Torla

Torla, or Torla-Ordesa, is a municipality in the Aragon region of Spain. Torla is a gateway to the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park in the valley of Ordesa, and to Valle de Broto. It is home to about 300 people (2018).

Torla is in the glacial valley of the River Ara, after the confluence of the valleys of Bujaruelo and Ordesa. The Ara is said to be the only river of any importance in Spain that is not dammed by the human hand throughout its 70-km course to its confluence with the River Cinca in Ainsa.

• 42.62633-0.111221 Torla visitor center (Centro de visitantes y punto de información de Torla), Avda. Ordesa s/n. Torla.. Apr-Oct: 09:00-14:00, 16:15-19:00; Nov-Mar: Mon-Fri 15:15-18:00; Nov-Mar: Sat Sun 09:00-14:00,15:15-18:00. This mountain interpretation centre uses Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park as its principal case study while placing its natural and cultural heritage within a global mountain context. Some exhibits focus directly on the park, whereas others draw on examples from mountain regions elsewhere to explain related themes. The exhibition is arranged as an exploratory journey. Visitors encounter a sequence of sensory experiences and interpretive displays intended to deepen their understanding of mountain environments. As they progress through the centre, their initial assumptions are gradually challenged and replaced by a broader appreciation of the mountains. The narrative also invites reflection on the limited duration of human life, humanity’s small place within nature and its vulnerability. Reaching the mountains is presented as a demanding personal challenge: through persistence and effort, visitors can develop a stronger awareness of the environment and of their own relationship with it. The centre includes three exhibition zones, a screening room and a separate display devoted to the bucardo, a Pyrenean ibex whose last surviving animals inhabited the Ordesa Valley. The building also contains Torla’s visitor information office. In addition to assisting tourists, it coordinates administrative and management work for the Ordesa area of the national park. ,  (updated Sep 2026)

Torla borders France but lacks a road connection with it. It can only be accessed by the N-260 from Broto or from Biescas through the port of Cotefablo (1,423 m). In summer, when access to the valley of Ordesa in Torla is restricted for private vehicles, buses are arranged through the park to climb to the meadow of Ordesa.

There is aminibus with a luggage trailer from Ainsa or Sabiñanino.

•  A-135  (Broto- Torla-Pradera de Ordesa ) crosses the village. Allows access to Ordesa valley.
•  N-260 (Eje Pirenaico) Main road to access the Torla road.

There are Land Rover trips into the National Park (Ordesa) if you don't want to walk. Cars are not allowed up to the park except in winter but there are regular buses from the large car park below the village and the ticket allows a break to see the Park Centre on the way up.

• 42.6716670.0555561 Valley of Ordesa.  
• 42.6278-0.111072 Iglesia de San Salvador.  (updated Sep 2026)

• visit Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park

The restaurants here are more expensive than elsewhere in the area.

• Hotel Bellavista Ordesa, Avenida de Ordesa, 6 lat=42.62907, ☏ +34 974 486 153, info@hotelbellavistaordesa.com.  (updated Sep 2026)
• 42.62847-0.111541 Edelweiss hotel ordesa, Avd Ordesa 1, ☏ +34 974 486 173, edelweisshotelordesa@gmail.com.  (updated Sep 2026)

• Casa Rural, Felip, Espot (on the road back from the national park). Very clean, and the lady that runs the place is nice. Basic double rooms, private toilets and shower included. The rooms are cleaned everyday. €40.