Gîte Somport

Gîte Somport is a mountain hut in Aisa, Huesca, Aragon and has an elevation of 1,600 metres. Gîte Somport is situated near the peak Bessata, as well as near Alto de Somport.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Somport and Hospital de Somport.

Somport

Photo: CHV, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Somport is a mountain pass in the central Pyrenees on the border of France and Spain. It lies on the French Way of the Way of Saint James. The pass is the end of the Via Tolosana and the starting point of the Aragonese Way.

Hospital de Somport

Protected area

Photo: CHV, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hospital de Somport is a protected area, which is situated 1 km southeast of Gîte Somport.

Ibón de Escalar

Lake

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Ibón de Escalar is a lake in the Province of Huesca, northeastern Spain. It lies at an elevation of 2,078 metres in the Valle de Astún. Ibón de Escalar is situated 3½ km northeast of Gîte Somport.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Candanchú and Canfranc-Estación.

Candanchú

Hamlet

Photo: Willtron, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Candanchú is a ski resort situated near the town of Canfranc in the High Aragon of the western Pyrenees, in the province of Huesca, Spain. The name of the area is an adaptation of the French "Camp d'Anjou", as it was originally the site of a military camp of the French Angevin dynasty.

Canfranc-Estación

Village

Photo: Lozano Manzanedo, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canfranc-Estación is a village, which is situated 5 km south of Gîte Somport.

Urdos

Village

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Urdos is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. Its station on the Pau–Canfranc railway was closed after an accident in 1970. Urdos is situated 9 km north of Gîte Somport.

Gîte Somport

Type: Mountain hut
Categories: building, tourism, and accommodation
Location: Aisa, Huesca, Aragon, Northern Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

42.79612° or 42° 47′ 46″ north

Longitude

-0.53225° or 0° 31′ 56″ west

Elevation

1,600 metres (5,249 feet)

Open location code

8CJXQFW9+C4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 154545803

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=alpine_hut

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Bessata and Alto de Somport.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Le Somport 1600 and Espace Nordique du Somport.

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