Photo: Stone Hut Pyrenees Spain

The Pyrenees has a stone hut within a few hours or day's walk of each other for hikers to relax on their journey in the mountains of Spain.

An uninhabited stone hut sits in the mountain hills of Parque Nacional Ordesa y Monte Perdido in the Pyrenees in Aragon, Spain surrounded by lush greenery. The stone hut probably took many long hours to build in past centuries as there are no windows and each stone was separately put in place.This historic stone hut was originally built to be used as a warming hut but it is now a great place to lay down camp for a night while hiking through the Pyrenees in Spain. Stone mountain huts or refuges are harsh trailside accommodations that gives hikers a place to stop and the Pyrenees mountain trails have an abundant number of these stone huts.A stone hut is especially nice in the winter after snowshoeing in the Pyrenees as you can build yourself a fire to warm up by. Once in a while you will come across a stone hut which is much bigger and provides a step up in accommodations and you are supplied with a hot meal. ... continue below the picture...

... Some of the hiking trips in the Pyrenees can last for a week and going from one stone hut to the other is your best bet for a stopover or two. The tranquility and scenery of the Pyrenees in Spain is an experience in itself and once you step out of your stone hut, the world around you is like no other.Stone hut near the village of Vio in Valle de Vio, Parque Nacional Ordesa y Monte Perdido, Pyrenees, Huesca, Aragon, Spain, Europe.