9 Best Hotels in The Pyrenees, Spain

Hotel Sauce might be the perfect budget hotel—it has quirky wall art, mid-century modern furniture, bright and uncluttered rooms, and a location that can't be beat. Expect pleasing street views, impeccable cleanliness, and good soundproofing. The adjoining café and bar serves breakfast, homemade cakes, fresh lemonade, and cocktails.

Guest rooms in this carefully restored Art Nouveau house, now an eco-friendly B&B, have splendid views, crisp bedding, and knickknacks galore. The homemade vegetarian menu, \"bio\" wines, and organic breakfasts (fee) provide respite from heavier Pyrenean food. Meals are served in the lounge and dining area, overlooked by a striking ancient rock wall that fuses the house to the adjoining church of San Pedro. 

This modern hotel has quiet, minimalist rooms and a busy downstairs bar where guests and locals mingle. The glass-enclosed lobby sits beneath the undulating white walls of the upper floors, meant to evoke the surrounding mountains. For peaceful repose, there's a well-kept garden and a terrace by the pool.

This pleasantly kitschy inn with bright painted walls is a typical mountain chalet with flower-draped balconies and a plethora of memorabilia on display. The restaurant, Restaurante Gaby, is known for its satisfying Aragonese mountain cuisine and in particular the pheasant and wild boar civets. Call ahead for reservations: the owner often opens for anyone who reserves in advance, even if the place is theoretically closed.

This old grande dame hotel's central location and budget rates makes it a good base for exploring Jaca. The streamlined, comfortable rooms have green walls and wood furniture within a mid-20th-century structure of wood, stone, and glass. The complex includes a garden, swimming pool, and a separate dining wing.

Constructed and furnished in stone and wood, this mountain retreat is an ideal base camp for hiking and cross-country skiing. Rooms are simple, and the restaurant serves classical Pyrenean fare in a dining room flooded with natural light.

A short walk from the cogwheel train and in the center of the village, this hostal (not to be confused with a backpacker's hostel) has simple, cheerful rooms with red-tile floors; those with (small) terraces afford spectacular valley views. The restaurant serves traditional Catalan breakfasts and dinners.

For an eco-friendly (solar-powered) base for exploring the upper Hecho Valley or the Oza Forest, look no further than this adorable Pyrenean inn situated 7 km (4 miles) north of Hecho. There's a microbrewery on-site, and staff will happily arrange bike rentals, trout-fishing permits, and mountain guides. Rooms are simple and airy and decorated with colorful fabrics and quilts.

A mountain refuge and state-run hotel, this family-oriented base camp has double, triple, and quadruple rooms. The lodging and dining are basic, and they're offered at 1,981 meters (6,500 feet) above sea level within an imposing gray monolith that looks strikingly out of place. For a day's outing or as a starting point for a major hike (12 hours) to Ulldeter, above Setcases, or even a weeklong walk to the Mediterranean, this is a handy spot, although it’s accessible only by the cogwheel train from Ribes de Freser (thankfully, pricey train tickets are included in the nightly rate). Camping is also available on the grounds. Book directly with the hotel for better rates.