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The Best Attractions In Vielha

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Vielha e Mijaran is a municipality in Aran, Catalonia, Spain. It was created in 1970 by the merger of the municipalities of Arròs e Vila, Betlan, Escunhau, Gausac, Vielha and Vilac: some of the former municipalities retain some privileges as decentralised municipal entities , as does the village of Betren. Mijaran literally means Middle Aran in Aranese, as the inhabited part of the municipality is situated in the valley of the Garonne . The Noguera Ribagorçana has its source on the territory of the municipality, on the opposite side of the watershed. The ajuntament is in Vielha, spelled Viella in Catalan and Spanish, which is also the capital of Aran...
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  • 3. Estany de Vielha Vielha
    Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park , is one of the fourteen Spanish national parks, and the only one located in Catalonia. A wild mountain region in the Pyrenees, with peaks rising to 3017 m and with nearly 200 lakes, many of them of glacial origin, the park comprises a core area of 141 km2 and a buffer zone of 267 km2 surrounding the park. The park's name in Catalan is Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici, freely translated as The winding streams and St. Maurice lake. The park has an elevation range of 1600 to 3000 metres and contains four major vegetation zones: lower montane, upper montane, subalpine and alpine. The fauna includes Pyrenean chamois, marmot, ermine, roe deer, among other mammals and numerous birds . The park was created in 1955 after Ordesa y Monte Per...
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  • 11. Ordesa National Park Torla
    Torla-Ordesa is a municipality in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. It is in the northwest of the Sobrarbe region, 100 km from the capital of Huesa, and had 315 inhabitants according to the 2004 census . Torla is in the glacial valley of the River Ara, after the confluence of the valleys of Bujaruelo and Ordesa, assuming that the glacier tongue reached Asin Broto, with more than 30 km in total. The Ara is said to be the only river of any importance in Spain that is not dammed by the human hand throughout the its 70 km course to its confluence with the River Cinca in Ainsa. Torla borders France but lacks a road connection with it, and is a gateway to the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park in the valley of Ordesa, and to Valle de Broto. It can only be accessed by the N-260 from Broto ...
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  • 12. Parc Nacional d'Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici Espot
    Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park , is one of the fourteen Spanish national parks, and the only one located in Catalonia. A wild mountain region in the Pyrenees, with peaks rising to 3017 m and with nearly 200 lakes, many of them of glacial origin, the park comprises a core area of 141 km2 and a buffer zone of 267 km2 surrounding the park. The park's name in Catalan is Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici, freely translated as The winding streams and St. Maurice lake. The park has an elevation range of 1600 to 3000 metres and contains four major vegetation zones: lower montane, upper montane, subalpine and alpine. The fauna includes Pyrenean chamois, marmot, ermine, roe deer, among other mammals and numerous birds . The park was created in 1955 after Ordesa y Monte Per...
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