Hotel Saurat

In the centre of Espot

The Saurat is the hotel in plaça de Sant Martí, in the centre of Espot, at the entrance to the Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park. It has three stars and 39 rooms, all exterior and with mountain views, with a balcony, terrace or in the attic. Espot Esquí is about six minutes away by car and Baqueira, over the Bonaigua pass when it is open, about thirty.

A house of five generations

It is one of the oldest hospitality businesses in the Pallars Sobirà. It began in the nineteenth century as the Fonda Saurat, on another site and with three rooms; in the early twentieth century a building with fourteen was added, and between 1932 and 1934 the family built the present hotel on what was then the edge of the village. In the Civil War it was seized by the UGT as a rest home, and the family recovered it afterwards. It was extended in the 1960s and in 2003 the fourth generation carried out a complete refurbishment that respected the original architecture and earned it its three stars. Today the fifth runs it.

Rooms

• Superior double with terrace and garden views, with two beds or a large one.
• Double with balcony, with two beds.
• Attic double, with a large bed, and superior penthouse, with a 140 sofa bed.
• Triple with balcony, with three beds.
• Family attic room, with a large bed and two singles.
• Connecting superior: two doubles joined, for families.
• Double adapted for reduced mobility.

The website does not publish prices, check-in and check-out times or whether breakfast is included: all of that can be seen in its booking engine.

What it has

Its own restaurant, L'Avet de Sant Maurici, with a terrace beside the river; lobby with fireplace and reading corner, garden, meeting room, luggage storage and a locked bike room. Free private outdoor parking with two electric chargers and free wifi. The hotel organises rafting, canoeing, horse riding, quad bikes and 4x4 outings.

With a dog

It accepts dogs with no weight limit, two per room at most, with a supplement of €9 a night. There are few pet rooms: ask when you book. They may be in the common areas on a lead and in the garden, but not in the breakfast dining room, nor be left alone in the room except during breakfast. Bring an up-to-date vaccination card.

Who it is for

For families, because of the family and connecting rooms, and for those who come with a dog. In winter, for skiing at Espot or doing snowshoeing to the estany de Sant Maurici, which leaves from the village itself.