The Val d'Aran Intelligent accredited as Tourist Destination

 

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GUIA PAG 80 Y 81 TUNÈU DETH TRENET DES MINES D'URETS AC DESSÚS DETH ESTANH DE MONTOLIUOn Thursday 21st January, in the Feria Internacional del Turismo de Madrid, FITUR, the Val d’Aran will receive its recognition as Smart Destination (SD) by the addition to its present and future tourism model of the four competitive factors in the fields of innovation, technology, sustainability and accessibility.

In a process of analysis and diagnosis that started last June, the Sociedad Estatal para la Gestión de la Innovación y las Tecnologías Turísticas (SEGITTUR) identified these four variables that define a SD, after which he produced a recommendations report integrated the new Val d’Aran Tourism Plan 2016-2020 which will be presented to the tourism sector of the valley next February.

GUIA PAG 88 ESTANH LONG DE LIATFor the conselhèra de Turismo y Desarrollo Económico de Aran,, Anna Diaz, “A Smart Destination is an innovative destination, which works to consolidate its technology infrastructure, ensuring sustainable development of the territory and that facilitates interaction and integration with visitors and the environment increasing the quality of their experience. ”

In this regard, the accreditation as SD reaches the previous Val d’Aran Tourism Plan, through which it have developed different lines of work that have led it to obtain other certifications such as the sustainable destination Biosphere, granted by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council of the United Nations Foundation and its recognition as a finalist in the Destination Leadership awarded by the National Geographic Society and the ITB Berlin. “The Val d’Aran is moving towards a new model of tourism development based on the principles of sustainability, cultural diversity and social responsibility,” declared the conselhèra.

That of the Val d’Aran has been one of the pilot projects developed by SEGITTUR, whose report also sets out the sources of funding to facilitate the implementation of actions, from the Ministerio de Industria, Energía y Turismo on behalf of the Plan Nacional de Ciudades Inteligentes, Emprendetur and the FOMIT, as well as the European Union through the FEDER.

19 January, 2016 News, Blog, Present 0

Snowboard Cross (SBX) Spanish team is training in the Val d’Aran

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Foto: Conselh Generau d’Aran

Lalo Herrero, Regino Hernández and Lucas Egibar, Snowboard Cross (SBX) members of the Real Federación Española de Deportes de Invierno (RFEDI) Spanish Team, are training this week in the Snow Park of the Aranaise ski station, Baqueira Beret, together with the technicians Israel Planas and Gian Luca Trionte.

Athletes were received yesterday by the vicesíndic d’Aran and conselhèr of Sports, Luis Carlos Medina, and by the conselhèra de Tourisme and Economic Development of Aran, Anna Díaz. For representatives of Aranese government this is a demonstration of the consolidation of the Val d’Aran as a tourist / sports premier destination and, in particular, of Baqueira Beret as one of the best ski resorts in the world.

13 January, 2016 News, Blog, Present 0

The World Snow Day in the Val d’Aran

 

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Foto World Snow DayBaqueira Beret ski station will carry out a full program of activities to celebrate the coming weekend the World Snow Day, with the aim of publicizing the various snow sports and encourage the start of practice. In this regard, the official school of the ski station, Era Escola, has scheduled several sessions of alpine ski in the newcomers ski area in Beret and regular skiers with a friend beginner will be rewarded. This promotion will be extended to the following weekends of January 23-24 and the 30-31.

Also on Saturday it will be held 16 the Open Baqueira, a free giant race for both adult and child categories and a competition of snowmen in Beret. In the afternoon there is provided a torchlight parade.

On the other hand, it has also organized a contest on social networks that will reward the most fun weekend images labelled under the hashtag #baqueiraworldsnowday.

I Trofeo Masters CAEI – AC Hotels

Coinciding with the World Snow Day will be held on 16 and 17 in Baqueira the first race of the season of the tour Copa de España de Másters on the calendar of the Real Federación Española de Deportes de Invierno (RFEDI). The Trofeo Masters CAEI – AC Hotels organized by the Club Aranés d’Espòrts d’Iuèrn (CAEI), is intended for skiers over 30 years.

The competition consists of a Giant Slalom on Saturday and Sunday for licensed veterans. It will also take place an Open on Saturday aimed at unlicensed masters. During the event will be set a village area with animations sponsored by AC Hotels.

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The Val d'Aran will host the European Nordic Skiing Marathons Championship under the 37th Marxa Beret

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Marxa-Beret-21The upcoming 6th and 7th February will be a new edition of the popular cross-country ski race organized by the Conselh Generau d’Aran, the Ayuntamiento de Naut Aran and Baqueira Beret. The 37ª Marxa Beret, is included in the calendar of the International Ski Federation (FIS) in the circuit Euroloppet (European Tour marches long distance), and counts for the Catalan Cup and the European Nordic Skiing Marathons Championship.

During the official presentation of the 2016 edition, the vicesindic d’Aran Luis Carlos Medina, said that by holding this international event “the Marxa Beret has become one of the most important skiing competitions in Europe and strengthens its internationalization because in this 37th edition will host participants from over 15 countries, among them skiers of Norway, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Austria, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Switzerland, France and, of course, Spanish riders, Andorran, Catalan and Aranese, which makes skiers forecast between 1,300 and 1,400 competitors ”

To carry out the competition, they have definitively marked the 15Km and 30Km circuits for Saturday 6th and circuits 10Km, 21Km and 42km for Sunday 7th. In the European Nordic Skiing Marathons Championship, will win the skier who gets the best time in Skater on Saturday and 30Km and 42km in Classic on Sunday.

Registration for participating in the competition can be completed until February 2 through the website of the 37th Marxa Beret and on 5th and 6th February in Salardu.

Excellent organizational level

A human group of more than 230 people, composed Volentaris d’Aran, Catalan police, Pompiers d’Aran and the Aranés Welfare and Health Service, will participate in organizing the event. Also Torisme Val d’Aran, has set up in coordination with the organizers, an information service to provide participants access to accommodation, catering establishments and other services during their stay.

Parallel to the celebration of the Marxa Beret, which this year has a budget of € 120,000, will be also a new edition of the fair of sports equipment “Esport Nhèu” and an exhibition on the history of the different issues that can and visit from now in the Museu dera Nhèu of Unha.

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Presentation of the ski mountaineering national team and the new Val d’Aran routes

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The Conselh Generau d’Aran hosted yesterday the presentation of the ski mountaineering national team, which was attended by the World Champion Kilian Jornet and the technicians and other team members. During the ceremony there were announced the new ski mountaineering circuits of the Val d’Aran, marked by Baqueira Beret around the station, which will allow skiers start to acquire enough experience and confidence to go to the mountain, and that these professional athletes have tested over this week.

Oriol Duixans, coach of the national team ski mountaineering Baqueira welcomed the initiative stressing that in this sport on a growth path, “as a country we are a world power despite not having many snow” and thanked the Val d’Aran facilities for the training of the team “as we talked to some members, the Val d’Aran remains one of the snowiest places in Europe at the moment“.

In his speech, Kilian Jornet alluded to the good memories he have of the valley, where he won his first world championship, and highlighted the culture of snow and skiing here, that has led us to find solutions to ensure the future of the sport. “I’m just coming from the Alps and now there is more snow here in the Val d’Aran than there,” said the skier.

 

17 December, 2015 News, Blog, Present 0

The Cronoski Era Pujada scoring for the Copa de España

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The next weekend will be a new edition of the Cronoski Era Pujada, mountain ski competition organized by the Mountaineering Club d’Aran. The race, in which collaborate the Conselh Generau and Torisme de la Val d’Aran, is scoring the Copa de España 2015 this year.

The Cronoski starts Saturday 19th at 12 noon in Beret and recovers the route of the first year, departing from the station of the chairlift Cloth der Os, where runners soar to the top of Dossau. Junior and cadet categories will depart from the station below of the chairlift Dossau.

Program and registrations –open until today Wednesday- are available at this link.

15 December, 2015 News, Blog, Present 0

The CDIA Snow Event starts in the Val d’Aran

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From today until next Tuesday, December 15 is celebrated in the towns of Vielha, Arties, Salardú and in the ski station of Baqueira-Beret, el CDIA-ARAN SNOW EVENT, an event organised by the Centro de Deportes de Invierno Adaptados (CDIA), which is focused on the Campus “Mujer y Deporte” of Adapted Alpine Skiing. The event is part of the program Alto Rendimiento, Tecnificación y Detección de Talentos de Deportes de Invierno, belonging to the  Federación Española de Deportes para Personas con Discapacidad Física (FEDDF) and the Federación Española de Deportes para Personas con Parálisis Cerebral (FEDPC) and is also supported by the Consejo Superior de Deportes and the Fundación Repsol.

The event aims to inform CDIA athletes, teams and programs, the campus development “Women and Sport”; enhance communication channels and presence in the media of winter sports adapted for dissemination and promotion; and achieve the harmonization and integration in society of disabled people through sport.

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To this end, they carried out various activities, including the official presentation of the national winter sports adapted teams, a roundtable with industry professionals in which will act as ambassadors the journalist Jose Maria Garcia and the actress Miriam Diaz Aroca The presentation of the various sponsors of the CDIA and a charity gala to raise funds for the organization, to be attended by renowned athletes like Gemma Hassen-Bey or Aymar Navarro.

The philosophy of the event is based on the values ​​associated with CDIA among them, integration, respect and equality for all disabled people; and especially for athletes, effort, commitment and teamwork. And finally, the solidarity character of attendees, speakers, contributors, sponsors and ambassadors of the event, without whose participation would not be feasible this celebration.

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High number of visitors in the Val d'Aran during the Purísima

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Ocupació pontThe tourist occupation has been at about 80% during the early days of Purisima in the Val d’Aran, according to data provided by the Consèlheria de Torisme e Desvolopament Economic and Baqueira Beret ski resort, which plans to sell up 40,000 forfaits today.

In the absence of definitive data, the conselhèra Anna Diaz, has welcomed these figures. “If we add hotel stays and visitors from second homes, we find between about 22,000 and 25,000 people, generating a significant economic impact not only in hotels, but also in all establishments in the Val d’Aran as shops, restaurants and bars, and supermarkets. ”

Also, the sindic d’Aran, Carlos Barrera, has remarked that “the structures of the emergency services, both health and fire in the Val d’Aran have worked normally and with security during these days”

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A hug number of activities to enjoy the Purisima in Val d'Aran

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Post purisimaCalm weather and snow in excellent condition ensures the best conditions for visitors to the Val d’Aran enjoy an unforgettable experience during the weekend of Purísima. Snow sports, Christmas lights in towns, exhibitions and craft fairs join the common cultural, culinary and commercial proposal of the valley to offer an attractive program with activities for everybody.

More than 140 km of tracks

The ski resort of Baqueira Beret, where it remains the best snow and sunny weather is expected with no wind, plans to open more than 140 km of tracks, which can be accessed from different enters: Peülla, Bonaigua Baqueira 1500, Val de Ruda, Tanau, Orri and Beret.

Excellent opportunity to practice various forms of skiing: downhill, cross country, telemark or ski mountaineering, but we advise to consult with specialists from aranese companies that will report on valley routes and conditions. Other activities are great attraction as sleds pulled by horses or dogs, and snowmobiles. And the younger have two fabulous snowparks in Baqueira.

Snowshoeing is a quiet activity to know the territory that increasingly has more followers. Our tourist offices provide all the information on the itineraries of snow for some of the most charismatic and beautiful and the well-marked places on the safest areas in risk of avalanches. Meanwhile,’Servici de Lauegi‘ del Conselh Generau d’Aran constantly analyses the profiles of snow and updates data on its website that this season has been completely renovated prioritizing security-related information. These data can be supplemented with Meteoraran, the aranés weather information service.

Apres ski

COMERÇ VIELHA (5)For after a sports day, we recommend the new entertainment and dining area of ​​the Hotel Montarto in Baqueira 1500, which this year opens the Baqueira Winebar by Vinya Pomal, a wine bar with extensive Spanish wine DO and a rich cuisine based on rations. The hotel has also installed the Drinkery Montarto, a music bar on the ground floor open from 15h.

Once abandoned the slopes, do not miss the beautiful spectacle of the picturesque villages of the valley with the lights for the next Christmas holidays. We invite you to attend on Friday the Christmas lights lit in Vielha, and on Saturday in Arties where a party will be held in the Urtau Square to celebrate the start of the season.

In each of the villages there are excellent restaurants to taste the Val d’Aran winter cuisine. You must not fail to try the most representative dish, the Olha aranesa, a restorative pleasure for the senses after a day in the snow.

In addition, we recommend a tour Vielha city center, which offers a remarkable commercial offer with the best brands in sports clothes and elegant shops with the latest in Christmas decorations. And fans of the recycling can be passed through the second hand market ski equipment in Arties from Friday to Tuesday morning.

Craft fairs

From Saturday 5 to Monday 7 takes place The Fira del Formatge “Sabor Vielha”, with a sample of artisan cheeses, where you can taste a variety of cheeses from cow, sheep, goat and buffalo, many of them unknown to the public but renowned among gourmets. The fair is complemented with other products such as deli meats, sweets and jams and wine tasting tours for small groups.

COMERÇ VIELHA (19)On the other hand, the people of Les held next Monday, 7 traditional Fair of the Immaculate, where local handicrafts also in the area such as cold meat, jams, honey, spreads and aranese handycrafts.

Cultural activities

Without moving from Les, the visitor can approach the graphic exhibition Hèstes der Huec in the hall of the Les municipality organized in the village to celebrate the recent statement of this tradition in the Pyrenees as intangible cultural heritage, and attend the same Monday at the conference and audiovisual projection trailer about this event.

Another exhibition is the one you can visit in Baqueira, “Somnis color” in the BBart until 1 January. And for music lovers we have two different proposals: the concert Nadalets of Corau Margalida in the Residence San Antoni of Vielha on Saturday and a gospel concert in the church of Vielha on Monday.

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