In a privileged and breathtaking location, it is the only Spanish Pyrenees Nature Park, bathed by the lake of San Mauricio. Presumably the reader cares little about what happened in the Quaternary. Until they get to Aigüestortes, of course. Once there, you will marvel and wonder how it is that this mountain was carved with such dizzying peaks over 3,000 meters high, almost cut with a knife. The blame lies with the Quaternary. At that time, glaciers cut stone like a knife through butter and nothing stopped them. They made way for the streams and reservoirs that have later given the park the name of Aigüestortes, meaning no more than "crooked water", thanks to the t

If you think that there are no winter sports in Spain, you haven’t been to Jaca. When its founders decided that the Pyrenees were the right place to settle, more than two millennia ago, they didn’t think that the location would define the essence of the town and its inhabitants forever. Jaca’s idyll with snow and ice dates back to the origins of the town. Its love of winter sports came later, but it is one of these relationships that give you butterflies in your stomach and has also led this Pyrenean enclave to put forward its candidature for the Winter Olympics in 2022. The race to raise the five ring flag began over three decades ago, and this also means that the t

There are places in our country that do not know stifling hot nights in the summer. Corners sleeping at the foot of the mountains, which serve as a gateway to the areas where people go skiing, mountaineering or hiking. They are a usual passing route, but also a treasure in themselves. A treasure built under slate roofs to withstand the snow and cold when the winter comes. The Pyrenees in Huesca hide little secrets across the map, just before the roads are no longer displayed in the guides. The best known is Panticosa, a place of pilgrimage for skiers thanks to the Panticosa-Los Lagos resort. But besides skiing, there is a well-known spa resort and rivers flowing strongly when the t