Es Bordes

After returning along the twisty road to Es Bordes, we thought we’d take a quick look around the village.

Apparently this village is relatively new for the Val d’Aran being built in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, in part re-cycling stone from a local, ruined castle and built on the site of an earlier settlement. Several streets were very pretty, with alpine style houses with balconies and wide overhanging roofs.

We popped into the church too. Apart for the bell tower which is 17th century, most of the church was built at about the same time as the village and, again, much more recently than most of the medieval churches in the rest of the valley.

We then returned to the campsite, with the local forecast threatening a risk of 2cm hail, heavy rain and strong gusty winds - none of which appeared at our pitch, although there seemed to be a couple of places in the campsite which evidenced at least some rain fall.Read more