Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park is the enchanted mother of the Spanish national park system. Set aside in 1918 by royal decree, the park has been progressivly expanded to include more than 16,000 hectares of lush valley forests and meadows, steep limestone slopes and delicate alpine reaches. Located in the Aragon Pyrenees near the National Park of the French Pyrenees, the Ordesa National Park constitutes a perfectly preserved natural enclave and is home to the only herd of Pyrenees mountain goats in existence.
The Ordesa valley is a spectacular cannon created for centuries for the Arazas River (It has been compared with the Colororado one). This is one of the most visited areas of the Pyrenees because of its diversity. There are wonderful climbing areas too, like the Gallinero or the Tozal del Mallo, with levels from beginner to expert. The Ordesa & Monte Perdido National Park was declared World Biosphere Reserve in 1977 and in 1988 Special protected area for the birds. In 1997 was declared World humanity heritage by the UNESCO together with the French glaciar side.
Its influence area goes from Bielsa, Broto, Fanlo, Puertolas, Tella, Sin to Torla. The nacional park is domained by the Monte Perdido (Lost Mountain) of 3.355 meters, which is the biggest Western European Calcarean mass, with its peaks: Tres Sopores or Treserols, where Stara the Anisclo, Escuain, Ordesa and Pineta valleys, digged by the Bellos, Yaga, Arazas and Cinca rivers. The rigorous weather and morphology, together with the tradicional respect of the poblators with the environment has allowed the good conservation of the area. The landscape is full of contrasts, the extreme karstic deserts dryness with, the falls and exuberant wet forest of the valleys. Discover the big variations between the humidity and temperatura between day and night.