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Next Sunday 25 August, the 73rd FEDME CAMP will begin, which this year will take place in Val d’Aran. During one week, more than 250 participants coming from all over Spain will be able to enjoy 20 hiking routes and ascents to the most emblematic areas of the Valley, accompanied by a team of mountain guides.

Montardo, Ratera, Lagos de Colomers, Artiga de Lin, Montcorbison and Beret will be some of the routes. An astronomical observation is also planned every night in the 1500 car park in Baqueira. For the youngest, a children’s camp has been organised, directed by specialised monitors, where they will take part in all kinds of nature and sports activities adapted to their age. On Saturday 31 will be held a popular march through the villages of Naut Aran, which will end with a meal in Salardú as the end of the camp.

The center of activities will be located in Salardú and in the afternoons in the sports center will take place a program of Conferences and Projections on security by FEDME. Likewise, the geologist and nivologist Jordi Gavaldà, will lecture on winter safety and avalanches. The new artisan beer factory of Val d’Aran, REFU, will offer a tasting of beers, and we will enjoy a conference and projection of the Pou brothers on their latest national and American land climbs.

The Camp is organised by FEDME, the Club Alpí Aranès and the company Guías de Camins. It is sponsored by the Conselh Generau d’Aran, Foment de Torisme Val d’Aran and the Ajuntament de Naut Aran, and has the collaboration of the Ajuntament de Vielha, Baqueira-Beret, REFU, Taüll Organics and other entities and companies of the Val d’Aran.

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The Val d’Aran Crafts Fair “Hèt a man, hèt aciu”, which is held from 8 to 11 August in the Paseo de la Libertad in Vielha, offers different activities related to the world of crafts in which all attendees can participate.
Visitors will be able to visit the stands to buy typical Aranese products and enjoy the workshops and demonstrations.
The fair is organised by the Conselh Generau d’Aran with the collaboration of Foment Torisme Val d’Aran, the Town Council of Vielha e Mijaran, the Association of Artisans and Artists of the Aran Valley, producers of the guarantee brand “Productos de la Val d’Aran”, Som Pirineu and the Association of Rural Houses in the Aran Valley.

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The formula that combines explanations of the Romanesque churches in the Val d’Aran with classical music concerts, the already consolidated Romanic Musicau, returns this summer of 2019 to bring tourists to the history of Aranese heritage and show the evolution of Valley monuments linked to their customs and traditions.

The activity begins with an audiovisual presentation about the church where it is celebrated, and ends with a concert of classical music. Sponsored by the Conselh Generau d’Aran and Foment de Torisme dera Val d’Aran, with the collaboration of the Arxiprestat dera Val d’Aran, this free cycle reinforces the program of guided tours to heritage that holds the Conselh Generau d’Aran.

Download here the Dyptich of the Romanic Musicau Summer 2019

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The Sant Joan de Arties exhibition hall hosts the exhibition “Er art der harga” (The art of forging), organised by the Private Foundation of the Val d’Aran Ethnological Museum in collaboration with the Val d’Aran Museums. The exhibition can be visited from Monday to Saturday from 17:00 to 21:00h until 28 September.
The inauguration was attended by the Síndic d’Aran, Paco Boya, and the president of the Val d’Aran Ethnological Museum Foundation, Rosa Mari Salgueiro, who were accompanied by the councillor Angelina Casas and the mayor of Naut Aran, César Ruiz Canela, among others.
Most of the objects on display come from the small craft workshops in Aran. The exhibition contains 109 photographs showing his forge work, in elements such as balconies, grilles, doors, windows, doorknobs, knobs or keys. You can also see tools from the homes of the houses, irons, burners, blowers, three feet, or tools for field work such as pitchforks, pliers, mousetraps, and others to mark the animals.
Entrance to the exhibition is free of charge.

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One hundred and fifty Spanish and foreign hikers will participate in the second edition of the Val d’Aran Walking Festival, which will take place from 1 to 7 July. On this occasion, the programme includes 23 excursions suitable for all levels of demand. Among them you can choose between gentle walks through emblematic places of the Val d’Aran such as the Uelhs deth Joeu or the Saut deth Pish waterfall, or more complicated ascents such as the Tuc de Aubas, Tuc de la Salana or Tuc de la Escaleta, all of them fantastic viewpoints.

NOVELTIES OF THE SECOND EDITION

Among the main novelties this year is the cross-border crossing from the Hospice de France to Bossost, through the Coth de Baretja, with the option to climb the Tuc de Aubas, the Mirador del Aneto. A day will also be devoted to discovering the Victoria Mine, the main representation of the Val d’Aran mining area at the beginning of the 20th century.

As for the traditional Marxa Naut Aran, which is celebrated on Sunday as the closing of the Festival, this year the Port de la Bonaigua Way will be held, a historic route that belongs to the “Camins Vius” network. The route starts from the Hermitage to the Port and goes down to Salardu, where the closing aperitif of the Festival will be held, offered by the Naut Aran Town Hall.

The Town Hall of Vielha will welcome the participants with a session of Aranese Dances and tasting of typical sweets and muscatel. You can also visit the new factory of Artisan Beer in Bossost, where you can make a tasting with pica-pica and music offered by the City of Bossost.

Torisme Val d’Aran offers a tasting of products from the Val d’Aran guarantee brand in the Bahns de Tredòs area. A visit can also be made to Aran Park, the wildlife park located in the Portillon de Bossost area. The traditional Bagergue cheese tasting and the night observation of stars will be repeated and, as a novelty, a medicinal plants workshop will be held.

PYRENEES FESTIVALS

The 2nd Val d’Aran Walking Festival is organised by the mountain activities company Camins with the support of the Club Alpí Aranès. The Festival is sponsored by the Consèlh Generau d’Aran, Torisme Val d’Aran and the town councils of Naut Aran, Vielha and Bossòst. Various sports institutions such as the ERA, FEDME and FEEC, bodies such as the Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park, Val d’Aran Museums and various service companies and hotels in the Val d’Aran also collaborate in the Festival.

The Val d’Aran Hiking Festival is part of the Pyrenees Festivals coordinated by IDAPA in collaboration with the Pirineus Brand, which this year includes a total of 11 Festivals that take place from May to October. The Val d’Aran Walking Festival is twinned with the Gran Canaria Walking Festival and the Euskadi Puntaik-Punta Hiking Festival, with which they celebrate exchanges of experiences and joint promotions.

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