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Leading brands and multiple activities in the Salon Winter Expo

The Palai de Esports de Vielha host from Friday 27 to Sunday 27 the Salon Winter Expo, coinciding with the celebration of the Snowfest. Latest trends in clothing brands and sports equipment, manufacturers of technical equipment, Pyrenean snow and winter leisure tourism will be exhibited. In addition, the event will host the presentation of the acts of the winter season.

Among the main attractions of the Winter Expo, there is the presence of Oriol Balaguer, one of the best pastry chefs of Spain who will present the chocolat Snowfest 2015, inspired by the Val d’Aran, in a public tasting. Also, the design team SarahWorld, young brand group of Sara Navarro leader footwear sector in Spain, will present the winter capsule shoes and accessories Eco-cold, Eco-chic collection. It will be also featured in “premier” the Pireneus bag, specially designed for the third edition of this winter festival

Recycling workshops

Taking advantage of the event, the Conselh Generau d’Aran, in conjunction with the concessionaire of the service management of municipal waste in the Val d’Aran and in coordination with the IES Aran conducted workshops revitalization of recycling, especially targeting young. The aim of these is to increase the awareness and sensitivity of the inhabitants of the Val d’Aran to the selective collection of municipal waste to improve the area’s image, which is already distinguished with the certification of Biosphere territory.

And much more, because in the Salon Winter Expo there will be a flashmob dance in honor of the snow, fashion parades and draws forfeits and experiences.

Program

Friday from 10 to 19h

Exhibitors, professionals, media and schools. Only by invitation.

13h: Presentation equipment winter ski resorts, tourist offices and sports clubs

16h. Official opening with the participation of our godfather, the freerider Aymar Navarro and the pastry chef Oriol Balaguer

Saturday from 10 to 21h

16h Workshop on creative recycling

17h. Public presentation and tasting the Snowfest chocolat by Oriol Balaguer

Presentation of the Pyrenees bag and shoes by Sarahworld

Parade “Descente & Bollywood dancing

Sunday from 10 to 19h

10h Workshop on creative recycling

7h Draw of Baqueira Beret ski passes, skis and 1 place in GORE-TEX Tour’16 experience offered by Copos Ski-Center.

26 November, 2015 dpt21 News, Blog, Present 0

Opening of the ski season in Val d'Aran

The ski resort of Baqueira Beret open its doors on Saturday, as planned, and the opening will be accompanied of the Snowfest celebration, the great feast of Snow in Val d’Aran. At the moment the slopes have almost half a meter of snow after the snowfall of last weekend and is expected over the next few days new rainfall that in the highest levels could place the levels until 1 meter.

Baqueira snow production service is working to secure the connection with Beret and Bonaigua, and later this week the final list of open slopes for the 28th will be known. Station has available all its reservation service and purchase of ski seasonal forfait through their website. Among the new features this year there is the increasing the skiable area to 155 km and the new area of entertainment and dining at the Hotel Montarto in Baqueira 1500 line.

25 November, 2015 dpt21 News, Blog, Present 0

Val d'Aran and Baqueira Beret under an igloo in the heart of Madrid

From today until next Saturday you will find us in our spectacular igloo camped in the heart of Madrid, from where we are eager to tell and show the innovations that we bring about the new ski season in Baqueira Beret.

More excitement on the slopes, the good times of après-ski, gourmet experiences with mountain flavours and many surprises will be unveiled to visitors while tasting aranese delicacies that we’ve brought. In addition, we will celebrate draws of stays, forfaits for the ski station, ski lessons, dinners in the restaurants of the Valley and a heli-skiing experience.

The snow a little bit closer!

Place :

Plaça Margaret Tatcher (Madrid)

Timetable

Thursday 19: from 16 to 20 h

Friday 20 and Saturday 21: from 14 to 20 h

19 November, 2015 dpt21 News, Blog, Present 0

Aran Natura Convention Bureau in the ibtm®world

Business tourism in the Val d’Aran, mediated through Aran Natura Convention Bureau, will be present from today until Thursday 19 in the ibtm®world taking place at the Fira Gran Via. The event -before EIBTM- is consolidated as a meeting of incentives, events and meetings sector and has an intense program that includes everything from exhibitions and networking events to conferences and training sessions.

The Val d’Aran, with its excellent choice of hotels, the multiple options of quality tourism, all the services, facilities and complementary activities, is an ideal place for business tourism destination. Many Valley hotels, including 8 of 4 stars and 4 of 5 stars have conference rooms for different types of events and equipped with the latest technologies, and are in addition to other public sector facilities.

The natural environment, offers wellness, adventure sports activities and elite sports such as rafting, or helieskí bring other elements necessary to transform business into a pleasure. We invite you to visit us at stand B60 in Hall 3 of Fira de Barcelona.

More information about Natura Convention Bureau Aran this link.

17 November, 2015 dpt21 News, Blog, Present 0

Training for guides and interpreters of the Aranese heritage

From 13 to 17 November will be a free course of 40 hours of interpretation of cultural and natural heritage Aranese organized by the Conselh Generau d’Aran. Aimed at all those tourist agents of the territory that work in the field of Aranese heritage and those interested in their knowledge, this training is conducted from a holistic, cultural and natural vision.

The course includes lectures, to be held in ETEVA classrooms and practices and visits to monuments and Aranese museums. Experts from the area of Cultural Heritage Department of the Environment and the Center Avalanches of Conselh Generau d’Aran will teach all of them. Attendees will get a diploma.

The program also includes the conference Mèstres e talhèrs medievaus ena Val d’Aran, by Carla Valle, a specialist in medieval art and author of the section about Val d’Aran in the Romanesque Encyclopedia. The lecture, opened to all, registered or not in the course, will take place on Saturday 14 at 19 pm in the Conselh Generau d’Aran’s pressroom. The registration can be made until Thursday 12 November in the area of Cultural Heritage of the Conselh Generau d’Aran, by phone (973 641 801) or email (e.ros@aran.org).

12 November, 2015 dpt21 News, Blog, Present 0

Tribute to the Aranese athletes Aymar Navarro and Nacho Sacau

Les City Council held on Saturday November 7 at 20h in the Auditorium, a tribute to the athletes Aymar Navarro and Nacho Sacau, local residents, in recognition of his sporting merit achieved.

Aymar Navarro, competing in the Freeride World Tour, is considered the best Spanish professional freerider and one of the best in Europe. During his pre-season in South America last summer became the first to make the descent virgin near the ski resort of “Las Leñas”, in the Andes, a very technical and difficult and remote access down. After achieving the Aranese athlete and his American companion, dubbed the descent as “Les Channel”, in honour of his hometown.

The non-professional mountaineer Nacho Sacau culminated this summer the Nun summit (7135m, India) along with a small group of climbers. Intrepid adventurer and athlete, he’s known for its versatility and especially for being one of the greatest connoisseurs of climbing routes on rock and ice of the Val d’Aran. He currently works with the City of Les equipping.

Les channel

Last July Aymar Navarro launched to discover new routes in the Argentine Andes near the city of Mendoza, one of the freeriders favourite places because of its difficulty.

After a period of investigation of this unknown and dangerous place, with its American partner, Dorian Densmore, he opened the new route and dubbed it Les Channel. In a statement to The North Face he said that “it has not been easy. There were tense and scary moments because the slope is a constant 55 ° -60 ° until it ends. ”

Aymar compete at the highest level, having achieved top-10 finishers in the top flight of the Freeride World Tour.

The Aran vicesindic and Conselher of Sports, Luis Carlos Medina, said “Aymar is establishing itself as one of the best riders on the international scene and is proud to carry the territory of the Val d’Aran as standard.”

7 November, 2015 dpt21 News, Blog, Present 0

The Val d'Aran and Baqueira Beret, in the London Ski and Snowboard Show

The Conselh Generau d’Aran and Baqueira Beret participate in the exhibition Ski and Snowboard Show which takes place in London from 5 to 8 November, where they plan to present the novelties of the 2015-2016 ski season, plus the wide range of activities that can be carried out in the valley. This event has become a meeting point in Europe to the main destinations, companies, tour operators, sports competitions and events and Alpine cuisine with a wide range of proposals for the sector at the end public, especially families.

Draw among visitors

Visitors to the stand of Baqueira Beret – Val d’Aran can participate in the draw of 1 weekend for 2 people in the valley, and a day of helisquí with runs on virgen snow on some of the most spectacular peaks of the pyrenees and a ski day at the Aranese ski station. The draw will be held November 8 at 16:00 in front of the stand of Val d’Aran – Baqueira Beret.

During the week of 9 to 15 November, the name of the winner will be published on the Facebook wall of Baqueira and Val d’Aran.

The Val d’Aran in winter

The quality of the snow, the indigenous culture and a unique cuisine make the Val d’Aran one of the most prized and increasingly frequented by tourists and skiers for its wide range of activities destinations. In winter it is possible to heliskiing in the best conditions with a “powder” first level. In addition, there is a wide thermal offer in Les and Banhs of Tredòs complemented by the existing spas in most hotels. Families can choose from activities like easy hikes with dinner in authentic mountain huts, ice skating in the Palai de Geu and children’s activities to discover the nature of the high Pyrenees in the hands of professional tour guides.

Baqueira Beret Update for the 15-16 season

Baqueira Beret continues to grow and reaches 155 skiable km: 150 km of pistes plus 5 km of off piste itineraries. Baqueira Beret goes from having 99 to 103 signed and marked pistes combined with an unparalleled freeride area in Southern Europe with more than 2.166 skiable hectares. These together represent a very attractive reason to come and enjoy the most authentic Pyrenees Mountains. The three new pistes are in Beret. The most spectacular is the Gallina as it finishes in Orri with a steep slope that will test the levels of the expert skiers as it is a double black diamond run. The Paum piste is also located in Saumet and is a short red run measuring 554 m in longitude and with 171 meters of elevation drop. The third new piste, Esmeligàs, can be reached by the tele-ski Costarjàs and is a red run measuring 1,5 km in length and with an elevation drop of 368 m through the calmest area of Beret.

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The Val d'Aran in the Swiss International Holiday Exhibition

The most important tourist event of the Italian Switzerland, which takes place from October 30 to November 1 in Lugano, will have for the first time a stand of 6m2 of the Val d’Aran, where we will present our proposal for leisure and adventure, sustainable tourism and holidays.

With an exhibition area of 10,000 m2, more than 200 stands and representing twenty countries, the Swiss International Holiday Exhibition receives all profiles of visitors, from families to singles, young couples, students and pensioners. Also, it is an ideal platform to find new holiday destinations and to make reservations directly to the tour operators attending. Furthermore, all kinds of institutional seminars and thematic events take place in the event.

29 October, 2015 dpt21 News, Blog, Present 0

Gastronomic weekend in Val d'Aran with Era mongetada 2015

The most anticipated culinary and cultural event of the Aranese autumn is ready for celebration, with events in Garòs, Bossòst and Vielha from Friday October 30 to Sunday November 1st. Emerged in 2012 after the recovery of the Bossòst bean, a plant variety of the Val d’Aran, Era Mongetada is an initiative of the Gremi d’Ostalaria dera Val d’Aran in collaboration with the municipalities of Naut Aran, Bossòst and Vielha, Foment de Torisme dera Val d’Aran and other entities of the valley.

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Gremi d’Ostalaria dera Val d’Aran cooker’s team

In order to revalue agriculture, gastronomy and cultural heritage of the valley, Era Mongetada reconstructs the treatment process of the vegetable, from cultivation in the field to its different culinary creations, through a series of gastronomic, cultural, recreational and sports events.

The gastronomic celebration, in a show-cooking space differentiated from the other events, will offer dishes based on beans produced live, with the participation of the guest chefs this year, Kin Hong and Sacha Hormaechea, along with chefs of the Gremi led by Carlos Sanllehy, owner and chef of the restaurant Eth Restilhé and Era Mongetada director. The program also includes a charity dinner and a “Dinar de pages”.

Meanwhile, along the cultural festival will be revived some of the farm work and livestock that once were held in the homes and villages of the Valley related to the treatment of bean. Also, there will be guided visits in Garòs environment by specialized guides, Aranese traditional dances, exhibition and demonstration of crafts and live concert by Lou Seriol. As a novelty this year, will take place the first agricultural Games Val d’Aran, with races, lifting wheel tractor, alpaca castel, cut trunk and pulled the rope.

Recognized as a variety since last year, Bossòst bean is a crop fully adapted to the climate of the region, without pests and with good agronomic development. Easy maintenance, both dry and cooked makes it an extremely versatile ingredient combinable with many local products and in the hands of master chefs, it is regaining its importance in the kitchen.

27 October, 2015 dpt21 News, Blog, Present 0

Inaugurated the new office of Val d'Aran - Baqueira Beret in Toulouse

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Yesterday took place the opening of the new Val d’Aran –Baqueira Beret tourist office, located at No. 39 Rue du Pharaon. The conselhera de Torisme de la Val d’Aran, Ana Díaz, and Xavier Ubeira, general manager of the ski resort attended the event where guests could taste a selection of snacks and typical tapas of the Aranese cuisine.

Baqueira Beret has an office in Bordeaux since 2011. With this second, promotion strategy in South and West of France will be covered, with expectations for a northward expansion.

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