Val de Boà Circular

The paths themselves are wonderful. In nearly all cases, they are based on the original inter settlement routes and are as old as the villages themselves. Designed for pack horses/ponies as well as pack people they are perfectly graded and walking along them is a real pleasure.

Depending on how much time you spend in the churches (they are not that big) you can get around the valley in 9/10 hours. It's a challenge, but not quite as mad as it sounds as the paths are so easy and such a pleasure stopping is a problem.

I went round in a day, a wet day at that, and thoroughly enjoyed it. In describing the route I will try and point out the options a more sensible person would have considered, but there are definitely two good circular walks.

Staying at Boí, at the northern end of the valley, I was able to pop into the National Park information centre and get some helpful advice on the route as well as a map. The churches don't open until ten and how many of them are open varies according to time of year (not that many in October)