8 notable places within an hour's drive.
national park
Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park
Catalonia's only national park: granite peaks, twisting alpine streams and some 200 glacial lakes centred on Estany de Sant Maurici beneath the twin Els Encantats spires. 4x4 taxis from Espot run visitors to the lake.
29 km · about 35 min drive
natural wonder
Congost de Mont-rebei
A 500-metre-deep limestone gorge on the Noguera Ribagorçana where the only way through is a footpath carved into the sheer wall above jade-green water. Park at La Masieta and walk in; kayaks run the gorge in summer.
34 km · about 40 min drive
mountain pass
Port de la Bonaigua
A 2,072 m pass on the C-28 crowning the road into the Val d'Aran, with sweeping switchbacks above the treeline beside the Baqueira-Beret ski slopes.
37 km · about 45 min drive
tunnel
Vielha Tunnel
The 5.2 km Juan Carlos I tunnel on the N-230 bores under the Pyrenees to give the Val d'Aran its only year-round road link with the rest of Spain: a landmark of 20th-century engineering.
40 km · about 45 min drive
mountain pass
Coll d'Ordino
A quiet 1,980 m pass on the CS-340 between Ordino and Canillo, a favourite driving and cycling detour with layered views over Andorra's central valleys.
58 km · about 65 min drive
natural wonder
Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley
UNESCO-listed glacial valley covering 9% of Andorra, a pristine landscape of mountain pastures, cliffs, and glacial lakes.
59 km · about 70 min drive
cathedral
Sanctuary of Meritxell
National shrine of Andorra in the Valira d'Orient valley: Ricardo Bofill's striking 1976 basilica of arches and mirrors stands beside the burnt-out Romanesque original, honouring the country's patroness Our Lady of Meritxell.
59 km · about 70 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Mirador Roc del Quer
A vertigo-inducing steel walkway jutting 20 m off a cliff on the Coll d'Ordino road above Canillo, ending in a glass floor and a seated bronze figure gazing over the valley.
60 km · about 70 min drive