Valls d'Àneu - Museum and cultural heritage
Museums and other places of cultural interest in the Pallars Sobirà region

Esterri d’Àneu: Eco-museum of the Àneu Valleys.
Opening times: all year round from 10 am to 2 pm and from 5 pm to 8 pm Monday to Friday. Saturday and Sunday from 11 am to 2 pm and from 5 pm to 8 pm. Only open Sunday afternoon during the last two weeks of July and August. Groups of over 10 people please call to book.
Please call to book if you wish to visit the adjacent sights (Romanesque: Sant Joan d’Isil, Sant Pere de Burgal, Sta. Maria d’Àneu, Castell de València d’Àneu, etc., minimum 10 people.)
Information and bookings: Tel. : 973 62 64 36.
www.ecomuseu.com
Espot: National Park of Aigüestortes and Lake of Sant Maurici.
Park House, Free visit.
Open from September to June, from 9 am to 2 pm and from 3.30 to 5.45 pm. Closed Sundays and public holidays. Closed from 1st to 6th January / 25th & 26th December.
July & August: open every day from 9 am to 2 pm and from 3.30 to 5.45 pm.
Tel. : 973 62 40 36
National Park Taxi hire. Tel. : 973 62 41 05
www.gencat.cat/parcs/aiguestortes
Gavàs. La Roseta de Gavàs cheese dairy: (Unarre Valley).
Homemade cheeses made from milk from their own herd. Free guided tours available. Sale of cheeses.
Son. Les Planes de Son.
Nature and Sustainable Development Centre.
Opening times: Every Saturday. From 10 am to 1 pm for tour of fauna centre. From 3.30 to 7 pm for Observatory and telescope and planetary session.
Tel. : 902 400 973
Àreu: Timber Museum. (Hydro-powered woodsaw and flour mill and)
July: Weekends from 11am to 1 pm and from 5 to 7 pm. Sunday afternoon.
August: open every day from 11 am to 1 pm and from 5 to 7 pm.
September: First two weeks open weekends 11 am to 1 pm and from 5 to 7 pm. Closed Sunday afternoon. Open all Easter.
Rest of the year, please call to arrange a tour.
Tel. : 973 62 44 17.
Tavascan: Hydroelectric power station.
Opening times: July and August: Visits at 5 pm, 6 pm and at 7 pm. Rest of the year, visits at 5 pm, call first to arrange a visit. Tours last approximately 1 hour 30 mins. For group visits, please call first to arrange a time. Price: 6 €, under -12s 3 €. ID card / passport necessary to visit the cavern.
For more information and bookings : 973 62 30 79/89 . 973 62 30 89.
www.tavascan.org
Tavascan: The Noarre Cattle Sheds
Visiting times: July & August at 10 am
This is a half-day tour. Rest of the year, call to arrange a tour. Group visits, call to arrange a visit. Price: 10 €, under-12s 5 €. (not recommended for children under 6)
For more information and bookings. Tavascan information office
Tel. : 973 62 30 79/89
www.tavascan.org
Tavascan: La Molina Fish Farm.
We recommend you call to book first (always applicable to groups). Open all year from 11 am to 1.30 pm. Open evenings throughout July and August from 5 to 8 pm.
Information and bookings: 973 62 30 47.
Altron: la Peça d’Altron Cheese Dairy
Arranged visits. From Monday to Sunday from 10 am to 2 pm and from 5 pm to 8 pm. Closed Tuesday morning only. The free guided tour lasts one hour. Groups of maximum 35 people.
Information and bookings Sra. Joana Quesada, 973 62 17 32.
Llessui: Shepherds of the Àssua Valley Eco-museum.
Opening times: July & August, 9 am to 2 pm and from 3.30 to 6 pm
Rest of the year: 9 am to 2 pm and from 3.30 to 6 pm (closed Sunday afternoon)
Free visits. Please call to arrange a guided tour. Price 1.20 €, pensioners 1 €.
Information and bookings 973 62 17 98.
Pujalt: Butterfly Museum.
Open all year round. Opening times: from 10 am to 1.30 pm and from 5 pm to 8 pm.
Information and bookings 973 62 07 43 / 655 47 56 61
www.papallones.net
Peramea: Era Ortega walled village museum
Open from Easter onwards. Visits at 11.30 am, at 4 pm and at 6 pm
Call to arrange a visit the rest of the year. Megalithic Monuments. Arranged visits. Tel. : 679 73 52 62
Gerri de la Sal: Santa Maria de Gerri Monastery.
Currently closed to the public due to archaeological excavations. Expected to be open from Easter, although this can not be guaranteed.
Opening hours: From June to September and Easter (except worshipping times), everyday from 11 am to 1 pm and from 4.30 pm to 7.30 pm. Rest of the year, call to arrange a visit. Price, 2€, for groups of over 15 people 1€, 1st Monday of every month, free.
Information and bookings Sra Ignàcia. 973 66 20 68 / 629 35 34 79
Salt mines and tree nursery: To arrange a visit. Baix Pallars Council
Tel. : 973 66 20 40 / consorcigerri@gmail.com
Soriguera: Museum of the abandoned mediaeval village of Santa Creu de Llagunes.
Call to arrange a visit. Soriguera village hall Tel. : 973 62 01 67
Sort: Meteorological Observatory.
Opening times: August: Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 pm. Visit lasts 1 hour 30 mins. Price 3€. Rest of the year, call to arrange a visit. Minimum: 10 people.
Information and bookings Sr. Ramon Baylina 676 27 70 33
Link to Esterri’s live webcam. www.cannirus.net/foto.jpg
http://meteopallars.blogspot.com
meteosort@gmail.com
Sort Prison Museum "The Road to Freedom"
Exhibition of the evasions from the Nazi atrocities during World War II, along the border crossings connecting the Àneu Valley with France.
- Saturday: from 12 to 12 pm and from 6 to 8 pm.
- Sunday: from 12 to 2 pm.
- Price of visit: 1 €
For group visits outside these times, call.
Tel. : 973 62 00 10 camidelallibertat.cat
Sort: Pallars Sobirà Tourist Interpretation Centre
Opening times: Winter: Monday to Saturday, from 9 am to 3 pm. Friday afternoons from 4 to 7 pm. Summer: from Monday to Saturday 9 am to 8.30 pm. Sunday from 10 am to 1 pm.
Tel. : 973 621 002
Tírvia: Burial Stones of Tírvia
The Burial Stones are kept in the Chapel of Mercy, which overlooks the village. They consist of a group of Mediaeval stones of considerable historical and artistic value which were found in the cemetery, dating between the 13th and 14th centuries. The stones are mostly Romanesque, with the exception of the largest, which is estimated to be dated around the 10th century.
Opening times: Arranged visits
Tel. : 973 62 20 73
Sort: Tros de Sort Cheese Diary.
Guided tours. 1 hour. Cheese tasting. Price of the visit 2 € (minimum 12 €). Please call first to arrange your visit.
Tel. : 973 62 13 87
Sort. Àssua Valley and el Batlliu. Guided tours
- Guided walk around the town of Sort with curious anecdotes about the town’s history
- Excursion round the Àssua Valley, gateway to the National Park of Aigüestortes and the Lake of Sant Maurici, plus a visit to the Shepherds’ Museum in Llessuí
- Excursion to El Batlliu and visit to the Nature Interpretation Centre, Butterfly Museum of Catalonia in Pujalt.
Information and bookings: Town information point. Avinguda Comtes de Pallars, 21 25560 Sort . Open from Tuesday to Saturday and from 5 to 8 pm.
Tel. : 973 62 05 44, Fax: 973 620 064, a/e: turisme@sort.cat
Montferrer Old Flourmill in Montferrer
Open to the public: Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from 11 am to 1 pm. Please call to arrange a visit.
More information: 973 35 13 43 www.ccau.cat/museus
Farrera: Art and Nature Centre of Farrera
The centre is a residence and workplace for artists and researchers from around the world, set in a location ideal for reflection and for finding inspiration and creativity. 17th to 10th June 2010: Course in Architecture of Mountain Landscape.
Tel. : 973 62 21 06
