Vielha

Vielha is in Val d'Aran in the Pyrenees mountain range. It's near Baqueira-Beret ski resort. There are lots of mountain activities.

Understand

Vielha is the capital of the Aran Valley (Val d'Aran) and the head of the municipality of Vielha e Mijaran. It is centrally located in the valley and rises at an altitude of 980 m (3,220 ft), at the confluence of the Garonne with its tributary the Nere river.

Tourist office

Get in

By plane

  • Tarbes Airport: 161 km
  • Lleida Airport: 145 km
  • Pau Airport: 157 km
  • Toulouse Airport: 166 km
  • Zaragoza Airport: 290 km
  • Barcelona Airport: 350 km

By train

By bus

By car

  • From Pallars via the Bonaigua Pass (2,072 m), the C-28 road runs the 48 km that the valley covers to the border at Pont de Rei.
  • Vielha tunnel, which, with a length of 5,173 m, links Ribagorça (southern entrance: 1,626 m) with Aran (northern tunnel entrance at 1,390 m).
  • From France, via Pont de Rei, you reach the French road N-618 which becomes the N-230.
  • From Bagneres de Luchon passing through Portilló, the French road N-125 becomes the N-141, up to Bossost.

Get around

Parking

  • 🌍 Parking P3, arrèr deth Poi, Era Solana.

See

Vielha
  • 🌍 Church of Sant Miquèu. The church, with Romanesque and Gothic elements (the portal stands out), houses the Christ of Mijaran, a Romanesque carving considered the main sculptural example of Aran.
  • 🌍 Museum of the Val d'Aran (Museo del Valle de Arán), Tor deth Generau Martinhon. It's in a 17th-century manor house that exhibits various aspects and elements of the geology, vegetation, fauna, climatology, history, archaeology, art, language and ethnology of the valley. The Museum was inaugurated in 1984.
  • The Fabrica dera Lan, a 19th-century building dedicated to showing the old wool industry.
  • The Parador de Vielha, on the hill of Eth Castèth, built in 1966.
  • The Palai de Gèu (Ice Palace), modern sports center and ice rink, built in 1994
  • The Palai d'Espòrts, new pavilion located next to the Palai de Gèu, intended for holding sporting events.

Do

Buy

Eat

  • Borda Betren, C/Major, s/n. Betren., +34 973 640 032.

Typical dishes

  • Olha Aranesa: bowl of beef stew. This is the most emblematic and traditional recipe of Aran's cuisine.
  • Caulets: meatballs surrounded with cabbage leaves, served alone or as an accompaniment.
  • Game: duck, wild pig, rabbit, jackrabbit, chamois
  • Trout: smoked, fried or baked

Drink

Sleep

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