PARTENAIRE
The organization in charge of the work camp is Balmes Blancs, a non-profit association created in 2010 with the aim of offering unique activities in nature with the aim of presenting new places, new people and deepen, thus, the knowledge of the Catalan territory.
Since its inception, it has organized various activities such as snowshoe outings with animal footprints, astronomical discoveries, kayak outings to discover marine fauna, rafting drops, hiking in the mountains or leveling and safety workshops, among others.
In 2013 the association began working in the Siarb Valley. From that moment on, Balmes Blancs began to focus its activities around this valley and, among other things, guided visits to the "Despoblat de Santa Creu" of "Llagunes", visits to the trenches on the "Pallars" front and to the bunkers of Vilamur, discoveries of geology, activities of flora and fauna in the environment.
At the same time, the refuge promotes hiking with the creation of signposted routes around "Llagunes", as well as a series of actions aimed at recovering the heritage of the Siarb Valley to discover life rural in "Pallars Sobirà", and by extension, in the rest of the Pyrenees.
gare la plus proche
Bus station in Barcelona:
- "Estació del Nord"
- "Estació de Sants"
Train station in Barcelona:
- "Estació de Sants"
Nearest bus station to the camp is in Sort, where we’ll meet on the first day.
Nearest train station to the camp is in Pobla de Segur.
Itinéraire vers le point de RDV
The meeting point will be at the bus station of Sort on August 17th, at 16.30h.
In Sort the volunteers will meet the organization leader and we’ll take them to Llavaners terrain.
By bus:
. From Barcelona’s Airport, you have to go to the bus station in Barcelona called “Estació del Nord”. You can go by train (go to Terminal 2 and take the RENFE train R2) or by metro (from terminal 1 or 2 take metro L9 to "Torrassa", and there transbord to L1 and stop in "Arc de Triomf". From metro exit "Arc de Triomf" walk 200m to the bus station.
. From "Estació del Nord" to Sort, you should get the ALSA (name of bus agency) bus at 7:30am.
The line destination is Esterri d’Àneu, but you should get off before there, in Sort. The bus takes 4,40h.
Check times of ALSA here: https://www.alsa.com/en/web/bus/home
IMPORTANT: THERE IS ONLY 1 BUS A DAY FROM BARCELONA!!
So you may take into consideration to spend one night before in Barcelona on your own. The train and metro cost is about 7€ and the later bus to Sort is approx. 38€.
By car:
The meeting point will be directly in the terrain at 17h.
The terrain is called “Mas de Llavaners”, between “Malmercat” and “Puigforniu” and near “Tornafort” villages. For more directions, contact directly the hosting organization Balmes Blancs.
Last day of the camp: the camp will finish around 11am, after having everything packed and cleaned up the whole camp area.
From there, we’ll bring you back to Sort, where you can pick public transport.
IMPORTANT!! THERE IS ONLY 1 BUS from Sort to Barcelona at 15pm, and it takes 5h.