Pirene Vielha  

Stay at the Hotel Pirene when you want to experience the dramatic natural beauty of the Catalan High Pyrenees. It’s a warm, family-oriented Vielha hotel with spectacular views of the Aran Valley (called Val d'Aran in French and El Valle de Arán in Spanish). The Hotel Pirene offers friendly accommodations and informal public areas such as a buffet restaurant and a lounge with an American billiards table, a TV, games, and a library. The helpful staff can provide wake-up calls, daily newspapers, luggage storage, and restaurant reservations. In winter there’s storage space for skis, and bicycle storage and cleaning equipment is made available in the summer. The hotel is located in the settlement of Vielha, the home of the town hall for the municipality of Vielha e Mijaran. For decade this area was cut off from the rest of Catalonia every winter because the mountain road became impassable, until the Vielha Tunnel opened in 1948, making it safe to travel between Vielha and Lleida year-round. Today visitors enjoy the town’s unspoiled Catalonian architecture as well as its gorgeous scenery and opportunities for hiking, skiing, and adventure sports. The Hotel Pirene is approx. 64.6 km/40.1 miles from Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park and 160 km/99.4 miles north of the city of Lleida.