COLLABORATING ENTITIES OF THE GEOPARK: on your trip to the Unesco Sobrarbe-Pyrenees World Geopark look for them and enjoy their welcome and services.
ROUTE: Boltaña - Guaso - Las Bellostas - Bagüeste - Santa Marina hermitage
TYPE OF ROUTE: A linear route by car between Boltaña and/or Aínsa and Las Bellostas (there and back on the same road).
Includes a visit to:
STARTING POINT: From Boltaña take the A-2205 from the Monasterio Hotel, towards Guaso and Arcusa. From Aínsa, take the A-2205 from the Meson de Ainsa Hotel, towards Guaso and Arcusa.
Guaso's unusual layout sets it apart from other villages because its houses and neighbourhoods are spread out on the sides of a hill at the top of which sits its Romanesque parish church and the "Esconjuradero". It's also the ideal spot from which to take a geological look at most of the Sobrarbe-Pirineos Geopark.
Have a look at Information Table 3. "An ocean of rocks". Geo-Route panel at the side of the road.
There are several stops you can make along the way, for example at the villages of Sarsa de Surta and Las Bellostas. Here you can take in dramatic landscapes and curious architecture as you gaze towards the northerly peaks of the Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park, from this abandoned territory so little known by most of the Sobrarbe-Pirineos Geoparque's visitors.
A walk along the Geo-route GR 14 Secrets of the Guara Mountains. Las Bellostas-Santa Marina.
ROUTE: Aínsa - Morillo de Tou - Samitier Castle - Lamata - Erípol
TYPE OF ROUTE: A linear route by car from Aínsa to Erípol. You can either come back on the same road or go via Arcusa and Guaso.
Includes visits to the following places of geological interest:
To get a general picture of the Sobrarbe Geopark, we recommend a visit to the Geopark Visitor Centre in Ainsa Castle. You can download the GR1 Geopark Interpretation Centre Geo-Route in advance from the Geopark Website.
Take the A-138 south from Ainsa towards Barbastro. Stop in the first village, Morillo de Tou, and have a look at the geological information tables 7 and 8.
Continue along the main road until you reach the village of Samitier, where you can park the car and follow signs for the GR 3 Geology: A bird's eye view. Samitier castle and hermitages Geo-Route.
More information: Sobrarbe Museum of Paleontology.
The day ends in Erípol, a small village with defensive origins from the time of the "Reconquista". From here you'll get one of the widest panoramic views in the south of Sobrarbe.
Walk up to Table 1. Landscapes of yesterday, landscapes of today.
Avda. Ordesa 79. 22340 Boltaña. Huesca. 974 518 025. geoparque@geoparquepirineos.com