A wooden viewing tower acts as a look-out over the majestic glaciated valley of Esterri d’Àneu and the extensive wetlands of Escalarre, where a great variety of resident and migratory birds are to be seen through the different seasons of the year.
The site of the hermitage church offers a natural viewing point from which can be seen the valleys of Farrera, Cardós and the Coma de Burg.
The site of the hermitage church offers a natural viewing point from which can be seen the valleys of Farrera, Cardós and the Coma de Burg.
From this viewing point you will be able to observe one of the most extensive wooded areas within the Natural Park, the forest of Virós, whose trees in times gone by were used as fuel for smelting the iron ore that was mined here.
The hidden valley of Baiasca harbours intriguing villages and buildings of great beauty, such as this Romanesque hermitage church, from which there are views of the woods and fields that once sustained the many people who lived in Arestui and Baiasca, of whom few remain.
This viewing point and the three routes which meet there can be reached by the signposted walking trail which takes 55 minutes (going and coming back), starting from the manned refuge of the Pleta del Prat, which is accessible all year round by a tarmacadamed road.
Hidden on a flank of the mountain on the eastern side of the Noguera Pallaresa river are the remains of the medieval monastery of Sant Pere del Burgal, with hermits’ cells carved into the rock. Much mystery still shrouds the growth and decline of the monastery in this hallowed place.
The sanctuary church of Arboló stands guard over the Noguera Pallaresa river from high on the steep bank of the ravine that it forms at this point.
The sanctuary church of Arboló stands guard over the Noguera Pallaresa river from high on the steep bank of the ravine that it forms at this point.
An ancient hermitage church that was founded by soldier-missionaries of the religious order of the Templars. It affords a wonderful broad vista of the Vernedes of Sort. The information panels will tell you the names of some of the plants you find there.
