Pyrenees Guide

Alhama de Aragon - Alhama de Aragon is an important health ...

Alt Emporda - The Alt Emporda is the northern part of the Costa Brava. It is much rugged than the south, a beautiful landscape where the Pyrenees meets the Mediterranean Sea. The Cap de Creus is the last outlet of the Costa Brava and at the same time the most easterly point of the Iberian ...

Andorra - Andorra is a small landlocked country in western Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. Its size is near 470 km² with an estimated population of almost 89,000. Its capital is Andorra la Vella. It is currently a prosperous country mainly because of ...

Andorra La Vella - Andorra La Vella is the capital of this tiny principality nestling between France and Spain and is its biggest town. Lying at the confluence of the Gran Valira, the Valira del Oriente and the Valira del Norte rivers, Andorra La Vella is dwarfed by stunning snow-capped mountains of up to 2500 metres ...

Aragon - Sparsely populated, the old kingdom of Aragon is flanked by several worlds: France, Catalonia, Navarra and the northeastern reaches of Spain's Castilian heartland. If you love mountains, castles and stone villages, this place is for you. You do need a vehicle to make the best of it, ...

Aragon Pyrenees - The northern province of Huesca, is the Aragon Pyrenees area and one of the most valuable assets of Aragon. The variety of geological formations and the climatic constrasts that are registered between the wet valleys of the north and the dry lands of the foothhills in the south give rise to a great ...

Arcalis - As the most remote resort in Andorra, it's easy to assume Arcalis is not worth a day-trip. But that would be a shame, as the variety of the terrain is better than most of the other resorts, even if the extent is not up to much. With no village at the resort, it does at least mean that Arcalis has ...

Barcelona - Barcelona is Spain's second city and one of the most dynamic and exciting cities on the western Mediterranean seaboard, sedulously promoting itself as a European metropolis, a link between the sub-Pyrenees peninsula and the heartland of Western Europe. The 1888 World's Fair became a symbol of the ...

Baretous Valley - Between the Basque Country and the Pyrenees mountains, the Baretous Valley is chequered with corn fields and magnificent meadows, broken by oak copses with a backdrop of high limestone summits. It is here that the largest lapies (rain-formed semi-cylindrical vertical gutters) in Europe are to be ...

Baronnies - The Baronnies (Les Baronnies in French) is a historic name for the area East and North of Mont Ventoux in Southern France. Today most of the Baronnies is part of the département Drôme (a part of the région Rhône-Alpes). Smaller areas in the East and South belong to the ...

Basque Coast - The shoreline from Bilbao around the coast of Vizcaya, east into neighboring Guipuzcoa province to Getaria and San Sebastián and the River Adour, separating Bayonne and Biarritz from the Landes in the north is a succession of colorful ports, ocher beaches, and green hills. ...

Basque Country - The Basque Country spans both sides of the French-Spanish border. Gipuzkoa, Vizcaya y Alava provinces, with a population of 2,098,055 inhabitants make up the Spanish Basque Country which shares character and heritage with the French Basque Country (included in Pyrenees Atlantiques together ...

Bilbao and Bizkaia - "Green in the head, fire in the heart". These are the words of a love song written to this province by singer-songwriter Benito Lertxundi, entitled "Bizkaia maite". The fresh green of places like the Urdaibai Biosphere reserve or the Nature reserves of Urkiola and Gorbeia. The ...

Bolvir - Bolvir is a small village dominated by the Romanesque church of Santa Cecilia, which features an interesting doorway with sculptures columns and capitals. In Bolvir itself lies the meadow called Pla de la Mala Mort, where cattle are traditionally forbidden to graze because the Viscount of Cerdanya ...

Borja - In Borja the Collegiate Chuch of Santa Maria, San Miguel's and Las Conchas House are ...

Cabestany - The church at Cabestany houses one of the most famous sculptures from all the Romanesque west. The famous Tympanum of the Assumption - rediscovered a century ago - has given a name to one of the most talented sculptors of the 12th century. The Master: Rather than get away with the useful ...

Calatayud - Calatayud, the old Roman Bilbilis, has a collegiate church - Santa Maria la Mayor-, the churches of San Andres, San Pedro and San Martin, the arch of Furiega and the ruins of a ...

Canigou Massif - The Catalans of Pyrenees Orientales identify themselves with the Canigou, the prestige of which comes both from its beauty and from a whole people’s identity. In spring, you will be delighted to contemplate a landscape in which the snow-clad Canigou overlooks peach orchards blossoms. The ...

Canillo Soldeu - Canillo is one of the parishes of Andorra. It is composed of the following villages and towns: Canillo, Soldeu, Bordes d'Envalira, El Tarter, Sant Pere, Ransol, Els Plans, El Vilar, l'Armiana, l'Aldosa, El Forn, Prats, Meritxell and Molleres.Its altitude ranges from 1400 m to 2913 m. The climate is ...

Capcir - The Capcir has many enchanting natural treasures. At between 1500 metres and 1784 metres at the Col de La Quillane, separating the Ariege from the Pyrenees Orientales, this high plateau is orientated North-South. Formigueres, once the summer residence of the Kings of the Realm of Majorca, is the ...

Carcassone & Aude Valley - The presence of history in Carcassone is impressive. Founded over 2.000 years ago and built on its present plan in the 13th century, it is one of the most remarkable sites surviving from the Middle Ages. It is today a Unesco world heritage site. The Aude and Canal du Midi separate the "lower ...

Carinena - Carinena is a large, old town, famous for its wine bodegas. Out on the main road behind the church (cross the bridge onto the carretera and turn left), the Bodega Morte (daily 8am-8pm; free) welcome visitors to sample its wines, and buy bottles, or fill their own for next to nothind from the huge ...

Carlit Massif - Carlit Massif tourism travel ...

Caspe - Caspe, the historical city where the Treaty that united the Crowns of Aragon and Castile in 1412 was signed, is the main city East of Zaragoza Province; it centralises the activity of an area of hard climate, of poor non-irrigated land agriculture, only mitigated by the orchards in the riverside of ...

Catalan Pyrenees - Beginning on the Coast, where the cliffs drop to the waters of the Old Mediterranean, we leisurely move toward the Catalan Pyrenees. Beautiful clusters of lakes and the headwater valleys of Catalonia's chief rivers nestle between towering peaks. This area, made up of the regions of the ...

Cerdagne - Mountains and high mountains with their ski resorts, but also canoe and kayak, rambling, fishing, canyoning, horseriding and mountainbike await you in these high region. The Cerdagne has an exceptional climate with an average of 2.800 hours of sunshine per year. Its dry, healthy air is the reason ...

Cerdanya - Cerdanya region is synonymous with snow. The impressive La Molina and Masella ski resorts clearly determine its character and focus the interest of droves of ski lovers from the nearby regions. Cerdanya is Girona province westernmost region and, at the same time, its most decidedly mountainous one. ...

Costa Brava - Costa Brava has been considered a package holiday, fish and chips and sangria destination, an image based only on few towns of the Southern Costa Brava. The real Costa Brava is a diverse region of extraordinary natural beauty and heritage (Dali, Picasso, Romanesque, Roman Ruins). Attractions ...

Cote Vermeille - Banyuls Sur Mer territory covers a vast 4.200 hectare inlet. It is varied, pinturesque and attractive and the scenary looks like that of Greece or North Africa. Nestling in the foothills of Pyrenees, Banyuls is a charming old fishing village, with quaint narrow streets and excellent beaches. The ...

Daroca - Daroca is a city in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, situated to the south of the city of Zaragoza. It is located in the basin of Calatayud, the valley of the Jiloca River. According to certain writers, the primitive Celtiberian village in this location was named Darek. The Romans named it ...

Ejea de los Caballeros - Ejea de los Caballeros (Aragonese Exea, commonly known by simply Ejea) is a town and municipality in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. It is one of the 5 main towns in the Municipality of the 5 Villages, of which the most important are Ejea de los Caballeros, Tauste, Sadaba, Uncastillo and ...

Encamp - The big attaction in Encamp, whichis about 6km northeast of Andorra La Vella, is the Museu Nacional de l'Automobil (National Automobile Museum, 83 22 66, adult/student Eur 2.40/1.20, open 9.30am-1.30pm & 3pm-6pm Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-2pm Sunday). Located beside the CG2, this museum has ...

Escaldes Engordany - Escaldes-Engordany is the seventh Parish of the Principality of Andorra, it was established in 1978. Situated in the middle of the country, it is bounded in the north by La Massana and Encamp, in the east and south by Spain and southwest by Andorra la Vella. Escaldes-Engordany is formed by the ...

Eyne - Eyne is a beautiful traditional village of Cerdagne. The ski resort of Eyne 2600 is situated in the Cerdagne area of the Pyrenees Orientales department in the Pyrenees Orientales region. It is part of the Neiges Catalanes ski domain. The lift served area extends from 1650 metres to 2400 metres. ...

Foix - Foix is proud of its history. Gaston Phoebus was born here, a famous Occitan warrior, poet, and politician from the 14th century. He was also well-known for his hunting skills, so a good all-rounder who represented the different aspects of his region. He left a patriotic regional song, which is ...

Fraga - On the banks of the Cinca river, there is Fraga,of Iberian origin, where important Romanesque churches of the 12th century are preserved as is a series of residential buildings in the picturesque layout of the streets. In the vicinity of Fraga, there are the Roman remains of the so-called Villa ...

French Basque Coast - French Basque Coast Tourism Travel ...

Garonne - The river Garonne, called nowadays "Canal de Garonne", is the result of the building of the "Canal du Midi" (17th century) and "Canal Lateral" (19th century). This junction allowed the creation of an important commercial waterway, which had been expected for quite a ...

Gipuzkoa Region - The Gipuzkoa Coast is not your typical tourist destination for 'sunny beaches'. However, its 17 beaches are clean, comfortable and mostly urban. They are essential to enjoy the beauty of the Cantabrian Sea in the summertime or for relaxing walks by the waves in winter. The beach at Zarautz, ...

Girona City - The city of Girona is a walled city of Roman origin and located at a strategic point on the route between the Pyrenees and Barcelona. The city has much to see in the way of a Cathedral, art & archaeology and an ancient Jewish quarter (El Call). The River Onyar divides the city from west to ...

Illueca - Just a short trip from Zaragoza, Illueca, were the Pope Benedict XIII, known popularly as Papa Luna was born, is a historic village with a rich Medieval heritage. One of the most famous landmarks is its castle, which stands on the top of Illueca and dates back to the ...

Inland Costa Brava - Inland, a sudden change in the landscape marks the region of La Garrotxa, one of Girona's most verdant regions, features an exceptional Volcanic Area, with 30 craters and a protected space of over 12,000 hectares. Besalu is an attractive small town about 20 km west of Figueres. Besalu was ...

L'Estartit - L'Estartit is most outstanding for its interesting landscapes and stunning natural beauty, with views over the bay, the Medes Islands and the surrounding protected countryside. Within the village, special mention should be made of the fishing harbour and the Passeig del Molinet seafront promenade. ...

La Garrotxa - Garrotxa, one of Girona's most verdant regions, features an exceptional Volcanic Area, with 30 craters and a protected space of over 12,000 hectares. A land of myths and bandits, the Garrotxa region constitutes a stimulating proposal for those avid to discover singular locations. We highly ...

Labourd - Labourd (Lapurdi in Basque; from Latin Lapurdum, Labord in Gascon) is a former French province and part of the present-day Pyrenees Atlantiques departement. It is historically one of the seven provinces of the traditional Basque Country. Labourd extends from the Pyrenees to the river Adour, ...

Laruns - The village of Laruns is well placed at the head of the valley, before the road winds up through the pine woods to the alpine pastures, up to the Col du Pourtalet, and the border into Spain. Reminiscent of the Dolomites, or the western side of the Lake District, the Ossau has green high pastures, ...

Latour de France - This little Pyrenees village used to be fortified and was part of the frontier between France and Spain up until the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659. Visit the 15th century church where the bell tower was both for defence and a ...

Lleida and around - Located in the Catalan Pyrenees, Lleida City is the capital of the province of the same name. It has got all the appeals of a modern city looking towards the future but at the same time maintaining its links with the past through its rich artistic heritage that is well worth ...

Mas d'Azil & Labouiche - The paleolithic cave site of Mas d'Azil (20 kilometers west of Foix) was excavated by Edouard Piette in the 19th century. Mas d'Azil was one of the first prehistoric caves to yield evidence of human habitation. Occupations at the site range in date from 17,800 to 6500 years BC. The underground ...

Mequinenza - The village of Mequinenza is situated within close proximity of both the Rio Segre and Ebro. The village is steeped in history dating back to the Arabic occupation. Both the Rio's Segre and Ebro boast an excellent quality of Catfish and Carp ...

Midi Pyrenees - Situated in the heart of south-west France, It is one of the largest regions in the country, with a landscape of ancient towns, villages, castles, Romanesque churches and an inexhaustible history. Its extensive agriculture makes it a region of farmers and peasants, producing a variety of crops. ...

Muel - Muel is an important craft centre with many workshops and the Ceramic Workshop-School of Muel, belonging to the Local Government of Zaragoza. The chapel of La Virgen de la Fuente preserves wall paintings from young ...

Narbonne & Around - Capital of Narbonne Gaul, then residence for the Wisigoth kings and archiepiscopal city, this Ville d'Art, located in the ancient Roman Via Domitia, has retained its importance as a communications cross-roads. Its museums house many rare treasures, especially Roman paintings. The shaded boulevards ...

Navarra - Although many associate Navarra with the bulls in Pamplona, Navarra's real charm is its small towns, with fine monuments ranging from the Romanesque to the Renaissance. Several worlds intersect in Navarra: Pamplona, The Middle Zone, The Navarra and The Riverside. In the Middle Zone, Southeast ...

Navarra Middle Zone - The Middle Zone of Navarra is a broad sweep of rolling hills and gullies with fields of cereal crops and vines that make up a land of transition between the Navarra Pyrenees to the north and the Riverside Zone (Ebro valley area) to the south. The region comprises two historic merindades ...

Navarra Pyrenees - The Pyrenees rise up to the North of Navarra in a mountainous region where the visitor will encounter a landscape of soaring peaks and deep  valleys, shady woods and dazzling alpine meadows, ravines and gorges. The Pyrenees Mountain range descends gently from East to West. From the border ...

Navarra Riverside Zone - The Riverside Zone in southern Navarra is an area of open plains, crossed by the River Ebro andits main tributaries, the Ega, the Arga, and the Aragon. Along the banks of these rivers a combination of large areas of irrigated land and thickets creates a characteristic vegetation pattern in a ...

Nive Valley - The Nive Valley is the only public-transport artery southeast into the Basque interior, with four or five trains a day making the riverside journey from Bayonne to St-Jean-Pied-de-Port in about an hour. The luminous green landscape on the approach to the mountains is scattered with ...

Noguera Pallaresa - The Noguera Pallaresa is a river in the Catalan Pyrenees. Its source is at Era Font d'era Noguereta in the municipality of Naut Aran (Val D'Aran) at an elevation of about 2000 m and barely a hundred meters from those of the Garona. While the Garona flows toward the Atlantic Ocean, the Noguera ...

North Baix Emporda - The Northern part of the Baix Emporda marks an abrupt change in terrain from the Southern Costa Brava. Begur is a stylish town with a profound historical personality. In the shelter of its medieval castle, coral divers, fishermen, “Indians” (wealthy emigrants ...

Ordino - Ordino is large as far as local villages go but reatins its Andorran character: most buildings are built with local stone and are still in their original state. the tourist office (737080, open 9am-1pm & 3pm-7pm Mon-Sat, 9am-1pm Sun) is in the Centre Esportiu d'Ordino sports complex. Buses ...

Ossau Valley - The village of Laruns is well placed at the head of the valley, before the road winds up through the pine woods to the alpine pastures, up to the Col du Pourtalet, and the border into Spain. Reminiscent of the Dolomites, or the western side of the Lake District, the Ossau has green high pastures, ...

Pal Arinsal - Pal has escaped much of the development that other resorts in Andorra have succumbed to. Pal is a quiet and picturesque mountain village over the ridge from Arinsal (about 5km by road), with a small, reasonably varied, wooded ski area a couple of kilometers further up the hill. It is remarkably ...

Pamplona and Around - Pamplona is the political, administrative financial and cultural centre of Navarra. The old walled city, previously secluded, now extends across the Arga river basin and joins up with the surrounding towns to form a conurbation that is home to a quarter of a million people, wich is half the ...

Pas de la Casa - In the parish of Encamp you will find two urban built-up areas: Encamp and el Pas de la Casa. The last village, permanently inhabited by 3.000 people, has an hotel capacity which may triple its inhabitant number. The main attractions of Pas de la Casa is the Pas de la ...

Pau and Around - From humble beginnings as a crossing on the Gave de Pau ("Gave" roughly translates as valley) for flocks en route to and from the mountains, Pau became the capital of the ancient viscountcy of Béarn in 1464, and of the French part of the kingdom of Navarre in 1512. In 1567 its ...

Perpignan and Around - The heart of the south and a spicy accent, Perpignan is turned towards Spain and the East, an eye on its past and a smile towards the future. Plane trees and palm trees cohabit along the wide avenues that bathe in the sun. They offer shade to the beauties sculpted by Maillol that are both naked and ...

Pic du Midi d’Ossau - The Pic du Midi sits on the west side of the Ossau Valley, with a distinctive profile that you start to see everywhere - postcards, mineral water bottles, adverts, … While the weather was settling down, we had a couple of good days walks from the Lac Bious-Artigues - one going right around ...

Puigcerda - Puigcerda, capital of the Cerdanya, is a holiday resort that still preserves such interesting monuments as the Torre del Moro, a bell tower standing in the Plaza de Santa Maria and sole remaining vestige of the church destroyed in the Spanish Civil War; the old convent of Sant Domenech; the Calle ...

Pyrenees Atlantiques - Pyrenees Atlantiques offers the Pays Basque and the Bearn. The ancient divisions of Labourd, Basse Navarre and Soule, with a population of around 250.000, make up the French Basque Country (Pays Basque). In 1970, despite local attempts to get departmental status for the Basque Country, ...

Pyrenees National Park - Created in 1967, the Pyrenees National Park is made up of two zones: The central zone (45705 hectars) is almost uninhabited and is subject to reinforced protection. It is in this area that the most spectacular landscapes are to be seen and t he peripheral area is a kind of pre-park on the edge of ...

Pyrenees Orientales - Ancient Roussillon is a small region of greater Languedoc (administrative region), forming the Pyrenees Orientales departement. It includes the towns of Perpignan and Collioure within its borders. Over its long and colorful history it has known many rulers. Roussillon was administrated first by ...

Ripolles - A profound, mysterious region boasting a large number of Romanesque monuments, whose virtue made it the repository of Catalonia's spiritual soul in the Santa Maria de Ripoll monastery. Equally moving is a visit to the valley and shrine of Nuria, located at the base of the Vall de Nuria ski ...

Saint Girons & Saint Lizier - Saint Lizier is an ancient roman town rich in art and history and which is officially classed among the most beautiful villages of France. Situated at the foot of the Pyrenees in the department of Ariege, the city is a magnificient belvedere with a view of the mountains of the Couserans ...

Saint Jean Pied de Port - Saint Jean Pied de Port is the last stop before the mountain pass of Roncevaux (Roncesvalles) on the pilgrimage to the tomb of Saint James in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Pilgrims have been making the trek ever since the 10th Century, their routes intersecting in this medieval village surrounded ...

Sant Julia de Loria - Sant Julia de Loria (correctly Sant Julià de Lòria) lies on border to Spain in the southern parish (administrative division) in Andorra. Sant Julia de Loria lies some 7.5km to the south of Andorra La Vella on the main road CG1 which runs down the Gran Valira (Grand Valley) ...

Sos de Rey Catolico - One of the most beautiful towns in the province is Sos de Rey Catolico, which has a charming medieval air and was the birthplace of the King Fernando, the Catholic Monarch. Its most interesting sights are a parish church and Sada ...

South Baix Emporda - The South Baix Emporda is the stretch of coast which inspired the term Costa Brava (Rugged Coast) in the early 1900s. A traditional fishing port, Sant Feliu de Guixols has beautiful Indiano and Moorish style architecture and a good selection of restaurants. Its neighbour the ...

Tarazona - Tarazona, also known as the Mudejar town, has very interesting sights, such as the cathedral, which was begun in the 12th century, La Magdalena's, the Episcopal Palace and the Town ...

Tarbes - Tarbes is a French town and commune, in the département of Hautes-Pyrénées, of which it is the préfecture. It is part of the historical region of Gascony. It is the second largest metropolitan area of Midi-Pyrénées, with 110,000 inhabitants. It is the seat ...

Tech Valley & The Alberes - They say that in the Tech Valley (or Vallespir), it’s the blood of Catalonia which boils. The people of this region also have deep origins. The Sardane dance (dancers link hands and dance in a circle) seems to be more alive here than anywhere else. At Ceret, Picasso painted and drew this ...

Teruel - The province of Teruel, in the south of Aragon, is home to most of the Sistema Iberico mountain range area. Its geography offers abundant contrasts between the plains surrounding Teruel city and mountainous areas such as Gudar, Albarracin or Javalambre. The traces of its rich past are found in ...

Tet & Conflent - The Tet Valley (also known as the Conflent) had captivated the great cellist Pablo Casals because of the restful and peaceful shady calm of Prades its capital, seemingly watched over by the nearby and majestic Canigou mountain. The real symbol of the Catalan Region, with its colours "sang ...

The Ariege - The department of Ariege nestles in the Pyrenees, next to Andorra, its highest peaks visible from Toulouse. It is one of the least populated, most unspoiled regions of France. Far from the centres of power, Ariège has always served as a refuge: for prehistoric man who sheltered in the many ...

The Fenouilledes - The Fenouilledes is a land of different flavours, scents and hard work. The eagles that have chosen their territory here have the best of both worlds, with the sea at their feet and their head in the clouds. The earth here is as solid as a rock : red, white, black, grey, and ochre are the colours ...

The Pays de Sault - The Department of the Aude drives a wedge between Ariege to the west and Pyrenees Orientales to the east to claim its corner of the French Pyrenees mountain range at the beautifully scenic Pays de Sault. Situated between the foothills of Ventoux, the Vaucluse Mountains and the Lure Mountain, the ...

Thuir - Thuir, located some kilometres away from Perpignan and Ille-sur-Tet, is above all the capital of Aspres. This city is especially known all over the world for its aperitif "Byrrh". But it is not the only drink prepared in this city by the establishments Cusenier, because it is also the ...

Uncastillo - Uncastillo, 109km from Zaragoza on the Sadaba-Uncastillo road. This place, stepped in history and full of sights, has two buildings which are protected as Sights of National Importance: Santa Maria's and San Juan's. The former has a beautiful, fortified tower, which is 14th century Gothic, and an ...

Val d'Aran - Val D'Aran is a valley in the Pyrenees lying at the north-western tip of Catalonia, along the border with Aragon and France. It is the headwater vallery of the river garonne, which winds its way through Aquitaine before flowing into the Atlantic near Bordeaux. Thus the Val D'Aran is located in ...

Vallee d'Aure - The Aure valley is made up of a vast plain, where most of the inhabitants live, and a fifteen-kilometre long corridor. In the past, the valley's wealth came from the textile industry and its lead sulphide mines, but now tourism is its key to success. A stone's throw from the Pyrenean National Park, ...

Veruela Monastery - Veruela Monastery is the oldest in the Province of Zaragoza (founded in 1146). It is surrounded by crenelleted walls framed by round towers, which give it the air of a fortress. The original Cistercian architecture is hidden by other styles. The facade has a splayed Romanesque portal with five ...

Zaragoza City - Zaragoza (Saragossa), the capital of Aragon, has all the attractions of a modern, populous city with excellent avenues, such as that of La Independencia, Sagasta, Gran Via... and squares, such as that of Paraiso, Los Sitios... The Zaragoza's appeal lies in the fact that it has been left relatively ...

Zaragoza Province - The transition area between the Ebro valley and the Pyrenees mountains includes a large section of the Province of Zaragoza, which reaches as far as the valleys of Anso and El Roncal in the north and penetrates into Catalonia terrain in the east. The scenery of the Province of Zaragoza is very ...