Located at the base of the hill, protecting the access to Numantia, the village of Garray, repopulated in the Middle Age maintains its medieval name (Carrahe means “burnt” or “burned land”) and the embers of Numantine resistance.

As an evidence of that first medieval settlement (quoted in documents from years 1016 and 1076) a Mozarabic baptism font, claimed to be from the eleventh century, has remained in the Romanesque chapel “Los Mártires”.

Inside the chapel, located in the north hillside of Numantia, its semi-cylindrical apse shows off, maintaining the primitive cover, made of stone slides and a doorway with tympanum, decorated with stars and floral motifs. Its construction finished in 1241. It was devoted to San Miguel, but changed in the eighteenth century to be devoted to saint martyrs Nereo, Aquileo, Domitila and Pancracio, when their remains were brought from Rome. These saints are the current saint patrons of the village.

So, Numantia first, and Garray afterwards, have controlled the way over the Duero river, communications between the north mountain range and the Duero valley, as reflected by the stone bridge with sixteen propped up arches, built in the sixteenth century, above other previous ones. This bridge has seen flocks and herds, and their shepherds who, from the highlands (Tierras Altas) made their way every year heading to the winter pasturelands in the south. This is the same place where the Roman Way had its ford in the river, on its way from Caesaraugusta (Zaragoza) to Asturica (Astorga).

Garray houses, beside the merger of the Duero and Tera rivers, are concentrated around the gothic church, devoted to San Juan Bautista, built during the sixteenth century, and have been extended by new housing estates, reflection of the attractiveness for relaxation and amusement (fishing, canoeing, swimming) its three rivers provide as well as the rich riverside vegetation. In addition, there is a small airport, a sports centre and stables for horse-back riding.

The town council used the former school to set up the Archeological Hall, which complements the visit to the archeological site. The hall includes two rooms dedicated to the two cultures or “confronted worlds”: Celtiberian and Roman, where the army, armaments, walls and camps are recreated with reconstructions, models and multimedia presentations.

Its traditional economy, linked to agriculture and farming, has been reinforced by the development of several industries producing fodder (Gepisa) and flour (Harinas Duero), as well as by the company Soria Natural, focused on raising herbs and plants for natural medicine, with significant national and international presence.

Furthermore, Garray, located 7 kilometers away from Soria, combines its natural environment and impressive historical assets with the fact of being the crossroads of communications with La Rioja, Navarra and the Basque Country, and plays the roll of the gate to the Tera River Valley, Piqueras and Oncala mountain passes and the highlands shire (Tierras Altas), areas with great landscape and paleontology value (the dinosaur foot-print route, between Soria and La Rioja).