360º rural experience as a family in the Pirineus – Noguera Pallaresa and Valls d’Àneu
Catalonia has an extensive and specialised offer of agrotourism accommodation, where families can enjoy unique experiences, enjoying activities related to the countryside and mountains. A unique and sustainable destination that you can complete with visits and activities in the natural environment and the surrounding museums and cultural centres. Here is a selection of accommodation for you to enjoy family agrotourism in the Pirineus – Noguera Pallaresa and Valls d’Àneu. Are you ready for rural life?
PIRINEUS – NOGUERA PALLARESA
Casa Macià (Roní): Farm animals and wildlife
Pepita and her family, lifelong cattle breeders, invite you to share a few days in their rural accommodation in the Vall d’Àssua. During your stay at Casa Macià you will get to know the animals on their farm: horses, cows, sheep and chickens. You can pet them and even feed them. At home, they organise visits to their garden to pick vegetables. If you want to explore the surroundings of the farm house, Pepita recommends the Camí de la Fauna. Along this route, which reaches the Mirador d’en Miquel, you will get to know the fauna of the area: chamois, deer and wild boar.
Casa Macià
Judith is in charge of managing this rural accommodation located in Escàs. The house, an old renovated barn, has been rebuilt to house two independent apartments. At Casa Coix you will receive a proper welcome: a basket with products from their garden that vary according to the season. The house has a farm with sheep and goats, and 4 horses that you can go and visit. Going to collect fresh eggs from the hen house is also another activity that children will love.
Cal Roset and Casa Bellera (Caregue): The xisqueta sheep and a descent of the ravines
At Cal Roset you can accompany Montse, the owner, to aviar (graze) her flock of xisqueta sheep, a breed native to the Pyrenees of Catalonia. You can also bathe in the waters of the Caregue river in summer or spring and start descending the ravines! The Berrós ravine is ideal for children as it is easy and not too long.
Cal Roset
Maribel is the life and soul of Lo Paller de Cal Bosch, a cosy manor house built with stone and wood, dedicated to raising organic beef. During the spring, if you are lucky you can see the calves being born. When you go there, she recommends a route through the Vall de Siarb, a route used by shepherds and traders on their way to Sort, which is called Camí de les Guineus.
Lo Paller de Cal Bosch
Tornafort
Casa Parramon is rural accommodation that has been renovated, maintaining its rustic style. Jordina, who runs the house, organises guided tours in the basement of the house, where there are traditional farming spaces such as the bread oven, the cellar and the oil mill, the corrals, the barns and the grotto which stored grain during the war. She also recommends a swim in the Montcortès lake in the summer and an excursion to the glacial lakes at the top of the Vall Fosca.
Peramea
Alba d’Esteve (Espot): Organic cows and family service
The Castellarnau family has a long history of cattle breeding, and are dedicated to raising organic cows. Marissa is in charge of managing the farmhouse while her husband, Jaume, takes care of the cattle. Alba d’Esteve is a renovated farm house, which used to be an old bullpen, and offers services adapted to families, such as babysitting for example. Children staying in the house can feed the livestock and, if they’re lucky, see a calf being born!
The Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park