Les Ares

Restaurant at the Port de la Bonaigua (C-28, near kilometer marker 52), at an altitude of 1,769 meters, in the municipality of Alt Àneu (Pallars Sobirà), next to the historic high mountain refuge of the same name, between two very sharp curves on the road. In the heart of the Pyrenees, they always have the embers glowing, to grill meat and to warm up the cold winter days. The cuisine • Grilled meats: lamb, duck magret, veal or beef entrecote, ribeye steak over 1 kg, pig's trotters, and sausage. Also stewed oxtail, duck leg with blueberry sauce, or roasted lamb shoulder. • Local cuisine: escudella (traditional stew), porcini mushroom and venison carpaccio, "Les Ares" snails, roast meat and porcini cannelloni, homemade porcini and leek ravioli with smoked cod. • Homemade desserts: flan, honey and mató (fresh cheese), crema catalana, and panna cotta, with artisanal "El Com" ice creams from Esterri d'Àneu.