Near this area is a tapas zone called El Tubo and a nightclub district called El Casco. Other nightclub districts are La Zona and El Royo. The city is home to a number of popular gay and lesbian establishments as well.
Outside View of the AljaferíaSome distance from the centre of the old city is an expansive Moorish castle/palace called the Aljafería, one of the northernmost important Moorish buildings in Spain and the setting selected by Giuseppe Verdi for his opera Il Trovatore (The Troubadour). The Aragonese parliament currently sits in the building.
Zaragoza is linked by Renfe's AVE high-speed rail service to Madrid and to Lleida in Catalonia.