Ebro vessels. Sailing in the river

Ebro vessels. Sailing in the river

There is a summer service to have a journey over the river. It is a whole new perspective of the city. It worths a lot.

Which is the journey?

This year (2013) a new company has started to manage the service. They will offer to go from Pilar to Expo area.

Pilar dock is just here:

https://maps.google.es/maps?q=zaragoza&hl=es&ie=UTF8&ll=41.65679,-0.877056&spn=0.001074,0.004823&sll=40.396764,-3.713379&sspn=4.484348,19.753418&t=h&hnear=Zaragoza,+Arag%C3%B3n&z=18

(although google maps is not updated, but just after Basilica in the Ebro river and going down. No possibility to get lost)

Expo dock is more or less here

https://maps.google.es/maps?q=zaragoza&hl=es&ie=UTF8&ll=41.667454,-0.895965&spn=0.002148,0.009645&sll=40.396764,-3.713379&sspn=4.484348,19.753418&t=h&hnear=Zaragoza,+Arag%C3%B3n&z=17

(and that part was under construction when the picture so it is not updated... but take a look to the area in a map)

Which are their fares and timetables?

Tuesday to Sunday

Departures from Pilar dock: 12:00, 13:00, 18:00, 19:00, 20:00 and 21:00

Departures from Expo dock, about half an hour later

Trip would take 25 minutes to go, and 25 more return

You can just go and return or decide to stay for a while in the area

Price is 10 euro for an adult return ticket.

There are reductions for children and senior citizens

The company that manages the vessels is the same that manages the Aquarium . So then, if you buy a return ticket you will have a 30% reduction in the Aquarium

Tickets can be bought in the same vessel and, if you are in the Aquarium, you can buy them also there (it is the same company).

What can I visit if I go to the Expo area?

Aquarium

Bridge Pavilion

and the Water Park Luis Buñuel

Aquarium does not close at noon so you can go in the morning when you want, visit it, have a lunch there or in the Water Park, having a walk in the area and returning in the evening

It really worths

As a detail:

and.... wanna have a lunch or just a beer with something else in the Aquarium terrace?

Look at this

Bridge pavilion

Bridge pavilion

Bridge pavilion (Pabellon-puente) will be opened again

It could have been the most significant building in the 2008 international exhibition. Wanna visit inside?

When can it be visited?

Starting March 23rd, Bridge pavilion will be opened on sunday mornings 10:00 to 13:00 having short guided free tours at 10:30, 11:30 and 12:30.

What's the Bridge pavilion?

This is the Wikipedia information
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The Bridge Pavilion (Spanish: Pabellón Puente) is a building designed by British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid that was constructed for the Expo 2008 in Zaragoza (Spain) as one of its main landmarks. It is an innovative 280-metre-long (919 ft) covered bridge that imitates a gladiola over the river Ebro, connecting the neighbourhood of La Almozara with the exposition site, and thus becoming its main entrance. The new bridge is, at the same time, a multi-level exhibition area; 10,000 visitors per hour are expected to frequent the Pavilion of the world exhibition.
Hadid chose fibre glass reinforced concrete from the Austrian company Rieder to envelope the bridge: she covered the outer skin of the building with 29,000 triangles of fibreC in different shades of grey.
During the Expo 2008, the Bridge Pavilion hosted an exposition called Water – a unique resource, designed by Ralph Appelbaum Associates. When the Expo was over, the building was purchased by the local savings bank Ibercaja to use it as a site for expositions.
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For updates: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_Pavilion

Some pictures

How can I get there?

Bus circle lines (Ci1, Ci2) and bus 34 stop quite close there.
Touristic bus stop also around the Expo 2008 area.
If you arrive by train (even if high speed or commuter train), Delicias station is close to this bridge.

You can join this visit to any other one within the Expo 2008 area (Aquarium, pavilions...)