MTB: R03 - La Partacua
  6. 6Parque Faunístico Lacuniacha
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  • Herrero Uceda · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Herrero Uceda · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Club Deportivo Altorricón · CC BY 2.0
  • Ziegler175 · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • 39 places to stayIllustrative photo · Basotxerri · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Accommodation

    39 places to stay in Biescas

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  • 22 restaurantsIllustrative photo · Grey World · CC BY 2.0

    Eat

    22 restaurants in Biescas

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  • 6 experiencesIllustrative photo · Basotxerri · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Experiences

    6 experiences in Biescas

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Useful information

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Town council

    • Phone: 974 48 50 02
    • Official website: www.biescas.es
    • Phone: 974 48 52 22

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Travelling with your pet

Parks, beaches and places to stay that OpenStreetMap marks as dog-friendly. Many places allow dogs without it being marked: ask when you book.

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Connectivity

  • Fibre broadband· of homes85 %
  • 4G mobile coverage· of homes100 %
  • 5G coverage· of homes100 %

No data on: train station, street market, nursery school.

Data from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), extract from October 2026: we count what is mapped within the municipal boundary. "No data" means OpenStreetMap doesn't have it, not that it doesn't exist. Completed with Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0): the pharmacies, health centres, petrol stations, banks, cash machines, food shops and schools that OpenStreetMap was missing. Town hall contact details: General Database of Local Entities (Spanish Ministry of Finance); tourist offices: each region's open registry, where it publishes one. Connectivity: Spanish Ministry for Digital Transformation, % of homes covered in June 2025.

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Where to sleep in Biescas

39 registered places to stay

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