The Eco Museum Visitors Center of the Castillo de Aínsa,
Pyrenees Bird Center

Building owned by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, awarded in an administrative concession for use to the FCQ. Managed and maintained by the FCQ, you have 12 exhibition areas on Pyrenean biodiversity and a zoo. Within the center there is an office for the development of administration and coordination tasks. Also and in the same locality there is a place to store material (marking and capture of bearded vultures, “hacking”, freezer cabinets, etc.).

The Eco Museum – Visitor Center of the Pyrenean Fauna offers us four areas:

1. Reception and information area:

  • Information on natural values ​​and protected areas.
  • Service of guided visits to the natural environment.
  • A nature shop (publications, crafts, souvenirs related to the fauna of the Pyrenees, local products).

2. Interpretation area:

The permanent exhibition of the The Eco Museum – Visitor Centre/ Pyrenees Bird invites you to visit the impressive Pyrenean mountain range, where the forests and meadows, rivers and waterfalls, rocky outcrops and gorges, peaks and glaciers and their flora and fauna are the protagonists.

The exhibition starts by describing Aínsa, the Sobrarbe region and the Pyrenees mountain range.

Following this it shows us, in a very visual way, the natural and cultural wealth of the Pyrenees, its diverse ecosystems, its people and customs, and how to conserve them.

After this introduction, the exhibition will transport us to the mountain, invite us to enter the forests, rocky peaks and peaks of the Pyrenees and discover the multitude of life in each environment.

In addition, we will discover the secrets of the great, winged treasure of this mountain range, the Lammergeier.

An audiovisual projection “The Mountains of the Lammergeier, Pyrenean biodiversity, a living treasure”. The screening takes place in a multipurpose room that is able to hold conferences, colloquiums and congresses, with a capacity of 80 people.

3. Wildlife shelter / zoological park

The Eco Museum offers us an exhibition about raptors incapacitated to live in freedom (including a pair of bearded vultures), addressing their fascinating biology, their problems, and the efforts being made in realation to their conservation. Guided by a public educator.

The visit is made through an observation tunnel with mirrored windows that allow the unrecoverable birds to be observed without disturbing them.

4. Documentation area

Destined for the public use of the inhabitants of the Sobrarbe area. This space offers an environmental documentation service (library, video library, sound library, multimedia and internet) related to Pyrenean environmental issues.

OPENING TIMES 

February-March (until the 25th)

Every day from 11.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m.

From March 25 to June 30

Every day from 11.00 to 14.30 and from 15.30 to 20.00.

July-August and September 1 to 15

Every day from 10.30 to 14.30 and from 15.30 to 20.30

From September 15 to October 27 *

Every day from 11.00 to 14.30 and from 15.30 to 20.00

Rest of October *, November *, December * and January *

Every day from 11.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m.

Closed Winter season (from January 6 to 31).

There are arranged groups: Consult via e-mail or telephone (ecomuseo@quebrantahuesos.org and 00 34 974 500597)

* Holiday weekend of autumn and winter: From 11.00 to 20.00 h.

Ticket prices

  • General admission €5.
  • Arranged group of more than 20 people: €4/person.
  • Large family card: €4.
  • Disabled person: €4.
  • Children up to 4 years: free.
  • FCQ members: free.

CONTACT

Eco Museum-Visitors Centre
Castillo de Aínsa
22330 Aínsa (Huesca)

(+34) 974 500 597

 ecomuseo@quebrantahuesos.org

Bus and coach services

Bus and taxi services

Avanza Mobility Ado buses

Service: Zaragoza – Huesca – Barbastro – Aínsa.

Service: Sabiñánigo – Aínsa

Info: Home – Avanza (avanzagrupo.com); tel .: 900 87 80 84

From Aínsa taxi service to Revilla.

Trips in private vehicle

Journeys in private vehicle

From Barcelona (323 km.)

Route: Barcelona – Lleida – Barbastro – Aínsa

From Bilbao (348 km.)

Route: Bilbao – Pamplona – Jaca – Sabiñánigo – Biescas – Torla – Boltaña – Aínsa

From Madrid (498 km.)

Route: Madrid – Zaragoza – Huesca – Barbastro – Aínsa

From Valencia (537 km.)

Route: Valencia – Zaragoza – Huesca – Barbastro – Aínsa

Additional Information

Tourist Office of Ainsa: 974 500 767

Virtual tour of Aínsa: www.ayuntamientodeainsa.com

Ecomuseum of Aínsa: 974 500 597

Email:
ecomuseo@quebrantahuesos.org