What to do in Isona and Pallars Jussá?
We bring you different activities and charming places to visit with family or friends.
Dinosaurs of the Pyrenees: Museum of the Conca Dellá Isona
This museum allows us to make an exciting journey through time. We will discover an area that was formerly occupied by the Romans and long before by the last dinosaurs that inhabited the earth.
- Regular schedule:
Saturdays from 11am to 2pm and from 5pm to 7pm.
Sundays from 11 to 14h
Boletus - Isona Mushroom Fair
Do not miss one of the most popular fairs for lovers of mushrooms and artisan products held in Isona i Conca Della.
Every autumn, Boletus returns, the mushroom fair accompanied by a great gastronomic variety and a festive atmosphere. The streets and the Town Hall square of this beautiful village, are filled with food proposals that have mushrooms as the main protagonists. We can find fresh, dried or canned mushrooms, but also local products such as savory mushroom cakes, mushroom sausage, etc..
Starting date: Last weekend of October.
El Foradot
The river Abella de la Conca, located 10 minutes from Isona, makes its way through a gorge forming small natural pools and waterfalls. This becomes an ideal place to cool off in its waters and also a very fun excursion as you can walk up the river and enjoy the surrounding landscapes.
Conca Dellà Hiking Festival
Conca Dellà, located in the region of Pallars Jussá, is a pre-Pyrenean territory that stands out for its natural wealth.
The Conca Dellà Hiking Festival celebrates its fourth edition from the 20th to the 22nd of May. An opportunity to discover this incredible territory through a series of activities led by local guides that you can not miss.
Here are some of the routes and activities carried out this year:
Route through mythical and legendary places with the writer Pep Coll.
Visit the uninhabited village of Montesquiu and the caves of Montodó,
Observation of the night sky
Tour through an area of bunkers of the Civil War,
Activity to learn to know the traces of the fauna that surrounds us.
Route through Comiols, gateway to the Pyrenees.
Enduro mountain bike routes
The Prepinero de Pallars Jussá is one of the areas where you can find routes surrounded by wildlife and uninhabited places that maintain the charm of the past. For those who are looking for more technical routes, with higher slopes and long descents also have their place.
The mountains of Collegats and Boumart become ideal places for the practice of these sports whatever your level.
Hiking
From the village of Isona there are many marked trails to discover on foot the wonderful places of the Conca Dellá.
Carránima mountain range
At 1,624 m, at the top of the Sierra de Carránima, is the hermitage of the Virgin of Carránima and from where you can see wonderful views.
Sierra del Boumort - National Hunting Reserve of Boumort
Canyoning
One of the most beautiful ravines of Catalonia
One of the diamonds of the Pallars and surely of Catalonia. Fun canyon, is technical in the first part and aquatic in the second. Full of jumps and slides surrounded by the contrast between the conglomerate and the lush vegetation. A canyon that will make the day a very good experience.
Climbing
In the village of Abella, 10 minutes from Isona, there are some imposing escarpments with different open climbing routes.
The microclimates and a suitable orientation of the mountains make the Pallar Jussá an ideal place for climbing all year round.
As for the variety of rock, we find calcareous, conglomerate and granite; with options of various difficulties.
Wall of the Bagasses: It is the most important for the number of marked routes as well as for the excellent quality of its limestone rock.
Roca Regina Wall: This is a large wall, more collapsed than Bagasses, which was the center of artificial climbing and had its first route in 71 (" Gali - Molero " ). Although the rock is not of such a high quality, its height and overhang make it very attractive to climbers. Some of the routes we will find are: "Tropoma", "Pere Camins", "Swendal" or "Barrufets".
Peladet Wall
Castell D'encus: The Winery of the Pyrenees
Discover one of the best wineries in the area and learn how they make their wines. Located between 850 - 1250m in an area of maximum solar gain and bordered by an important forest mass, the estate consists of 95 rural hectares of which 25 are vineyards.
More details here:
https://www.castelldencus.com/..
Montsec Astronomical Park
A multimedia digital planetarium and a platform for observing the sky. It has a dome of 12 m. in diameter that allows an unforgettable view of the night sky.
The session is completed with an explanation of the night sky and with the opening of the dome to observe the real sky and identify some of the most outstanding objects of the night with the help of a specialized monitor.