PARADOR DE BIELSA Parador de Bielsa Surroundings Our hotel is comfortable and many of the guest rooms offer beautiful views of the mountains and river. Wood is an ever- present element, providing the sensation of seclusion and warmth, enhanced by the fire in the fireplace. This is an idyllic environment offering a wide range of sports activities. It is ideal for excursions, but is also the perfect setting for a romantic mountain getaway or to experienceCarnival in Bielsa, a fascinating festival that has preserved pre-Christian rituals almost intact.

This mountain village is truly beautiful. Its country houses and treasures such as the Romanesque Nuestra Señora de Pineta Chapel make the old quarter a real delight. By the Parador there is an entrance to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, which has been declared a World Heritage Site. It is a treasure chest of spectacular craggy peaks, beautiful waterfalls, fairytale pine woods and an eternal white blanket on the mountain tops.

Nature in its purest form offers a number of options forsports . The rivers make their way through rocky gorges, providing a paradise for fans of canyoning and canyon rappelling. Mountain biking or hiking trails are also sure to seem an excellent choice. The scenery along the Cinca River waterfall trail and the trail to Lake Marboré is spectacular.

Here, each season of the year paints a different canvas: green, gold, red, white ... all of them equally spectacular, none of them forgettable. Postcard perfect views will remain in your mind's eye, along with pleasant memories of the Parador de Bielsa.

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From Madrid, Aragón and Catalonia, Bielsa is 135 km from via . At Barbastro, take the N-123 in the direction of and then the A-138. After 50 km, you will come to Aínsa. From there, follow the international highway to France for 34 km.

Information Services and facilities

Address Valle de Pineta, s/n 22350 Bielsa Huesca

Phone +34 974501011

Fax +34 974501188

Email [email protected]

Coordinates 42.679.460, 0.084670

Director José María Martínez de Mur

Parador de Bielsa Surroundings The Parador Kitchen

The restaurant can seat up to 80 people and is decorated with wood floors and beams and wrought iron lamps. It sets the standard for gastronomy in the region with a well-designed menu and traditional dishes prepared using high quality ingredients. Highlights include Aragonese suckling lamb, Teruel D.O. ham, pink tomatoes from Barbastro and oven bread from .

Exquisite preparation of local products yields simple yet delicious dishes, including migas aragonesas (Aragón-style fried breadcrumbs), Cinca River trout a lo fino (with potatoes and pickles in a white wine sauce), roast suckling lamb, wild boar stews and teresicas (cream filled fritters).

Chef Opening Hours José Antonio Bernad Gistau Cafetería Menú para grupos 11:00 - 23:00 Desayuno 08:00 - 10:30 Almuerzo 13:00 - 15:30 Cena 20:00 - 22:30 Other Terrace: from 11:00 to 21:30

We recommend that you book by calling +34 974501011 or through the website parador.es 10 must-visit sites

• Photography Museum • Ethnological Museum (14 km) • French ski slopes: Piau Engaly and St. Lary-Soulan • Medieval town of L’Ainsa (the largest in ) • Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park • Pyrénées National Park (France - 25 km) • Marian Sanctuary of Lourdes (80 km) • Balnea leisure center (Louron Valley, France - 58 km) Discover the local area • Añisclo Canyon and Escuaín Gorge • Somontano designation of origin wineries (90 km) This mountain village is truly beautiful. Its country houses and treasures such as the Romanesque Nuestra Señora de Pineta Chapel make the old quarter a real delight. Close to the Parador there is an entrance to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, which has been declared a World Heritage Site. It is a treasure trove of spectacular craggy peaks, beautiful waterfalls, fairytale pine woods and mountain tops blanketed in white year round.

This is nature at its purest, offering a number of options for sporting activities. The rivers wend their way through rocky gorges, providing a paradise for fans of canyoning and canyon rappelling. Trails for mountain biking or hiking are also sure to seem an excellent choice. The scenery along the Cinca River waterfall trail and the trail to Lake Marboré is spectacular. What to do in the area

PINETA VALLEY Located in the Huesca , west of the Monte Perdido Massif, this is one of the most popular areas of Ordesa National Park. Visitors not only enjoy its beauty, but also the easy access via a road running from Bielsa through the valley (14 km) to the Parador Nacional.

Expert recommendations

• Huesca Romanesque Trail • Balnea leisure center If a tour of charming villages filled with Built in 2000, this spa therapy center is fed by natural thermal Romanesque architecture sounds exciting, waters at a temperature of 30–33°C that enter through two openings be sure to follow the route that runs through in the upper part of the Saoussas Baths at a depth of 160 and 600 Tella (34 km), Bestue (48 km), (56 km), m. This water is enriched by oligoelements along its subterranean Valles de Gistain and Plan (40 km). route through the heart of the Pyrenean massif and channeled directly to Balnea. Balnea, the first hot springs leisure complex in the French Pyrenees, is the ideal place to recharge your batteries. Get back in touch with nature in this spot surrounded by mountains.

• Marian Sanctuary of Lourdes • 4x4 guided tour of the Ordesa viewpoints In religious language, a sanctuary is a A stunning landscape of mountains, lakes, waterfalls, high building or site of pilgrimage. In this sense, grasslands, birds of prey refuge, mammals and whimsical Pyrenean the Grotto and Basilica of the Immaculate flora awaits you on this guided tour in 4x4 and on foot. You will Conception (Upper Basilica), built by Mgr. discover the most beautiful parts of the Huesca Pyrenees and the Laurence, the bishop at the time of the district of . Includes: Transport in 4x4, qualified mountain apparitions, constitute the original sanctuary. guides, picnic with artisanal products, ticket to the nature museum Subsequently, the entire complex of (FCQ), snowshoes if there is snow, binoculars and standing churches and buildings centered on the telescopes, walking sticks and insurance. More information is grotto came to be called the Sanctuary of available at the Parador. Our Lady of Lourdes. We present our new gastronomic spaces

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