Programme

Departure point: Barcelona, Passeig de Lluís Companys, 3 (Arc de Triomf metro stop) | From 09.00 to 17.30

Vall de Núria is a Pyrenean valley in the Ripollès region. It is located 1,964 metres above sea level and surrounded by peaks reaching almost 3,000 metres. It is only accessible by means of a rack railway or on foot.

The rack railway covers a distance of 12.5 km and climbs more than 1,000 meters. The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Núria is situated in the valley and there is also an artificial lake. The existing church was consecrated in 1911 and the hotel was opened shortly after.

The Vall de Núria mountain resort is managed by the Tourism and Mountain department of the Catalan Government Railways. In winter, Vall de Núria becomes a popular family ski station. In spring, autumn and summer, the resort offers other leisure activities for everyone to enjoy the surroundings.

Programme

We recommend you bring a warm coat, hiking boots, sunglasses and sun protection cream.

09.00 | Departure from Barcelona, Passeig de Lluís Companys (Arc de Triomf metro stop)

11.10 | Trip by rack railway – direction Núria. Stop at Fontalba

12.00 | Arrival at Vall de Núria. Guided tour of Vall de Núria:

• Cultural, historic and religious heritage: installations and buildings
• Environmental management: Ecovall
• Leisure space:
  • Ascent in the Coma del Clot chairlift
  • Visit to the Alberg Núria hostel
  • Visit to special look-out point: views of the nature reserve and rack railway line

13.30 | Lunch at the Restaurant Racó de la Vall – menu with dishes from the Ripollès region

15.35 | Descent by rack railway to the Ribes Enllaç station

16.15 | Arrival at the Ribes Enllaç station

17.30 | Arrival at Puigcerdà. Arrival point: Hotel del Prado (Carretera de Llívia, 1, Puigcerdà)

Departure point: Hotel del Prado (Carretera de Llívia, 1, Puigcerdà) | From 09.00 to 18.00

Pallars Sobirà is a region in the heart of the Catalan Pyrenees. It is a greatly appreciated destination among nature lovers, and its villages, with their traditional architecture of buildings in stone with slate roofs, capture the essence of this environment. The leisure activities on offer, such as skiing, hiking, climbing and rafting, attract numerous visitors both in summer and winter.

We will travel from Puigcerdà by coach. The journey takes approximately an hour and a half. On this outing, we will focus on visiting local enterprises, such as a timber building company, a winery that produces high-altitude wines and the Shepherds’ Museum, where you will learn about the Shepherds’ School and the Aigüestortes National Park. After lunch in a restaurant where you will be able to check out the local cuisine, we will visit the village of Llessui.

Programme

09.00 | Departure from Puigcerdà. Hotel del Prado (Carretera de Llívia, 1, Puigcerdà)

11.00 – 11.45 | Visit to Fustes Sebastià in Rialp

12.00 – 12.45 | Visit to the Batlliu de Sort Winery, at Batlliu de Sort, a high-altitude wine project

13.00 – 15.00 | Lunch at the Lo Pigall restaurant in Llessui, where you can try the lamb from the Vall d’Àssua and the “Filiberto” dessert created at the restaurant

15.15 – 16.00 | Visit to the Shepherd’s Museum in Llessui in the Vall d’Àssua. The museum is managed by the National Park Service. Its purpose is to explain the activities that take place in the park. The visit will be linked to a brief explanation of the School of Shepherds and Shepherdesses of Catalonia.

16.00 | Departure

18.00 | Arrival at Puigcerdà. Arrival point: Hotel del Prado (Carretera de Llívia, 1, Puigcerdà)

Departure point: Hotel del Prado (Carretera de Llívia, 1, Puigcerdà) | From 08.00 to 14.30

This half-day outing is specially designed for members of NEMOR and Euromontana, so that they can attend their respective General Assemblies in the afternoon. Other participants are welcome to join.

Cerdanya is a region in the Catalan Pyrenees situated around the headwaters of the River Segre at an altitude of about 1,100 meters. It is a mountainous region with a high plain, unparalleled in the Pyrenees because there are no others of such large dimensions. The regional capital is Puigcerdà.

This trip will be the shortest, only taking up the morning, and we will leave from Puigcerdà. The outing will begin with a visit to the pharmacy in Llívia, which dates from medieval times. Opened at the beginning of the 15th century, it is probably the oldest in Europe and it has now been turned into a municipal museum. Then we will visit Molí de Ger, where cheeses are made with local milk from Cerdanya, and finally we will stop at the Hotel Cerdanya EcoResort in Prullans.

Programme

08.00 | Departure by bus from Puigcerdà to Llivia. Departure point: Hotel del Prado (Carretera de Llívia, 1 Puigcerdà).

08.30 | Hospital de Cerdanya. It was the first cross-border health centre to be set up in Europe. The idea of ​​a shared cross-border hospital, serving the population of both La Cerdanya and El Capcir regions, arose in the late 1990s and took shape with the creation of a new type of European public law entity: the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC)

09.30 | Visit to the Pharmacy in Llivia. Pharmacy dating from mediaeval times, probably the oldest in Europe. Opened at the beginning of the fifteenth century, it has now been converted into a municipal museum that houses a collection of Renaissance display cases with portraits of saints and personalities, and pharmacy pots from the sixteenth to eighteenth century. There is also a baroque cabinet carved by Josep Sunyer and an exhibition of laboratory instruments, old-time drugs, medicine formulas, prescription books, etc.

11.00 | Visit to Molí de Ger (with cheese-tasting session). The Molí de Ger (flour mill) is a farmhouse where flour used to be milled. This line of work was generally combined with crop farming and animal husbandry. It is the latter that has survived down to the present day generation after generation.

12.00 | Visit to Hotel Cerdanya EcoResort in Prullans

13.00 | Lunch at Hotel EcoResort

14.30 | Arrival at Puigcerdà. Arrival point: Casino de Puigcerdà (Plaça De Barcelona, 3 Puigcerdà)