Naval (637 m) is a town in the Somontano region in Huesca Province. It is situated in the foothills of the Sierra de Arbe (Arbe Range) and surrounded by many hills of which some rise above 1100 m height.
\nThe village is characterised by steep slopping streets. Its houses have 4 or 5 floors, which originate from the time when the village was more crowded with two or three families sharing the same house. Good examples of these can be seem in the area called Coton. Its narrow and twisting streets and passages make it one of the best conserved areas of Somontano. The old Jewish quarter was also there.
\nNaval is well known due to its pottery and salt extraction traditions. The former has a medieval and Morish origin and was the main economic source of the area. Naval\u2019s pottery industry enjoyed much prestige and its potters frequently travelled to go to France to barter with their products. Nowadays, a pottery artisan can be still seen in his traditional workshop in Obradores Street, where all the potter\u2019s workshops would have been in times gone by. Today, Naval has a Pottery Visitor Centre that can be visited in that same street.
\nNaval is also famous for its salt flats. In a time when salt was the main way to conserve food but there were not many salt deposits, the Spanish Crown became the owner of all salted water exploitations. Archaeological sites dated to the Bronze Age were found in Naval and that suggest that the salt spring was already known in that time. But the first document where the salt flats are mentioned dates to 1094, when Sancho Ram\u00edrez King is noted to have given salary and lifelong pension to Mr Micer de Sousa for providing salt to the crown. All the salt was stored in the big Alfol\u00ed which is still in Mayor Street. Now this is a tourist site with a relaxing spa and thalassotherapy treatments.
\nNaval\u2019s profile is dominated by Santa Mar\u00eda la Mayor Church, dated to the second half of 16th century and a designated Historic-Artistic Monument.<\/p>\n
URTHER INFORMATION & USEFUL CONTACTS
\nTown Hall \u2013 974300302
\nTourist Office (summer only)
\nMedical center \u2013 974300319
\nPharmacy \u2013 974300317
\nPolice (Guardia Civil) \u2013 974300314
\nIsabel\u2019s Butcher\u2019s \u2013 974300365
\nJovita\u2019s backery \u2013 974300361
\nSalinar (Salt SPA) \u2013 974 990 057 (www.salinardenaval.com) Restaurante\u00a0+34 699 40 39 21
\nEchevarr\u00eda\u2019s Pottery \u2013 974300313
\nAlfonso\u2019s Pottery \u2013 685168286
\nPottery Visitor Centre \u2013 97430050
\nNaval\u2019s Social Bar \u2013 605900451
\nBrasserie \u2013 musical bar La F\u00e1brica \u2013 629206706
\nEl Salinar restaurant\u2013 699 40 39 21
\nSwimming Pool Bar \u2013 phone number in the Town Hall.
\nThe social bar is open all year long except Mondays. The rest are just open in summertime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Naval (637 m) is a town in the Somontano region in Huesca Province. It is situated in the foothills of the Sierra de Arbe (Arbe Range) and surrounded by many hills of which some rise above 1100 m height. The village is characterised by steep slopping streets. Its houses have 4 or 5 floors, which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-what-to-see"],"yoast_head":"\n