# Vall de Boí Skiing at Boí Taüll, snowshoeing in Aigüestortes, World Heritage Romanesque churches and a spa; where to sleep and eat in Taüll and Boí. Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/catalonia/boi-valley · Revisado: 2026-11-12 The Vall de Boí is the valley of the Noguera de Tor, in the Alta Ribagorça, north of Lleida. It climbs from the Pont de Suert on the L-500 and passes through Barruera, Erill la Vall, Boí and Taüll to Caldes de Boí, at the gates of the Aigüestortes National Park. In winter it brings together three things that rarely go together: the highest ski resort in the Pyrenees, Boí Taüll, eight Romanesque churches and a hermitage that UNESCO declared World Heritage, and hot water, at the Caldes spa and at a spa at the foot of the slopes. ## How to get there from Lleida and Barcelona From Lleida, take the N-230 north, Benabarre and the Pont de Suert; there you take the L-500 on the right, up the valley. Allow about two hours to Barruera and two hours twenty-five minutes to the slopes, more with snow. From Barcelona it is a little over four hours to the slopes, via the A-2 and Lleida. From Huesca and Zaragoza you enter via Graus and the N-230. These times are estimated by Geocalia with a route calculator: in winter, add a margin. The resort is about 8 km above the Pla de l'Ermita, along a mountain road that rises above 2,000 metres. Always carry chains. At weekends and on public holidays, the ALSA Snow Bus runs from Vilaller to the slopes through all the valley villages for €1. ## What does Boí Taüll have? 45 km and 43 runs: 6 green, 6 blue, 15 red and 16 black, with 10 lifts, between 2,040 and 2,751 metres. It has 170 snow cannons, covering 38% of the runs, a snowpark, a sledge area, a children's area and four ski touring routes. It is a resort for those who can already hold their own: there are more black runs than green and blue together. The adult day lift pass costs €49 online according to the rates published in November 2026 (€3 more at the ticket office); ages 12 to 24, €41.50; ages 7 to 11, €36; up to age 6, €7. The afternoon pass, from 13:00, €38.50, and the beginner pass, €26. Official rental charges €29 for an adult ski set and €21.50 for a child's. The car parks at the base are free. ## And if you don't ski? Snowshoeing. Rutes Pirineus goes up in the park's 4x4 taxi from Boí to the Planell d'Aigüestortes and walks with snowshoes to the Estany Llong: 12 km, from age 9, €47.90 plus the taxi, on 31 January, 20 February and 13 March 2027. Guies de Taüll, with an office in the village, runs half-day or full-day outings from December to April, from €35. Romanesque. Santa Maria de Taüll is free and open all winter. Sant Joan de Boí and Santa Eulàlia d'Erill la Vall cost €3, and the joint ticket for three churches, €8. Start at the Centre del Romànic in Erill la Vall, which explains the whole. Note this winter: Sant Climent de Taüll, the one with the Pantocrator, is closed from 30 November 2026 until the end of spring 2027 for roof works. Hot water. The Spa Siente Boí, at the Pla de l'Ermita, opens to non-guests: a 90-minute circuit for €20 for adults and €12 for children, Friday to Sunday from 11:00 and on other days from 16:00. The Caldes de Boí spa, at 1,500 metres, has 37 springs from 4 to 56 °C and a 55-minute thermal circuit for €45, from age 7; it does not publish its winter dates, so call beforehand. ## How long do you need? From Lleida you can go and come back in a day to ski, but the valley deserves at least one night: a day on the slopes and a morning of churches, or a day of snowshoeing and an afternoon at the spa. With two nights you see everything without rushing. ## Where to sleep In Taüll, the village closest to the slopes, the two-star Hotel El Rantiner is opposite Sant Climent, with breakfast included and free parking. At the Pla de l'Ermita, the four-star Aparthotel Siente Boí has apartments for up to six people, a spa and admits dogs. In Boí, the Hotel Pey overlooks the park taxis' square; it is closed Monday and Tuesday. ## What to eat Mountain cooking: escudella, which they call vianda here, wild boar civet, lamb and foal. El Caliu, on the way out of Taüll towards the slopes, has been doing it for 34 years and is closed on Tuesdays; this year it reopens on 3 December. At the resort, the Cafeteria Isard serves sit-down food on its first floor. ## Dónde está - Zonas: Pyrenees - Cerca: Val d'Aran (a 20.2 km), Pallars Sobirà (a 21.6 km), Benasque Valley (a 27.1 km), La Pobla de Segur (a 32.5 km) ## Qué hacer - **Skiing at Boí Taüll** (7 h · All levels · More reds and blacks than greens · Desde 49 € adult day lift pass online, rate published in November 2026): Boí Taüll is at the head of the Vall de Boí, about 8 km from the Pla de l'Ermita and Taüll along a mountain road. It is the highest resort in the Pyrenees: the base is at 2,040 metres and the summit at 2,751. That is why it holds its snow well, and why the day can be hard with wind and cold. Pistes, altitudes and lifts 45 km and 43 pistes: 6 green, 6 blue, 15 red and 16 black. Ten lifts. 170 cannons cover 38% of the pistes. It has a snowpark, a sledging area, a children's area and four ski touring routes. It is a resort for those who can already ski: there are few blues and many blacks, but the greens at the base are good for starting out. How much it costs Rates published in November 2026 for this season, buying online: the adult day (25 to 64 years) costs €49; ages 12 to 24, €41.50; ages 7 to 11 and 65 to 69, €36; up to age 6 and from 70, €7. The afternoon lift pass, from 13:00, €38.50 for adults. The beginner's one, €26, and the snowpark one are only sold at the resort. At the ticket office everything costs €3 more, except the €7 ones. Hire and lessons The resort's hire charges per day €29 for a complete adult ski set, €38 for the high-range one and €21.50 for the children's, with helmet. The snowboard set, €33 for adults and €28 for children; a helmet on its own, €6. It is open from 9:00 to 17:00. Seven schools are accredited: Escola d'Esquí Vall de Boí, the one from Durro, Kione Snowboard, Guies de Taüll, Boost, Escolaesqui.com and Ferran Monsó. Getting there and parking From Lleida, take the N-230 to Pont de Suert and the L-500 through the Vall de Boí to Taüll, where the resort road branches off. There are several free parking areas at the base, P1 (lower) and P2 (upper). At weekends and public holidays, the ALSA Bus de la Neu leaves Vilaller at 7:45 and stops at Pont de Suert, Barruera, Boí, Taüll and the Pla de l'Ermita; it reaches the pistes at 9:00 and costs €1. Take chains: the resort road climbs above 2,000 metres. Opening hours Pistes from 9:00 to 16:45, last lift. From 31 March, until 16:00. On Christmas Day, from 9:00 to 13:00. - **Santa Maria de Taüll** (30 min · Everyone · Free): Santa Maria is the church in the centre of Taüll, a few hundred metres from Sant Climent. It forms part of the Romanesque ensemble of the Vall de Boí, a UNESCO World Heritage Site: eight churches and a chapel from the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The original paintings are in the MNAC in Barcelona; here reproductions are seen in their place. Hours and admission Admission is free, also for groups and schoolchildren. In November and December it is open Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 19:00, without a break at midday, and on Sunday from 10:00 to 14:00 (on Sundays 6 and 27 December, also in the afternoon). It is closed on 25 December and on the afternoons of the 24th and 31st. From January to April it keeps the same hours Monday to Saturday and Sunday morning; from 4 July to 30 August it is open daily until 20:00. With 30 minutes you can see it at leisure. If you want someone to explain it to you, the Centre del Romànic runs guided visits by booking all year, of about 45 minutes per church; up to ten people cost €30 per church. This winter It is the church in Taüll you can see inside: Sant Climent is closed from 30 November 2026 until the end of spring 2027 for roof works. What you see It was consecrated on 11 December 1123, a day after Sant Climent, by the same bishop of Roda-Barbastro; the consecration record is the first document to mention it. It has a basilica plan with three aisles, a central apse and two small apses, with gabled wooden roofs on arches resting on cylindrical pillars. The bell tower is set inside the church and cuts across the right aisle; in its base stone from an earlier building was reused. In the eighteenth century the south apse was demolished to make a sacristy, a lantern was added and the side aisles were divided into chapels. The restoration of the 1970s gave it back the Romanesque appearance you see today. The paintings were removed between 1919 and 1923. In the central apse there is a reproduction of the Epiphany, with the Virgin and Child, the Three Kings and the apostles, and beneath it medallions with real and fantastic animals. On the south wall, since 2013, a copy of the scenes from the Old and New Testaments by the so-called Master of the Last Judgement. In 2024 an original fragment of the Bathing of the Infant Jesus was reintegrated into a column. Around Taüll can be walked in a short time and from here the road climbs to the Boí Taüll ski resort. For lunch, El Caliu is at the edge of the village. If you continue through the valley, the Centre del Romànic joint ticket adds other churches such as Sant Joan de Boí. - **Guided Snowshoeing from Aigüestortes to the Estany Llong** (7 h 45 · 12 km · Beginners, used to walking five hours · Desde 47.9 € per person, excluding taxi and snowshoes): A day outing on snowshoes through the Boí side of the Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park, with a qualified Rutes Pirineus guide. The park's 4x4 taxi drops you at the Planell d'Aigüestortes, and from there you walk on snow across the Aiguadassi meadows to the estany Llong, which in the depths of winter is usually frozen and covered. From the Boí square to the Planell by taxi You meet at 9:15 in Boí, in the car park below the church of Sant Joan, next to the taxi office. The ride to the Planell information hut takes about half an hour and there is no other way up in snow: the 4x4 taxi to Aigüestortes is paid separately, directly to the driver, €15 for adults, €13 for retired people and €9.50 for children. Aiguadassi, the Centraleta and the estany Llong First is the Sant Esperit viewpoint, over the vall de Sant Nicolau. Then the path crosses the Planell Gran and the Aiguadassi meadows, passes the Centraleta refuge and continues to the Estany Llong refuge, with a final slope up to the lake, at about 2,000 metres. The return goes down through the forest to the Pi de Peixerani and back to the Planell to catch the taxi. There is a stop for lunch on the way. The guide may change the route depending on the weather and the state of the snow. It is 12 km with 275 m of climbing and the same of descent: about four hours and three quarters walking, eight hours with stops and taxis. You are back in Boí at around 17:00. Technically it is easy, designed for those trying snowshoes for the first time, but the terrain is high mountain and you need to be able to walk for five hours. The minimum age is 9 years. €47.90 for the guide and the picnic on your back The guide costs €47.90 per person, VAT included, with planning, monitoring of weather and snow and accident insurance. Snowshoes and poles are hired for €9.90. Groups are four to ten people; if four are not reached, they refund the money. The booking is only confirmed when you pay, by transfer or card. Food and water are your own responsibility: a litre and a half at least and some picnic. You need waterproof mid- or high-ankle mountain boots, breathable warm clothing, gloves, hat and neck gaiter, sunglasses and sun cream, and a rucksack with straps for hanging the snowshoes. Rutes Pirineus may leave out anyone who arrives without the essential equipment. 31 January, 20 February and 13 March The listing publishes three outings: Sunday 31 January, Saturday 20 February and Saturday 13 March 2027. For another day, they run private outings with a quote, and for groups of seven or more they also ask for a separate quote. - **Snowshoeing in the Vall de Boí with Guies de Taüll** (4 h · Beginners; the route is chosen according to the snow · Desde 35 € depending on the outing): Guies de Taüll, with an office in Taüll itself, runs snowshoe groups through the Vall de Boí from December to April. It is the outing for a day with no fixed date in other calendars: you choose half a day or a full day and the guide picks the route according to the snow and the avalanche risk. Who takes you It is a small company in the valley with more than thirty years in mountain activities. Its team includes high-mountain guides with the UIAGM qualification, mid-mountain accompanying guides and a technical director trained in snow science and avalanche management, a member and teacher of the Associació per al Coneixement de la Neu i les Allaus (ACNA). They work with small groups and collaborate with the Vall de Boí and with the Asociación Española de Guías de Montaña. It matters that the guide knows the valley's snow well: the route is decided each day depending on the state of the snowpack. What the outing is like The website advertises the snowshoe excursion as a half-day or full-day outing through the Vall de Boí, and the company says it offers options for all levels. It does not publish fixed routes, elevation gain or meeting point: the guide sets them when you book depending on the snow. If you are looking for a fixed itinerary with times and kilometres, the snowshoe outing to Aigüestortes and the Estany Llong has a published programme. For those who already have experience, Guies de Taüll also offers in April 2027 the five-day Carros de Foc snowshoe traverse through the Aigüestortes National Park, from €675. Before booking The website advertises the outings from €35 without detailing route or meeting point. Call 676 225 072, or write on WhatsApp to that same number, and ask: whether the price is per person or per group; whether it includes snowshoes and poles, or you have to hire them; from what age they do it and what duration suits children; where you meet and at what time. The office is at carrer Gralleres, 15, in Taüll. Bring layered warm clothing, waterproof boots, sunglasses, water and something to eat, especially if you choose the full day. To round off the day After the outing, in Taüll itself you can visit Santa Maria, free to enter, and have lunch at El Caliu. To relax your legs, the Spa Siente Boí at the Pla de l'Ermita is open in the afternoon. - **Thermal Circuit at the Caldes de Boí Spa** (55 min · Adults; children from age 7 in their own slot · Desde 45 € per person): Caldes de Boí is the spa at the end of the L-500 road, at the head of the valley, at 1,470 metres. It is fed by 37 springs that emerge at between 4 and 56 °C, and around them are two hotels, the Manantial and the Caldas, with the thermal centre connected inside. You do not need to sleep there: the thermal circuit is sold by sessions to anyone who books. €45 circuit, €50 route and separate steam rooms The thermal circuit lasts 55 minutes and costs €45 per person. The thermal route is something else: 50 minutes and €50, with natural steam room, circular shower, pressure shower and inhalation, and it can only be booked for two or more people. The natural steam rooms, the spa's steam baths, can also be booked separately: 10 minutes from €26. For families there are two fixed rates for 55 minutes: €95 for two adults and one child, and €112 for two adults and two children. The menu adds tartera baths with hydromassage, showers, massages and mud treatments, the latter only after a medical consultation (€48 if you are not staying there). Children: only from 16:30 to 17:30 Children under 7 do not enter the circuit. From 7 upwards they enter in a slot of their own, from 16:30 to 17:30, with a children's admission of €15. If you are going with children of that age, organise the afternoon around that hour and ask for that slot when you book: outside it the circuit is adults only. Flip-flops, cap and swimwear are compulsory for everyone. Bring your own; the website does not say whether they sell or lend them. The outdoor pools are for summer Next to the Hotel Manantial there are two outdoor pools fed by the Font del Bou and the Font del Boix, one at 28–30 °C and the other at 9 °C. They only open in summer: in 2025 it was from 21 June to 6 September, with a day ticket at €18 for non-guests. In the snow season do not count on them. From December to April, call before going up The spa does not publish opening hours or dates for the thermal centre for winter 2026-27, and there is no date on its website after the summer season. Before making the trip from Boí, call 973 69 62 10 or write to reservas@caldesdeboi.com and book your time. If it is closed, the Spa Siente Boí at the Pla de l'Ermita is the alternative with hot water in the valley. Caldes is beyond the Boí turning. About 2 km before it is the Palanca de la Molina car park, where the walk up to Aigüestortes begins; if you do not feel like walking, the park's 4x4 taxis go up from the Boí square. - **Wellness Circuit at the Siente Boí Spa** (1 h 30 · Adults and children from age 3 until 18:00 · Desde 20 € per person): The spa of the Aparthotel Siente Boí, at the Pla de l'Ermita, halfway between Taüll and the pistes, is open to non-guests. It is the plan for when the fog comes down or for the afternoon after skiing: heated pool, thermal area and a 90-minute circuit booked by the hour. What it has The wellness circuit centres on a heated pool at 30–32 °C with jets for feet, legs and lower back, a relaxation bench with three hydromassage beds and a swan-neck waterfall. Around it there are a footbath, showers and loungers. The thermal area adds a Turkish bath, a Finnish sauna and a Swedish cold-water bucket for contrast. The changing rooms, separate for women and men, have showers, soap and individual lockers; admission includes a towel and locker key. Apart from the circuit, the spa has a private hydromassage room with bubble bath and a menu of massages and treatments: full massage, lymphatic drainage, foot reflexology, localised massage and children's massage; massages from around the world such as geothermal with volcanic stones, Ayurvedic, tuina or Thai, and treatments such as facial cleansing, body exfoliation and chocolate or seaweed wraps. The website does not publish their prices: ask when you book. Hours and price Monday to Thursday from 16:00 to 21:00; Friday to Sunday from 11:00 to 21:00. Children, from age 3 and until 18:00; under-3s cannot enter. The 90-minute circuit costs €20 for adults and €12 for children aged 3 to 12. Book beforehand: it is essential. This is done through the resort's booking system, on 973 949 948 or at reservas@boitaullresort.com; for groups, at grupos@boitaullresort.com. What to bring Swimwear, flip-flops and a swimming cap are compulsory. If you are missing the cap or flip-flops, they sell them at reception for €2 each. Pregnant women should consult their doctor first. How to fit it in With children, the best slot is the first hour of the afternoon on weekdays or the weekend morning, before 18:00. If you ski at the Boí Taüll resort, the Pla de l'Ermita is on the way down. If you are looking for natural thermal waters, the Caldes de Boí thermal circuit is the other option in the valley. - **Sant Climent de Taüll** (30 min · Everyone · 5 €): Sant Climent, at the entrance to Taüll, is the church of the Pantocrator: its painted apse, the original, is in the MNAC in Barcelona, and here you see it through a video mapping that projects it onto the wall in its place. It is the best-known piece of the Romanesque ensemble of the Vall de Boí, a World Heritage Site, and the one most people look for on arriving in the valley. Closed this winter From 30 November 2026 it is closed to the public for roof conservation works, expected to last until the end of spring 2027. During that time there are no guided visits inside either. Until 29 November it is open Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 16:00 to 19:00 and on Sunday from 10:00 to 14:00; admission costs €5, €3 for groups of 15 or more and €2 for schoolchildren. You can still see it from the outside: the bell tower can be seen from all over the village and the walk from the plaça de Santa Maria is short. If you go in winter, the alternative inside Taüll is Santa Maria de Taüll, consecrated a day later and with free admission. What you see inside It was consecrated on 10 December 1123, according to the record painted on one of its columns, on an earlier eleventh-century church. It has a basilica plan, with three aisles separated by columns, a gabled wooden roof and three apses decorated outside with Lombard arcading and sawtooth friezes. The bell tower, square in plan at the south-east corner, has six storeys of windows that widen as they rise, which lightened the weight and allowed it to be built higher. The wall paintings were removed between 1919 and 1922. In the central apse what you see today is, above all, a projection: the Mapping Taüll 1123 combines the image of the Pantocrator preserved in Barcelona with the fragments that remain on the wall. Among the originals that remain, attributed to the Master of Taüll around 1123, are Cain killing Abel, with the inscription "ABEL", a figure playing a trumpet and the animals coming to drink at the fountains in the south apse. Inside there are also three wooden carvings (a Christ Saviour of the thirteenth century, a Christ on the cross of the twelfth and a Virgin and Child), the reproduction of a presbytery bench whose original is in the MNAC and two lipsanothecas, travertine reliquaries found in 2010 beside the altar and on display since 2024. The video mapping Showings start at 10:15, 11:00, 12:00, 12:45, 13:30, 16:15, 17:00, 17:45 and 18:30; at Easter, in July and in August they add 19:00 and 19:30. The centre does not publish how long each showing lasts. Plan your visit to go in a few minutes before one of them. How to combine it Tickets are bought on the Centre del Romànic booking website or at the door. In Erill la Vall, the Centre del Romànic and Santa Eulàlia explain the ensemble, and in Boí there is Sant Joan. For lunch in Taüll, El Caliu is at the edge of the village, on the way to the pistes. - **Sant Joan de Boí** (30 min · Everyone · €3 · joint ticket for 3 churches €8): Sant Joan, in the village of Boí, is one of the oldest churches in the ensemble: according to the Centre del Romànic, it is the one that preserves the most elements of the first, eleventh-century construction in the whole valley. Its original wall paintings, with scenes of minstrels and animals, were taken to the MNAC; inside you see a reproduction in their place. It is next to the plaça del Treio, from where the park taxis leave. Hours and admission In November and December, Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 16:00 to 19:00; on Sundays, from 10:00 to 14:00 (on Sundays 6 and 27 December, also from 16:00 to 19:00). It is closed on 25 December and on the afternoons of the 24th and 31st. Admission costs €3, €2 for groups of 15 or more and for schoolchildren; children up to age 10 accompanied by an adult go in free. The joint ticket for three churches costs €8; for five, €12, and for seven, €15. They are bought on the Centre del Romànic booking website. Half an hour is enough to see it. What you see It is a basilica with three aisles separated by round arches on low, massive columns and pillars, with a gabled wooden roof. It had three apses: the central one was demolished in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century alterations and only its arches remain, and the south side apse was rebuilt in the restoration of the 1970s. The bell tower, attached to the south wall, has three storeys: the base from the eleventh century, the next two from the twelfth with Lombard decoration and the last one modern. The paintings were removed in two campaigns, between 1920 and 1923 and between 1976 and 1978, and in 1997-1998 the copies that now cover the walls were made. The idea is to see the church as it was painted in the early twelfth century: saints above and bestiary animals below and on the soffits of the arches. Look out for three scenes. The stoning of Saint Stephen, with the saint on his knees and three executioners throwing stones. The minstrels on the north wall: an acrobat upside down, a juggler and a harpist. And the bestiary, with an elephant drawn with horns and tiny ears, a lion, a panther, a camel and a cockerel over the north door. Outside, over that door, there are remains of a theophany and medieval graffiti of towers and horsemen. Inside a Romanesque baptismal font is also preserved. Boí on foot Boí is the village that gives the valley its name; it appears written for the first time in 1064. From the church everything is close: the plaça del Treio, the Restaurant Pey and the Hotel Pey. If you are going up to the park by 4x4 taxi to Aigüestortes, the church fits in on the way back. To see the ensemble explained, the Centre del Romànic in Erill la Vall is very close, in the next village. - **Santa Eulàlia d'Erill la Vall and the Centre del Romànic** (1 h · Everyone · 3 €): Santa Eulàlia is the Romanesque church of Erill la Vall, a small village at the entrance to the Boí valley. Next door, on carrer del Batalló, the Centre del Romànic explains the ensemble: it has reopened with immersive rooms and is the place to buy the joint ticket and ask for guided visits. It is a good first step before seeing the other churches. Hours and admission In November and December, the church is open Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 16:00 to 19:00 and on Sunday morning, from 10:00 to 14:00; on Sundays 6 and 27 December it also opens in the afternoon. It is closed on 25 December and on the afternoons of the 24th and 31st. Admission, €3; €2 for groups of 15 or more and schoolchildren. Children up to age 10, accompanied, do not pay. The Centre del Romànic is open all year from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 16:00 to 19:00, except 1 and 6 January, 25 December and the afternoons of the 24th and 31st. Admission costs €5 and the rooms are visited in sessions at fixed times: buy on the booking website, because capacity is limited, and arrive on time, as 15 minutes after your time they do not let you in. The experience is for over-8s. They can be reached on 973 696 715. Guided visits to the churches run all year by appointment, in Catalan, Spanish, French and English. The centre The new exhibition tells the story of the territory, its people and the churches from the eleventh century to today, with immersive resources and a virtual reality experience: how the valley's churches were conceived, built and paid for, how the first scholars of Romanesque studied them and how their value has changed over time. If you have little time in the valley, start here. The church Erill la Vall appears in a document of 1064, when the counts of Pallars Sobirà sold it, with its church, to those of Pallars Jussà. Santa Eulàlia was built in four phases between the eleventh and twelfth centuries. It has a single very elongated nave and a three-apse cloverleaf head, rebuilt to its original layout in the 1994-1997 restoration. The bell tower, of six storeys with Lombard decoration and paired windows, is aligned with those of Sant Joan de Boí and Sant Climent de Taüll, which allowed communication from one end of the valley to the other. On the north porch there are traces of red paint and a serpent engraved in the mortar. Inside is the piece most people remember: the Descent from the Cross, seven carved figures from the twelfth century, of white poplar except for the Christ, of walnut. It is the only complete group preserved from the Erill workshop. The originals are divided between the MNAC and the Museu Episcopal de Vic; what you see in the church is a copy. How to fit it in Erill la Vall is on the road that climbs to Boí and Taüll, so it is on your way. From here, Santa Maria de Taüll is the free-entry church that remains open this winter in Taüll. For more information about the valley, the Tourist Office is in Barruera. - **By 4x4 Taxi from Boí to the Planell d'Aigüestortes** (3 h · Everyone; in winter, with snow clothing · €15 adult · €9.50 child (fare quoted by Rutes Pirineus)): The Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park does not allow private cars up to the Planell d'Aigüestortes. From Boí you go up in the 4x4s of the Associació de Taxis de la Vall de Boí, which leave from the plaça del Treio, next to the church of Sant Joan and the Casa del Parc. It is about 30 minutes of track to the Planell information hut. How it works in the plaça del Treio There is no booking: you arrive at the square and hire the taxi right there. The service runs all year as long as the weather allows, generally from 9:00 to 18:00, with hours adjusted to each season. In winter it is shorter and there are days when no vehicle goes, so the day before call 629 205 489 to find out whether they are going up and what time the last return is. Neither the association nor the valley's tourist office publishes the fares as text. The only one we have found in writing is the one Rutes Pirineus quotes for its snowshoe outings: €15 for adults, €13 for retired people and €9.50 for children, paid to the driver. Confirm it when you go up, especially if you are in a group. The Planell and the flat path to the estany Llong The Planell is the plain of meanders that gives the park its name. From there, the path to the estany Llong, at about 2,000 metres, is practically flat until the last stretch before the refuge and the lake. Those who continue towards the estany Redó or the Portarró d'Espot, the pass that goes down to Sant Maurici, are already on a mountain route. In winter all of this is under snow. Without snowshoes, do not leave the track; with them, check the ICGC avalanche bulletin first or go up with a guide, as on the snowshoe outing to the estany Llong, which uses this same taxi. Without a taxi: the Palanca de la Molina If you prefer to walk up, leave the car in the Palanca de la Molina car park, on the L-500, about 2 km before Caldes; if it is full, in the Farga one, beside the road, which admits motorhomes. From the Palanca, the camí dels Enamorats climbs in about 20 minutes to the upper car park, and from there the Llúdriga route reaches Aigüestortes in about two and a half hours each way. With snow, that climb is a different excursion. ## Dónde comer - **El Caliu** (Restaurant, Taüll, €€). Qué pedir: the vianda (escudella) to start and, for the main course, the wild boar civet, the foal stew or the magret with cranberry sauce; for dessert, the cheese flan with raspberry coulis - **Restaurant Pey** (Restaurant, Boí, €€). Qué pedir: ask about the valley-cooking dish of the day and the vegetables from its own garden - **Cafeteria Isard** (Café, Boí Taüll, €€). Qué pedir: the first-floor menu if you want to sit down to eat; downstairs, a hot bocadillo between runs ## By car: The Vall de Boí by Car The car is the normal way to get here: the N-230 from Lleida to Pont de Suert and the L-500 up the valley. You sleep in Taüll, Boí or the Pla de l'Ermita and go up to the pistes every morning. The budget includes lift pass, food and shared accommodation. Presupuesto orientativo: 110–190 € por persona y día. ### Dónde dormir if you're driving - **Hotel El Rantiner** (Hotel): The church of Sant Climent is right opposite the door of the Rantiner, on carrer Trestaüll in Taüll. It is a two-star family hotel that has been in the village for more than twenty years, with 28 rooms, all exterior, with a window or balcony. The Boí Taüll resort is about 10 km away along the road that climbs through the Pla de l'Ermita, and the Molina car park, where the routes to Aigüestortes begin, about 6 km. Rooms for two to four, and a suite There are doubles, with a double bed or two beds, triples, quadruples with a double bed and two singles, and a suite with a sofa bed. Some have a shower tray designed for people with reduced mobility, and the lift reaches all floors except the apartment, which is reached by stairs only. The valley's tourist office publishes prices of €67 to €85 a night. Breakfast included, dinner out The buffet breakfast, from 8:00 to 10:00, is included in the price. There is no restaurant: the café is open from 8:00 to 22:30 and for dinner you have to go out. On foot you have the Santa Maria square and, at the edge of the village, El Caliu, which closes on Tuesdays. If you set out early for the mountains, the hotel prepares a packed lunch with bocadillo, fruit and a drink. Skis, car and late arrival It has a secure space for storing skis and mountain equipment, and a discount for guests at the Sports Baró hire shop, a few steps away. Parking is free, outdoors, in front of the hotel, and wifi reaches the rooms and common areas. Reception is open from 8:00 to 22:30; if you arrive before check-in time they store your luggage, and if you arrive late they send you directions for getting in by WhatsApp. The terrace and porch face the church and the valley. Bear in mind that Sant Climent closes from 30 November 2026 to the end of spring 2027 for roof works: this winter you will see it from outside, and for the Romanesque inside you have Santa Maria de Taüll, a few minutes' walk away. Pets, cots and dates: ask It does not publish the season's opening dates, nor whether it admits pets, nor whether it has cots. Ask on 973 696 184 or 630 238 317, or at info@hotelelrantiner.com, before booking. - **Aparthotel Siente Boí & Spa** (Apartment): Above Taüll, on the resort road, is the Pla de l'Ermita housing development, and in it the Aparthotel Siente Boí, with 161 beds. From the door it is 8.6 km by road to the pistes of Boí Taüll, and Taüll, with its Romanesque churches and restaurants, is a short drive downhill. It has four stars and 39 apartments, and is booked on the Boí Taüll Resort website. Apartments for two, four or six There are two sizes. The one for two to four people has a double bedroom, a living room with a sofa bed, a small equipped kitchen and a full bathroom. The one for up to six adds a second double bedroom. All have heating, air conditioning, television, safe, hairdryer, fridge, microwave and kitchenware, with daily cleaning; the full kitchen depends on the apartment type, so confirm which one you get if you plan to cook. The valley's tourist office publishes prices of €70 to €250 a night. Check-in is from 16:00 and check-out until 11:00. Reception is staffed 24 hours and stores luggage if you arrive early or leave late. Breakfast, dinner and the spa downstairs The restaurant serves breakfast as a buffet and in sittings, from 8:00 to 10:00 in winter and from 8:30 to 10:30 in summer, and dinner à la carte from 20:00 to 22:00, also with an assigned sitting. The listing does not publish half-board prices; ask when you book if you are not going to cook. The 1,200 m² spa is not included. The Spa Siente Boí circuit lasts 90 minutes and costs €20 for adults and €12 for children aged 3 to 12; under-3s do not enter and in the late afternoon it is adults only, so with children book early. In summer there is also an outdoor pool, from 10:00 to 20:00. Car, charger and ski store Covered parking costs €12 a night and is booked subject to availability. Electric car charging, another €12 a night: the socket is Schuko, so bring your own adapter. The listing mentions no ski store or laundry; if you need them, ask beforehand. With children and with a dog Cots are free, but must be requested before arrival. It accepts up to two pets per apartment, with no weight limit, for €15 a night each; let them know after booking and do not leave them alone in the apartment. For dinner out, El Caliu is at the edge of Taüll, on the same road. - **Hotel Pey** (Small hotel): In the Boí square The Hotel Pey, which on its website signs itself as HPEY, hotel-hostal Pey, faces the plaça del Treio in Boí, next to the church of Sant Joan and the stop for the 4x4 taxis that go up to Aigüestortes. It is a family hostal with 35 rooms, with a bar and restaurant serving home cooking with produce from its own garden. The rooms There are three types. The basic ones, for two, three or four people, simply decorated and designed for tight budgets. The standard ones, for two or three, with wooden interiors: most are doubles with two beds, there is one with a double bed and several attic triples. And the hostal ones, for one, two or three people, refurbished; in the doubles the bedroom has been renovated but not the bathroom. All have bed linen, towels, heating, television and wifi. There is no air conditioning or hairdryer in the rooms; at reception they lend one. Only some admit a cot or extra bed, and not all are accessible: check before booking. Smoking is not allowed anywhere in the establishment and animals are not admitted. Meals Breakfast is optional, a buffet, from 8:00 to 10:30. The restaurant serves lunch from 13:00 to 15:45 and dinner from 20:00 to 22:30, and the bar-café is open from 8:00 to 22:30 with tapas, bocadillos and picnics, which come in handy for a day at Aigüestortes. The website does not publish prices: they are shown when you book. What you need to know Check-in is from 15:00 to 22:00 and check-out until 12:00. It is closed on Monday and Tuesday and from 4 to 21 May. The hotel has no car park of its own, but there are two free public car parks nearby. The tourist tax is not included in the price. They accept cash and card, although they do not take cards for under €10, and the valley's only cash machine and only pharmacy are in Barruera. Who it is for For those coming to Aigüestortes and the Romanesque: the park taxis leave from the same square without booking, and Sant Joan de Boí is a few steps away. In winter, Boí Taüll is about 20 minutes away by car; the hotel does not sell lift passes, which are bought on the resort's website. Bring chains or winter tyres. The Caldes de Boí spa is in the same valley, with direct booking. In summer, the municipal outdoor swimming pool is about a hundred metres away. Book on its website, where it offers the best direct price, on 973 69 60 36 or at info@hotelpey.com. ## As a family: The Vall de Boí with Children Boí Taüll charges little for the youngest and has a children's area and sledges. The valley adds what a resort does not have: nine-hundred-year-old churches that can be seen in half an hour and a spa that admits children from age 3. ### What works best Lift pass up to age 6, €7; ages 7 to 11, €36 The resort's children's area and sledging area The Siente Boí Spa, children aged 3 to 12 at €12, until 18:00 Santa Maria de Taüll, free, in the village square The 4x4 taxi to Aigüestortes, if the weather allows ### Where to sleep Hotel El Rantiner, with quadruple rooms and breakfast included Aparthotel Siente Boí, with apartments for up to six ### Where to eat El Caliu, with sittings at 13:00 and 15:00 ### Bear in mind Children's hire equipment costs €21.50 a day, with helmet At Caldes de Boí children under 7 do not enter the circuit Up there, at 2,000 metres, it is much colder than in the village ### Qué hacer as a family - Skiing at Boí Taüll - Santa Maria de Taüll - Thermal Circuit at the Caldes de Boí Spa - Wellness Circuit at the Siente Boí Spa - Sant Joan de Boí - Santa Eulàlia d'Erill la Vall and the Centre del Romànic - By 4x4 Taxi from Boí to the Planell d'Aigüestortes ## With teenagers: The Vall de Boí with Teenagers For a teenager who already skis, Boí Taüll has what they ask for: lots of reds and blacks and a snowpark. And for those who do not, a proper snowshoe outing through the national park. ### What works best Boí Taüll's 16 black and 15 red pistes The snowpark, with its own lift pass at the resort Guided snowshoeing to Aigüestortes and the estany Llong, from age 9 The half-day outings with Guies de Taüll ### Where to sleep Aparthotel Siente Boí, a step from the pistes ### Where to eat Cafeteria Isard, burgers at the base ### Bear in mind For ages 12 to 24 the lift pass costs €41.50 online The Aigüestortes outing is almost five hours of walking ### Qué hacer with teenagers - Skiing at Boí Taüll - Guided Snowshoeing from Aigüestortes to the Estany Llong - Snowshoeing in the Vall de Boí with Guies de Taüll - Santa Eulàlia d'Erill la Vall and the Centre del Romànic ## Consejos ### Buy the lift pass online You save €3 per person and day. ### Check the churches' calendar In winter many open only in the morning on Sundays. ### Call Caldes before going up The spa does not publish its winter opening. ### Use the Snow Bus For €1 it runs from the villages to the slopes and you don't have to look for parking. ## Preguntas frecuentes ### How long does it take from Lleida to Boí Taüll? About two hours twenty-five minutes to the slopes, by our estimate; more with snow. ### How much is the Boí Taüll lift pass? €49 for an adult day online and €52 at the ticket office, according to the rates published in November 2026. ### Can you see Sant Climent de Taüll this winter? Not inside: it is closed from 30 November 2026 until the end of spring 2027 for works. ### Is there a spa or hot springs in the Vall de Boí? Yes: the Spa Siente Boí, open in winter, and the Caldes de Boí spa, which does not publish its winter dates. ### Can you go up to Aigüestortes in winter? By 4x4 taxi from Boí, if the weather allows, or with snowshoes and a guide. ### Where do I park at Boí Taüll? In the free areas at the base of the resort.