Hotel Roya

A family hotel in Espot

The Hotel Roya is in Espot, at the entrance to the Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park. It presents itself as a small family hotel with more than a hundred years of tradition, handed down from generation to generation. Espot Esquí is about five minutes away by car and Baqueira about half an hour.

The rooms

It has 25 rooms, all doubles, of two types: the doubles with charm, completely renovated and with mountain views, and the doubles with mountain décor. All have a private bathroom with bath or shower, toiletries and hairdryer, central heating, television, wifi and quality mattresses, and breakfast is included. The website does not publish how many of each type there are, their sizes or the prices: they can be seen in its booking engine. There are no family or triple rooms on the website.

Breakfast and dinner

Breakfast is a buffet of homemade and local products: cured meats, bread, homemade jams, local butter and milk, juices and coffee. If you let them know beforehand, they prepare gluten-free and lactose-free options. The website does not publish the hours.

Dinner is another matter: only for guests, with prior booking, for groups of at least ten and with a set menu. If you are a couple or a family, eat out; in the village square there is L'Avet de Sant Maurici, the restaurant of the Hotel Saurat.

Services for skiing and walking

It has a large private car park, which the website presents as free, a ski store, space for bicycles and ski equipment hire under the Ski Roya brand, with a point at the foot of the Espot pistes. Inside there is a café and bar, a lounge with a fireplace, a terrace and the La Llupia space, a covered outdoor area for autumn and winter afternoons by the fire, as well as a small library with information on routes, history and heritage of the valley.

Who it is for

For couples and friends who come to ski at Espot or walk in the national park, and who want a good breakfast and an early start. The guided snowshoeing to the estany de Sant Maurici meets at 8:45 in Espot itself. If you are travelling with small children, the Hotel Saurat has family rooms.

Before booking

The website does not publish the category, prices, check-in and check-out times or whether pets are admitted. Book through its engine, on 973 624 040 or at [email protected].