|
|
|
From the Chalet we can organize all sorts of activities according to the season. Its location in La Cerdanya facilitates the access to the biggest concentration of ski resorts within the entire Pyrenees, where you can practice any kind of activity related to mountain hiking as well as cultural activities.
Activities offered by the Xalet:
The Xalet organizes certain activities dedicated to all its guests, spread out through the year as follows:
-
March 5th, Public "calçotada", where you can taste this typical dish from the Penedès region made out of long green tender onions.
-
June 23rd, Saint John's Eve. We can admire the typical fire while eating "coca" (typical sweet bread) and drinking "cremat" (a typical drink made with rum and coffee).
-
September 24 - 25th , Teaching course about the mushroom world and how to cook them. It's a talk dedicated to all lovers of this fascinating mushroom world, where with the knowledge of an expert mycologist,
Mr. Belisari Gonzáles, we will learn all the secrets on how to identify them and classify them.
Program:
On the 24th, All participants will gather at the Xalet at 10:00am. Explanation of the picking areas, how to collect samples and how to carry them.
At 17:00 h.(5 p.m.), classification and beginning of the talk about this fabulous world.
At 20:00 h.(8 p.m.) hand out of a kitchen recipe booklet and explanation about it. All of these recipes will be the weekend's Menu that will be exposed on the table for you to taste.
On the 25th,After having breakfast, at 9:30am all participants will start their 2nd day of collecting mushrooms.
At 16:00hrs (4pm): classification of the new species found and beginning of the last day's talk about this marvelous world of mushrooms.
-
October 31th-November 1st, Chestnut days and children's rock climbing competition. This last activity taking place just before he first snow falls, so that you can spend an amusing weekend with all you family.
Program:
Day 31, At 17:00hrs (5pm) Children's Rock-Climbing Competition, where the little ones will show their ability climbing the tallest wall in our gym, always well secured and tied-up.
At 21:00hrs (9pm): tasting of chestnuts with their peculiar flavor, yummy sweet-potatoes, and the traditional moscatel wine, without forgetting these days most typical product: the "panellets".
Day 1, Outing in the roundabouts of the Xalet with duration of about 3 hours approximately..
Winter:We organize all activities related to winter sports here from the Xalet: alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, mountain skiing, telemark, snowshoeing.
At the Xalet we provide Forfaits (ski tickets) at reduced rates to the ski resorts of La Molina, La Masella, and the Alp 2500 complex.
We also rent the necessary equipment to the guests who need it.
We also arrange all ski lessons reservations taken at La Molina ski resort, with qualified ski teachers by the Spanish School of Ski (Escuela Española de Esquí). Lessons in cross-country skiing are given at Guils-Fontanera cross-country ski resort.
Summer:
This time
of year you can do several excursions up in the mountains either on your own or with a professional guide, as well as other sorts of different activities such as: horseback riding, archery, swimming, mountain biking, rafting, hot air balloon riding, rock climbing, golf....
Sightseeing tours and activities
Around Cerdanya and the neighbouring counties you can do all kinds of tours,
thermalism, and activities for the whole family such as:
Most important tours in La cerdanya
- Puigcerdà, capital of La Cerdanya, with its Bell Tower and its large commercial center, it also has a sports center for the most active ones.
- Llivia, with its oldest farmacy in Europe and its casttle
Tour in the High Berguedà county
-
Castellar de N'Hugh, peculiar and most visited town where after visiting it we will drive down to the place where the Llobregat river is born.
Tour in the Ripollès Country
-
A visit to Our Lady of Nuria's sanctuary, accessing it by a rack train leaving from the town of Ribes de Freser..
Hot springs tour in the French Cerdanya
- Dorres, in the town of the same, they are probably the most authentic baths because of its roman pool.
- Bains de Llo, in the town of Llo.
- Bains de St. Tomas, in the town of Fontpédrouse
Hot baths in Caldea, Andorra
-
One of the biggest thermal complex, located in the Principality of Andorra, in the town of Escaldes-Engordany.www.caldea.ad
Excursions for the whole family
- Parc Animalier des Angles, located next to Les Angles ski resort, where you can do a tour amongst the Pyrenean animals while watching their way of life
www.les-angles.com
- Laponian territory, animal park where you can see many different animal species and have the chance to feed them.
- The Yellow Train, a tourist train going across the French Cerdanya and the Conflent region (France), leaving from La Tour de Carol and ending its journey at Villefranche du Conflent, where you can visit this beautiful medieval town surrounded by impressive walls and remparts, or go in the well-known caves of "Grandes Canalettes".
-
Parc Olímpic del Segre (the Segre River's Olympic Park), located in La Seu d'Urgell, and where all sorts of leisure water activities can be done.
www.parcolimpic.com
|
|
|
