3 Best Hotels in Ainsa, The Pyrenees

Situated on a remote and wonderfully scenic stretch of the Eje Pirenaico (Pyrenean Axis Highway), midway between medieval Aínsa and the Parque Nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido, is this tasteful mountaintop bed-and-breakfast with verdant valley views, stone-wall rooms, and standout down-home cuisine. The British owner knows the surrounding trails through pine and oak forests like the back of his hand, and you can explore many of them without leaving the property, which spans more than 200 acres.

Enjoy all the comforts and details of a high-end hotel—turndown service, outstanding hospitality, spotless cleaning—in a quiet rural mountain village of 35 inhabitants. The refurbished stone farmhouse offers perpetual views of the mountains and surrounding valleys. Floor-to-ceiling windows in the intimate dining room, where they serve a plentiful homemade breakfast and a set dinner menu (with an outstanding hyperlocal wine list to boot), provide some of the most impressive of the vistas. Other amenities include the downstairs bar highlighting local spirits, an outdoor pool, and Ritual brand toiletries.

This six-bedroom hotel on the Plaza Mayor has exposed stone walls and simple (if dated) modern furnishings; some add whirlpools and wrought-iron balconies. The breakfast area in the cellar is a bit cramped, but the more spacious library-lounge area on the ground floor makes up for it.