OECD WORKSHOP:

FIELD TRIP TO THE NATIONAL PARK OF ORDESA AND MONTEPERDIDO

Zaragoza, Spain, 6 MAY, 2010

  

TRIP  TO THE PIRINEES,  THE HIGH ARAGON . 

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8:00 Departure from Hotel Don Yo

10:30 Interactive Centre of the Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park.

11:30 Municipality of Torla- Coffe break 11:45 National Park of Ordesa and Monte

Perdido. 14:00 El Bodegón de Magallán Restaurant.

Municipality of Ainsa 16:30 Winery Irius D.O. Somontano.

Municipality of Barbastro.

19:45 Arrival to the Hotel For further information please follow http://www.turismodearagon.com/web/en/home.asp

Appropriate comfortable walking shoes and clothes are required If you require mobility aids please contact cfranco@sodemasa.com

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It is 1032m high above sea level and the natural access into the Ordesa and Bujaruelo Valleys. It is a typical Aragonese village with beautiful spots and very interesting houses. The 16th century parish church was refurbished according to the late Gothic style. There is a square tower with a pyramidal four-pitched roof. One of the small roofs is covering the atrium over the doorway. In Torla is located the Interactive Centre of the Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park. Also, its important to highlight its traditional Carnivals well known in the province.

For further information please follow http://www.turismosobrarbe.com/ http://www.torla.es/

Municipality of Torla

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Interactive Centre of the Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park

For further information please follow http://www.turismosobrarbe.com http://www.torla.es/

Municipality of Torla

Shows globally the ecology of the National Park with permanent exhibitions devoted to:

geology, ecosystems, the five worlds of the Park, the man and his environment, Park regulations, the different possibilities of access to

the National Park and the network of National Parks

and protected areas of Aragón.

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National Park of Ordesa and Monte Perdido It is located in the central Pyrenees of Huesca. The whole vale is dominated by the impressive sheer cliffs, with differences that go from 400 to 1.000 m. These walls are in some sectors subdivided by small cornices that give landings of scarce largeness, after outcropping harder calcareous banks . The vale is excavated in the North flank of a big calcareous anticline located towards the South, which axis is situated in the mountain range of the Cutas. As a whole is shaped by the glaciers that occupied in the Quaternary, with a circus in the head of the vale, with a series of landings and steps, named grandstand locally and occupied by cascades, which make lower the level gradually up to its mouth, and also a trough profile of whole vale. Its big beauty has turned it into National Park from 1918.

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From ancient, this massif has been an object of the attention of geologists, botanists, zoologists, speleologists and mountaineers for the numerous incentives that offers the singular nature of its geology, the variety of its flora and the peculiarities of its fauna. From the geologic point of view it is necessary to emphasize the massif of Monte Perdido that has been qualified like «an immense geologic poem». The flowers present a big variety of species that grow for all the corners of the Park, in the highest tops, between the fissures of the rock, in the shade of the beech grooves. These plants bloom in the spring and summer epoch, as the snow is melting.

National Park of Ordesa and Monte Perdido

For further information please follow http://www.ordesa.net

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Municipality of Aínsa

Aínsa is a small town located in the region of Sobrarbe is remarkable for its high altitude and uneven topography. The old town, in the high part of a low hill, recalls an island among the water. The square Plaza Mayor (12th-13th century), scenario of ferias and markets in the past, maintains the porches with half circle arches and pointed arches. The square is recognized for integrating in the old part of the town, the Mayor street. Here we find houses of noblemen with porched windows and big access doors, reminding us the noble past of the inhabitants.

For further information please follow http://www.lospirineos.com/pages/valles/localidad.asp?loc=55&cat=3 http://www.portal.aragon.es/portal/page/portal/.../Aragon%20Routes%20-%2004.pdf

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Municipality of Ainsa El Bodegón de Magallán Restaurant :

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The Bodegón de Mallacán medieval restaurant is located in a privileged enclave of the Aínsa Plaza Mayor, under the porches of a large house dating from the late 11th – early 12th century. It has been declared a Historical-Artistic Monument. The “Bodegón de Mallacán” Medieval Restaurant offers its guests a refined menu elaborated from a careful selection of regional Pyrenean dishes, which create a symphony of medieval style, poetry, and flavor, a real pleasure for the most discerning palates. If you have specific nutrition concerns or medically restricted diets please contact cfranco@sodemasa.com For further information please follow http://www.posadareal.com/es/restaurante/

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Winery Irius D.O. Somontano

A look at the new century In the heart of Somontano appellation of origin, IRIUS is an impressive winery integrated with nature, with 355 hectares of vineyards and state-of-the art technological advances. The base of the good wine begins at the field, that is the reason IRIUS has the most advanced methods for the care of the plant: very low performance (better quality), tall trellis, bigger surface foliating exposed, nighttime wine harvests. IRIUS is an indescribable sensation that encompasses all the senses in an accumulation of amazing experiences. Experiences like those evoked by its wines, conceived to captivate the most demanding palates. For further information please follow http://www.bodegairius.com/