When we do family tourism we like to “get lost” in the cities we visit,walk them in our air, discovering spaces that, per best, are not on the official tourist routes,or that, for whatever reason, end up being charming.
However, the building we are talking about today is not one of those “lost” places, but it has a lot of history and its visit becomes almost essential if you visit Zaragoza with children, although it is not charming.
The Palace of the Aljafería seems from the outside a small castle or fortress, very beautiful with its turrets and its earthy color, and this aesthetic is always attractive to the little ones.
The Palacio de la Aljafería is, in fact, a mixture of buildings, of different style and function, which, over the centuries, have been overlapping and joining until we reach our days with their rare half-Muslim beauty and, for a few years now, as seat of the Aragonese courts. We went to see her on a sunny morning and, from afar, the boys seemed to like them (their castle look with moat counted a lot in their favor). The ticket office looks like a small kiosk next to the parking lot for deputies and other staff that is before the bridge that gives access to the Aljafería.
You can sign up for the guided tour or discover the building on your own, but we advise you to take advantage of the good work of the guides to, in an hour, get to know the history and characteristics of this interesting building well.