# Sort

Sort is in Lleida Province. It is a place for nature sports, culture, sightseeing and fine dining.

## Understand

Sort is the historic center of Pallars County. It features the remains of the count's castle, as well as numerous medieval vestiges that help to show the historical role that Pallars played in the history of Catalonia (such as the double-headed eagle on its coat of arms). There are many Romanesque churches, castles and walled towns and villages in this part of Pallars.
The town of Sort has been documented since 947, in a donation by Count Isarn I of Pallars, his wife Adelaida and their son Guillem to the Abbot of Santa Maria de Gerri.

### Tourist office

* 42.4091221.1278261 Pallars Sobirà regional tourist office, Camí de la Cabanera 1, ☏ +34 973 621 002, turisme@pallarssobira.cat. (updated Mar 2025)

## Get in
### By plane

There is a bus line to Barcelona El Prat Airport

### By train

you can take Line RL2 until La Pobla de Segur, and then a bus to Sort.

### By bus

* 42.4119521.1317881 Sort bus stop, Avinguda Comtes de Pallars. (updated Mar 2025)

### By car

The N-260 from Pobla de Segur or from La Seu d’Urgell, passing through the port del Cantó. If you’re coming from Vall d’Aran, you can take the C-13 through the Port de la Bonaigua.

## Get around
### Parking

* 42.4139841.1326322 free parking, Avinguda de la Generalitat. free. (updated Mar 2025)

## See

* 42.41241.130951 Presó-Museu Camí de la Llibertat. the former prison located in Plaça de Sant Eloi. The museum commemorates the passage through Sort of the hundreds of people who had fled Nazi-occupied Europe during the years of World War II. (updated Mar 2025)
* 42.437031.1221392 Sant Josep d’Olp Viewpoint. There is a chapel. This site offers spectacular views, spanning from Monsent de Pallars to the Vall de Siarb and the entire course of the Noguera Pallaresa River through the municipalities of Sort and Rialp. It’s an excellent spot to identify numerous villages and the formation of these Pyrenean valleys. (updated Mar 2025)
* 42.4459451.0743433 Vall d'Àssua. The valley borders the West with the Vall Fosca, the North with the Aigüestortes and Estany de Sant Maurici National Park. (updated Mar 2025)
* 42.4515891.0739794 Ecomuseum of the Shepherds and National Park for the Vall d’Àssua, Escoles de Llessui, s/n-25567 Llessui (Follow the LV-5223 road to the town of Llessui. In the center of the town, in front of the old church of Sant Pere, you will find the Ecomuseum.), ☏ +34 973 621 798. (updated Mar 2025)
* 42.4123731.1298265 Count of Pallars’ Castle (Castell dels Comtes del Pallars), Carrer de Joaquim Sostres. Built in the 11th century. Originally tied to the Counts of Pallars, the castle played a significant role in regional history, serving as a fortification, palace, and prison. Architectural elements include Romanesque walls with cylindrical towers and Gothic features like a portal and windows. It was abandoned after a 17th-century fire and later repurposed as a cemetery. Since 1992, archaeological and restoration efforts have been undertaken to preserve its legacy. The site spans 1,934 m² at an altitude of 710 meters (updated Mar 2025)
* 42.4009361.1036076 Gothic altarpiece of the Church of Mare de Déu de la Candelera d'Enviny, ☏ +34 628 341 635. 10:00-19:00. In the church you can see a reproduction of the Enviny Altarpiece, a Gothic altarpiece created in 1490 by Pere Espallargues. (updated Mar 2025)

## Do

* Water sports al Noguera pallaresa river including canoeing and rafting.
* Visit Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park
* Snow sports in winter
* Horse riding

## Eat
### Typical dishes

* All i oli de codony: a kind of garlic mayonesse with quince, but without eggs. It is usually eaten spread on toast.
* Tupí: a soft cheese very tasty.
* Girella:It is a sausage made with various parts of lamb, rice, eggs, garlic, parsley, saffron, pepper and salt. It is usually eaten for dinner, fried, cut into slices.
* Filiberto:A dessert made with cream, yogurt and currant ice cream.
* Facit de Carnaval:It is a sausage that is prepared by filling the stomach of a pig with head meat, jowls, bacon, bread, eggs, raisins, rice, garlic, pepper and parsley. It has a pronounced and intense taste. It is available during Carnival time.

## Drink

* 42.4058521.1284751 Discoteca Rock Dur, Carretera de Sort a Enviny, ☏ +34 973 620 850. (updated Mar 2025)

## Sleep

* 42.4056661.1291671 Alberg Sort, Ctra. N-260, km 281, ☏ +34 973620775. (updated Mar 2025)
* 42.4186491.1329542 Càmping Noguera Pallaresa, Carretera Sort – Rialp (KM 0,3), ☏ +34 973 620 820, info@noguera-pallaresa.com. It has Bungalows , camping area and shared rooms (updated Mar 2025)

## Go next

Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park