Parador de Bielsa Monte Perdido

Spain - Pyrenees - Bielsa

A small, three star, Parador hotel in the Monte Perdido (Lost mountain) nature reserve in the Pyrenees

This welcoming mountain hotel is located on the western slopes of the mountains now designated as the Ordesa National Park.

This part of the Pyrenees is noted for its pure air and the clear waters of its streams and rivers.

From some of the comfortable bedrooms there are beautiful views of this mountain scenery.

The Parador is built to the traditional architecture of the area in local stone.

Inside there is much use of wood to cover the floors, walls and columns. The furniture is modern in design and finished in luxurious leather.

The restaurant maintains the high standards of the Parador Group and serves the best of the dishes popular in the Northern part of Aragon.

Particularly tasty are the:

"Trucha del Cinca a lo fine" which is trout from the local Cinca river cooked a lo fino;
"Pierna de jabali" being roast leg of wild boar;
"Teresicas de Aragon" which is a local dessert made with puff pastry;

Whilst staying here you should enjoy this National Park which was established in 1918 and later extended. The highest point is Monte Perdido which is climbs to about 10,000 feet.

If you are lucky (or perhaps unlucky!) you well meet a brown bear in the remoter parts of the mountains. This is one of the 10 species most at threat in Europe. For much of the year it hibernates and for the other months it leads a lonely (almost) existance eating everything in reach, nuts, fruit, fish, insects etc. The animals do not attack if not provoked and have a well deserved fear of humans.

The festival of the local saint takes place on August 15th whilst there is another of these typical Aragon festivities on the 10th of August in Huesca.

This Parador has twenty five twin bedded rooms, five with a double bed, eight suites and one duplex.

All the rooms have a private bathroom and there is a telephone, cable television and a mini bar.

The hotel is heated in winter and there is air conditioning in summer. Facilities include a bar and a restaurant and there is a conference room at the hotel.

Pets are not allowed.

The Parador season's closing from 27 January 2007 to 1 March 2007.

Directions

The Parador is located at the bottom of the Valle de Pineta, 200 m from the Ordesa National Park and the Monte Perdido, within the municipal boundaries of Bielsa, 14 km from the town centre. This town is 135 km from Huesca, passing through Barbastro, a key point and compulsory deviation from the main roads from Madrid, Aragon and Cataluna. From there, take the N-123 to El Grado, 18 km away, and then the A-138, passing the Torreciudad Sanctuary. After 50 km, you come to Aínsa, where you should take the international road to France which passes through Bielsa (34 km).