Wednesday 12
11:30h Visit to Santa María de Arties and San Félix de Vilac churches (reservation 30 minuts before the visit)
17:00h Fabrica dera Lan (2€)
Thursday 13
12:00h Ecomusèu Ço deJoanchiquet de Vilamòs (3€)
Fiday 14
12:00h Fabrica dera Lan (2€)
Among these forest tracks there is the access to Artiga de Lin, open in its entirety. The track of Varradòs:is also accessible until Saut deth Pish will remain closed. During the next week is expected to open Aiguamòg to the Baths of Tredòs
Hiking in the Val d’Aran
The best way to discover the natural surroundings of the Val d’Aran is hiking whether walking or cycling, as motocycling, routes by car or even on horseback. The Valle’s tourist offices have up to date information on the tracks and open accesses at each time of the year, they propose beautiful outputs adapted to the preferences and needs of the visitors and advise on companies of specialized guides that help to know the territoryin the most secure way.
The Síndic d’Aran, Carlos Barrera, will open today at 7pm. the exhibition “Impressions dera Val d’Aran” by the artist Maite Ordériz. The event will take place in the Exhibition Hall of the church of Sant Joan d’Arties, which will host the exhibition from Saturday 8 April to May 31.
“Impressions dera Val d’Aran” presents a sample paintings related to the Val d’Aran performed by the Reusense artist. Always attracted by the beauty and expressiveness of nature, Maite Ordériz is a lover of the Val d’Aran, source of inspiration for many of her works. The exhibition can be visited from Monday to Saturday from 17 to 20h.
Maite Ordériz
This professor of Natural Sciences formed pictorially in the Escola Taller d’Art of the Diputació de Tarragona in Reus experiences the plasticity of the different materials, oils, watercolors and acrylics, as well as the possibilities of form and color as a form of expression. Enthusiastic about travel, she is accustomed to capture part of what she has experienced in her works.
The artist participates in different artistic workshops together with other painters, where she uses various graphic techniques such as engravings and lithographs. His works lead various solo and collective exhibitions.
Images: Musèus dera Val d’Aran
The ski in Easters is guaranteed in Baqueira Beret,with maximum thicknesses exceeding 2 meters. If the weather permits, those responsible for the Aranese station plan to open the three areas of Baqueira, Beret and Bonaigua with the maximum possible number of kilometers of skiing that in recent weeks has exceeded 130.Both competitions will not interfere in the day to day ski routine for the tourist and will allow to enjoy a very different spectacles. From the strength of mountain skiers on their climbs, to the skill and speed of snowboardcross and skicross in their vertiginous descents.
The visit-concert Romanic Musicau are coming back in Easters in the Val d’Aran.The formulacombines explanations of the Romanesque churches in the Val d’Aran with classical music concerts. The goal is to bring tourists to the history of Aranese heritage and show the evolution of Valley monuments linked to their customs and traditions.
The activity begins with an audiovisual presentation about the church where it is celebrated, commented by the historian Elisa Ros, an expert in Aranese Romanesque and ends with a concert of classical music. Sponsored by the Conselh Generau d’Aran and Foment de Torisme dera Val d’Aran, with the collaboration of the Institut d’Estudis Ilerdencs and the Arxiprestat dera Val d’Aran, this free cycle reinforces the program of guided tours to heritage that holds the Conselh Generau d’Aran.
Friday 14 april 20: 45h. Sant Andreu de Salardú church
Sunday 16 april 19:30h Purificación de Bossòst church
The days have their base camp in the Pyrenmuseu of Salardú. It will emphasize the integration between the mountain sport with the debate and the knowledge of this environment. Its essence lies in the demographic movement that began with the exploration of the Pyrenees in the nineteenth century from an adventurous, naturalistic and humanistic perspective that encouraged the birth of the tourism in the place.
The Festival coincides this year with the ISMF World Cup, which will take place in Val d’Aran on 8 and 9 April.
A quality festival
In addition, during the week will be happening other activities, among which stand out talks about the sport of mountain and the competition; Walks through paradisiacal places of the Valley like the lakes of Baciver, the bank of the Unhola or the balcony of the Aneto, in addition to a walking tour by Vielha; The VII Film Festival of mountain, with various projections; And games, Romanic Musicau concerts, workshops for children and mountain initiation courses.
You can also visit the exhibition “Impressions dera Val d’Aran”, open since 8 April. The mayor of Naut Aran, Cesar Ruiz Canela and Manel Rocher, director of Pyrenades, will open the festival on Saturday 8 at 18:30. The closing party, which will take place on Saturday 15th in Pyrenmuseu, will feature the musical performance of Ian Sala.
Pyrenades returns to its essence
This year the Pyrenades Festival returns to its essence: the Pyrenees as a cultural and sports movement linked to the Pyrenean society. The conference of Arcadi Castilló, geographer and technician of the Institut per al Desarolupament i Promoció de l’Alt Pirineu i Aran (IDAPA), stands out in this regard. The specialist will conduct a dialogue between lovers of the mountain to review the Pyrenees for the future, enriched with a debate on social networks.
Entertainment for Easter
Since its first edition in 2011, Pyrenades has become an excellent option to enjoy Easter in the Val d’Aran, in contact with nature and enjoying a wide program of free activities. The will of Pyrenades is to energize the municipality of Naut Aran offering activities for the whole family.
Initiative of the Pyrenmuseu of Salardú, the festival is organized jointly with the municipality of Naut Aran and with the support of Torisme Val d’Aran, l’Idapa and the Conselh Generau d’Aran, as well as the collaboration of other entities of the Valley.
Download the Pyrenades 2017 Program
About 600 skiers, including some of the best national and international athletes of this modality, will participate in the ISMF World Cup Val d’Aran. The event, which will take place in Baqueira Beret on 8 and 9 April, will decide the world champion.
The ISMF will have an individual test on Saturday and a vertical on Sunday. The tour of the individual will be very technical with some of the downsides by the terrain of the station. The Era Pujada of Sunday will maintain its vertical mode in a very demanding race, with departure from the Pla de Beret and goal at the top of the Pic deth Dossau.
Organized by the Centre Excursionista de Catalunya (CEC) and the CE de Aran, ISMF has the support of the Federació d’Entitats Excursionistes de Catalunya (FEEC) and FEDME, in addition to the collaboration of the Consèlh Generau d’Aran, council of Naut Aran, council of Vielha and the council of Bagergue.
In recent years the practice of mountain skiing has experienced great growth. The Val d’Aran is betting on this probable future olympic sport. In addition, the organization of the ISMF World Cup 2017 is a further step in consolidating the Val d’Aran as a high-level international sporting destination, as well as consolidating it as a reference venue for mountain skiing events.
Program: http://www.valdaranskimoworldcup.cat/en/skimowc_cat/
Telemark & Friends is designed to enjoy the mountain and the sport with friends. The event is aimed at mountain skiing enthusiasts and the Telemark willing to live an unforgettable experience in a privileged environment, on the heart of the Pyrenees. The extraordinary snow conditions offered by the Val d’Aran and one of the best ski resorts, Baqueira Beret, are the best guarantee for the success of this meeting.
fter a Saturday of Welcome Day with a welcome party, the sport activity will be developed on Sunday and consecutive days. The program includes cross-country skiing, snow pilates, classes, exits and telemark races.
Those enrolled in the event will also participate in guided tours of the station, informative talks, exhibitions with the latest in material. You can also enjoy parties, drinks, meals and pintxo pote.
Check out the full Telemark& Friends program
It consists of various panels that describe the different actions that are carried out through the LimnoPirineus project in the park Aigüestores and estany de Sant Maurici, the Alt Pirineu natural park and the lac of Vilac in the Val d’Aran .
These actions include restoration of ponds, repopulation of the red frog, improvement of the populations of cavilat, improvement of the river flow, restoration and improvement of the quality of the molleras, improvement of the sources and elaboration of plans of conservation of the species.
The objective of LimnoPirineus is to ensure the conservation of aquatic species and aquatic habitats of high mountains of European interest in the Pyrenees. The project is co-financed by the European LIFE + program which promotes actions for the conservation and recovery of habitats and species of flora and fauna in the protected areas of the European Union, integrated in the Natura 2000 Network.
More information: http://www.lifelimnopirineus.eu/ca/projecte/publicacions
The Black Mountain Bossòst, which also collaborates with the council of Les, will host meetings, talks and literary presentations, as well as the screening of outstanding films of the black genre. It will also include other activities such as a jazz concert and a mountain trip in which writers and invited artists will take part.
The writer José Luis Muñoz, Bossòst resident and author of black novels, is the impeller and the commissary of the Black Moutain Bossòst. For the moment, writers of the black genre such as Andreu Martín and Alicia Jiménez Barlet , among others, have confirmed their attendance. The presence of renowned literary and cinematographic critics is also expected.
In addition to promoting reading and the black genre in particular, the Black Moutain Bossòst has been conceived as a tourist attraction. In this sense, the presence of these personalities of the culture will be used to make known the Aranais territory.
Next Saturday the Barcelona’s bookstore Alibrí will host the presentation of the Black Mountain Bossòst. The event, which will take place at 7:00 pm, will be attended by Amador Marqués, mayor of Bossòst and José Luis Muñoz, as well as some writers invited to the festival.