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Durro

Member of Los Pueblos más Bonitos de España

Every June the men of Durro carry blazing pine torches down a winding path from the hermitage of Sant Quirc, a fire festival that once gave thanks for the harvest. The village lies at 1,384 m on the slopes of the Serra de Corruco in the Vall de Boí, a spread of traditional slate-roofed houses around a Lombard Romanesque church.

Highlights

Church of the Nativitat, Lombard Romanesque like the valley's other churches
The fallas in early June: a torchlit descent, then a shared meal and dance
Hermitage of Sant Quirze at 1,498 m, reached by a forest track
Stone houses with slate roofs, a large village of traditional architecture
Birthplace of Ramon Iglesias i Navarri, bishop of Urgell and co-prince of Andorra

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Durro). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Population: 100

Things to see

Events through the year

Fallas de Durro Seasonal · First week of JuneMen carry burning pine torches down from Sant Quirc; meal and dance

Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.

Adapted from Wikipedia (Durro). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Specialities of Catalonia

Typical of the region rather than of this village.

Javier Lastras from España/SpainPan con Tumaca CC BY 2.0
Pa amb tomàquetBread and pastaBread rubbed with tomato, olive oil and salt
Laia Solanellas from Reus, CataloniaParet de calçots CC BY 2.0
Calçots with romescoDishLocal onions grilled over embers and dipped in sauce at calçotadas
KritzolinaFood in Catalonia 06 CC BY-SA 4.0
Crema catalanaSweet
Javier LastrasEscalivada al restaurant Dolceta 2 (Barcelona)CC BY 2.0
EscalivadaDish
Javier LastrasButifarra blanca y negra CC BY 2.0
ButifarraCured meat
CésarCorte de espetec Casa Tarradellas CC BY-SA 2.0
Fuet de VicCured meat

Adapted from Wikipedia (Gastronomía de Cataluña). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where to sleep

10 places to stay within 3 km

Hotels 5
B&Bs and guest houses 2
Campsites 2
Hostels 1

Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Thermal baths nearby

Hot spring: Caldes de Boí (ES) · ~13 min by car
Thermal spa: Hotel Llanos del Hospital · ~41 min by car
Hot spring: Termes Baronia de Les · ~1 h 13 by car
Hot spring: Banhs de Tredòs · ~1 h 20 by car
Hot spring: Thermes · ~1 h 28 by car
Thermal spa: Thermes de Luchon · ~1 h 28 by car

Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Nearby member villages

Garòs · 23 km
Arties · 23 km
Bagergue · 26 km
Roda de Isábena · 34 km
Aínsa · 57 km

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