6 Best Hotels in The Pyrenees, Spain

Casa Irene exudes old-fashioned coziness with wood-beamed ceilings and plush armchairs, plus modern amenities. There's a restaurant offering French-inflected Pyrenean cuisine and a spa (sauna, indoor swimming pool, treatments) that is a welcome respite after a day's mountain activities. 

The only four-star hotel in the area, the Aneto is handy to central Benasque and just a few minutes by car to mountain trails and skiing. It's also the most favorable for families, who appreciate the gardens and indoor pool. The design integrates the look of a classic mountain chalet with modern interior features, which may not be to everyone's taste. Its light and airy café-bar looks out over the mountains, and there are two restaurants, one serving traditional dishes, the other with fusion cuisine.

A stately old chalet on Camprodon's grandest promenade, this lovely family-owned hotel offers a chance to live like the 19th- and 20th-century Barcelona aristocracy who spent their summers here. Guest rooms have a grandmotherly charm with blue-gray walls and heavy curtains, and those on the top floor have vaulted wood ceilings. The restaurant occupies the beautifully converted former coach house.  Adults only.

For rustic surroundings—light on luxury but long on comfort—only a two-minute walk from the ski lift, this modern-traditional construction of glass, wood, and stone is a good choice. It provides a little chalet in the mountains, with friendly staff and chalet warmth for après-ski wining and dining. The spa is small but offers a range of rejuvenating treatments you no doubt deserve after shredding the slopes.

The shining star at this modern granite parador is a semicircular salon with huge windows and spectacular views over the Maladeta peaks of the Vall d'Aran. Many of the rooms also have a decent mountain view and a terrace, compensating for the somewhat functional design. The light-flooded restaurant serves Catalan and Pyrenean cuisine, such as olha aranesa and civet de jabalí (wild boar stew). There's also a spa, with heated indoor and outdoor pools and a variety of treatments.