It has attic bedrooms, wood-lined beams and numerous conference rooms, among which the Salon Chimenea stands out. The friendly common rooms invite you to stay the night in an ideal setting for taking up outdoor activities. The cooking is influenced by the specialities of the region such as 'olla aranesa' (stew), trout 'a la llosa', 'civet de Jabali' (jugged wild boar) and the sweet 'pescajus de Arties'. Nearby activities include canoeing, canyoning, ecological routes, horse riding, paragliding, rafting, romanesque routes, skiing, trekking and 4x4 Routes. The Parador, in the style of the local architecture, rises up in the so-called House of D. Gaspar de Portola, the discoverer of California. Located in the 'Val dAran', just 4.3 miles from Baqueira, in an area of the Catalan Pyrenees where the woods, the snow-capped peaks in winter and the freshness of the green in summer are the true protagonists of the landscape.