The Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park in Huesca

We couldn't think of a better way to make way for the weekend than presenting you one of the many wonders that can be found throughout the length and breadth of our territory. And it is that between our borders you will find impressive waterfalls, surprising rock formations, red lands, forests that seem to be taken from a fairy tale ...

One of the most beautiful places that you can discover in Spain is in Huesca, Aragon. Its about Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park, which looks like the setting for a fantasy movie. And it is that here you can enjoy beautiful and deep valleys, high mountains, rivers of turquoise waters, waterfalls ... Do you want to know all the details of this magical place? Well, do not miss anything we tell you below!

World Heritage by UNESCO

Integrated into the Network of Spanish National Parks, the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park is also part of the Ordesa-Viñamala Biosphere Reserve, in addition to having been consecrated, along with the glaciers of the French part, as World Heritage by the Unesco.

The largest calcareous mountain massif in Western Europe

The Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park occupies the municipalities of Bielsa, Broto, Fanlo, Puértolas and Tella-Sin. It was created in 1918 with the Ordesa valley, although in the early 1980s it included the Pineta valley, the Escuaín Gorges and the Añisclo Canyon, all of them belonging to the great massif of the lost Monte. What stands out the most in the entire park is Monte Perdido, which measures no more and no less than 3,355 meters. In fact, it's about higher Calcareous mountain massif of all Western Europe.

Landscape contrast

But do not think that Monte Perdido is the only thing that surprises about this magical place. For us it is even more amazing to observe the great contrasts that exist in the landscape. And it is that while in the highest areas we find a landscape similar to that of the karst deserts, since the rain and thaw water seeps under water, in the valleys vegetation is observed exuberant. This is because the water is always present, even jumping in waterfalls and ravines. In addition, you can find snow, glaciers, beech and fir forests, waterfalls at the bottom of the valleys ... In short, mountain scenarios that have become the destination of thousands of hikers.

Flora and fauna

As we have mentioned, in the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park you can see exuberant vegetation, where you will find a lot of species endemic from the Pyrenean mountain (honeysuckle, king crowns, bear ears ...) and other types of species: primroses, lilies, evergreens, potentillas, merenderas, gentians ... Of course, you will also find wild animals, especially birds. From the air stand out the bearded vulture, the golden eagle, the alpine sparrow, the alpine accentor and the alpine lagopod. By land you will see newts from the Pyrenees, Pyrenean frogs, marmots or sarrios.

Sports practices

Of course, in the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park you can do some sports, such as hiking, climbing, cross-country skiing on snow and caving. Of course, keep in mind that in some times or depending on certain circumstances It may be the case that you need an authorization from the Park Administration. In addition, it must also be taken into account that competitive sports practices are not allowed.

Then we leave you with our Gallery, where you will find some beautiful photographs of this beautiful National Park. Are you going to miss them?

Relaxing Music National Park of Ordesa and Monte Perdido Huesca Spain (May 2024)