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You will fall in love with Ordino Valley 2.878 metres at the Pic de Tristaina, 2.913 because it is a welcoming place, far metres at the Pic de la Serrera and from the hustle and bustle yet full 2.915 metres at the Pic de l’Estanyó, of vitality and fun, a place that the highest part of our land.Our has managed to preserve the inhabitants are distributed among integrity and authenticity of its the towns that are found in the surroundings to be able to offer valley: Ordino, Segudet, Sornàs, the possibility to discover nature, Ansalonga, La Cortinada, Arans, culture and gastronomy. Llorts and El Serrat. Located in the far north-west A living valley all year round with of the Principality of Andorra, it activities and events that fill it has a surface area of 85 km² and with different colours and aromas altitudes of 1.300 metres at Ordino, depending on the season. You will be 1.654,8 metres at El Serrat, 2.740 metres able to find out more in the schedule that at Casamanya, 2.539 metres at Port del Rat, you will find at the 30 & 31 pages. INDEX Where to stay 2-3 Where to eat 4-5 A captivating valley 6-7 A past that has left its mark 8-16 Not to be missed 17 Sorteny valley natural park 18-21 Activities for everyone 22-27 Mountain routes 28-29 Programme of activities 30-31 General information 32 Tristaina lake 1 WHERE TO STAY The hotels, apartment hotels, apartments and rural houses in our valley mean you can stay in typical mountain accommodation. This is our entire offer classified by towns. Relax El Serrat Ansalonga Apartaments turístics Rialb +376 749759 Aparthotel Annapurna +376 735400 Hotel Bringué +376 736999 Càmping Borda d’Ansalonga +376 850374 Hotel El Pradet +376 749010 Hotel Sant Miquel +376 749000 Hotel Niu Nit +376 735735 Sornàs Hotel Xalet Bringué +376 749100 Casa Rural La Mariola +376 832517 Llorts Ordino Apartaments Fijat +376 850850 Aparthotel Casavella +376 801100 REFUGES If you do hiking, remember that Apartaments La Neu +376 749749 Apartaments turístics Cristiania +376 738090 there is a network of refuges Apartaments Prat de les Mines +376 849400 Hotel Babot +376 747047 available, open all year round and free to enter. In the Sorteny Valley Apartaments Turístics Mitxeu +376 850550 Hotel Coma +376 736100 Natural Park there is a refuge that is manned all year round with Apartaments Vilaró +376 850225 Hotel Gaspà +376 835080 a dining room service. From this Arans Hotel La Cabana +376 835767 refuge there are outings to diverse peaks, lakes and circuits. Hotel Antic +376 850988 Hotel La Planada +376 737635 Check out timetables and booking La Cortinada Hotel Ordino +376 747474 conditions at: www.refugisorteny.com Mu Hotel +376 749020 Hotel Santa Bàrbara +376 738100 or by calling (+376) 846446 de la Vall d’Ordino Hotel Sucarà +376 850151 Casa Rural Cal Batlle +376 728230 2 3 WHERE TO EAT THE ANDORRAN GASTRONOMY When eating at the restaurants in Ordino, you can enjoy the aromas and SHOW flavours of Andorran cuisine. Our traditional gastronomy full of typical We would remind you that in mountain dishes means you can choose from Andorran stockpot, trinxat November the 12th, Ordino amb rosta (cabbage, potato and belly of pork), jugged wild boar or hare, holds the Andorran Gastronomy stews with mushroom, cold meat, river trout, fondues and raclettes, Show, at which you can try out among other tasty proposals. You will be able to try out these dishes at the a great variety of appetisers, restaurants in the following list, classified by town. dishes, desserts and drinks that have been specially prepared for you by the twenty participating mmmm...! restaurants and collaborators. La coma del Forat, the ski resort Vallnord Ordino-Arcalís high mountain cuisine, grill, fondue Restaurant La Borda +376 602423 Sornàs & raclette Les Fargues +376 850941 Grill, Home cooking Llorts Ordino Restaurant Braseria Apartaments +376 749749 high mountain cuisine, grill La Neu Bar Restaurant 9 Vertical +376 817989 Creperie, Argentinian cuisine, Hamburger Restaurant L’Ensegur +376 850650 high mountain cuisine Bar Restaurant El Racó Burgués +376 854454 varied cuisine, tapas and pinxos Restaurant l’Era d’en Jaume +376 850667 Andorran cuisine, Home cooking Bar Restaurant La Clota +376 847474 Portuguese cuisine high mountain cuisine, grill, breakfast and Bar Restaurant O Menjar, beure Restaurant Prat de les Mines +376 849400 +376 722101 Creperie, Sancks and Menu snacks i diversió Arans Restaurant Armengol-Casa Leon +376 835977 high mountain cuisine Restaurant Arans +376 850390 Traditional cuisine Restaurant L’Arrosseria 2 +376 838383 rice specialties and shellfish Restaurant La Font d’Arans +376 850830 French traditional cuisine Restaurant Gaspà +376 835080 Market cuisine La Cortinada high mountain cuisine, grill Restaurant Tòpic +376 736102 & Andorran cuisine Restaurant Cal Tonet +376 849179 Home and traditional cooking Pizzeria Coll d’Ordino +376 839203 Pizzeria, Mixed dishes high mountain cuisine,Grill Restaurant Font Blanca +376 850068 & Buffet Snack Bar Quim +376 835645 Home cooking 4 5 A CAPTIVATING VALLEY Ordino is the capital, the heart and the driving force of the valley of the same La Cortinada is one of the richest villages with respect to Romanesque heritage, such as Sant Martí name. Its charm lies in having been able to combine growth and modernisation de la Cortinada Church and its mural paintings, the Camí Ral or former highway and other places of with respect for its stock breeding and agricultural past, thereby conserving a interest such as the Nature Centre. Full of ancient houses and cultivated fields, there is one house, significant cultural heritage. It is a town which is renowned for its peace, without which is one of the oldest ones in the Principality, that has become cultural heritage: Cal Pal (15th and renouncing all the commodities of modern society. 85 km² of which 33% are 16th centuries). La Cortinada also offers numerous paths for hiking and multiple panoramic views of forests. the heart of the valley. Segudet and Ansalonga are two small villages near Ordino. The fact that Heading towards the ski resort, you come to Arans and Llorts, the latter of which has a mine. From between the two of them they have fewer than one hundred inhabitants means Llorts, you can get to the Angonella Valley, which offers a spectacular mountain landscape, full of they are genuinely full of peace and quiet. The same occurs in Sornàs, which lakes. Finally, El Serrat, with fewer than fifty inhabitants, is the furthest village from the capital of the also has that charming aroma of mountain village, where time stands still and parish. It is just before you get to Arcalís and to the Tristaina Lakes, a beautiful place of glacier origin, captivates visitors. with the peak of the same name presiding over the valley (2.878 metres). Casamanya peak ’s view Wow...! Aerial view, Llorts 6 A PAST THAT HAS LEFT ITS MARK FARGA ROSSELL Llorts 1 Iron mine THE IRON INTERPRETATION CENTRE All year round 2 Iron Men Path 3 Booking office: Tel. +376 839 760 and +376 835 852. 1. The Iron Route - Llorts Iron Men A proposed itinerary related to the iron tradition Sculptures The Iron Route in Andorra is part of the Pyrenean Iron Route, which has been Yeah..! awarded prizes by the Council of Europe. This route will enable you to find out about the iron and steel industry work in the Principality of Andorra between the 17th Sant Martí and the 19th centuries, when this activity was one of the country’s main sources of income. You can 5 de la Cortinada La Cortinada visit the interior of the Llorts Iron Mine, a 30-metre long iron mine and the spring from which it originated, follow the Iron Men Path and discover an exhibition of contemporary sculptures in the heart of nature. These works of art were created by diverse artists to pay homage to all the men who worked in the world Museu Casa of iron and steel in Ordino Valley. You can also visit the Farga Rossell, a fully restored forge converted 6 Areny-Plandolit into the Iron Interpretation Centre where you will be able to see, by means of an audiovisual presentation, ORDINO what the process of transforming the mineral into ingots consists of and the importance of the iron and steel industry in Andorra at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century. 4 Farga Rossell forge At the Casa-Museu d’Areny-Plandolit (House-Museum) and Sant Martí de la Cortinada church you will be LA MASSANA able to see how iron was used (balconies, iron grilles, railings, etc.). THE IRON MINE AND THE IRON MEN PATH NIGHT-TIME ACTIVITY, IRON MINE Enjoy a magical night and sign up for the night-time How to visit... visit to the Iron Mine and the Iron Men Path and you From 17 June to 15 October will also discover the open air sculpture exhibition. From 9.30 to 13.30 and from 15.00 to 18.00 We recommend you to bring a headlamp flashlight. June, September and October Closed on Sunday afternoons and all day Monday July and August How to visit... Open every day July and August From Friday to Saturdays, at 21.30 Guided excursions to the Iron Men Path are at 12.00 Bookings: Tel. (+376) 878 173. and 16.00. Adults 5 € / 6-12 years old 3 € / Under 6 free Adults 5 € / 6-12 years old 3 € / Under 6 free 8 9 2. Cal Pal and Cal Solé millstone and sawmill - La Cortinada 3.