{"id":27548,"date":"2025-06-09T17:37:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T17:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chistauturismo.com\/?page_id=27548"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:12:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:12:39","slug":"el-invierno","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chistauturismo.com\/en\/el-invierno\/","title":{"rendered":"THE WINTER"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The best time to discover the most authentic side of Chistau.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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San Ant\u00f3n, also known as the \u201cNight of the Trucos\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>

The Night of the Trucos, celebrated during San Ant\u00f3n, is one of the most unique traditions in the Chistau Valley.<\/p>

As dusk falls on the 17th of January<\/strong>, a great bonfire is lit in Saravillo and, gathered around it , young and old begin to ring the \u201ctrucos\u201d \u2014 huge livestock bells whose deep sound echoes through the night.<\/strong><\/p>

The noise rolls between the stone houses and surrounding mountains, driving away evil spirits and, according to tradition, protecting livestock throughout the year.<\/p>

After the \u201ctrucada\u201d in Saravillo, the celebration continues from village to village across Chistau, stretching this magical and ancestral night well into the early hours.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Carnival<\/strong><\/h3>

In Chistau, the villages of Plan, San Chuan and Chist\u00e9n each keep their own carnival dates and traditions alive<\/strong>, creating a festive season that stretches across February and March.<\/p>

In the heart of winter, the streets of these mountain villages fill with colourful costumes, music and celebrations that vary from one place to another.<\/p>

Yet all of them share the same spirit: gathering together for \u201cla ronda\u201d, laughing in the face of winter and keeping ancient customs alive \u2014 such as the \u201cmuy\u00e9n\u201d<\/strong>, the straw figure carried through the streets by the young people of San Chuan and Plan as the ronda visits every house in the village.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Ice and Snow<\/strong><\/h3>

In winter, the Chistau Valley turns white and everything takes on a different dimension.<\/p>

Snow blankets the peaks and meadows, ice decorates waterfalls and roadsides, and the silence of the forests becomes even deeper.<\/p>

It's the season for snowshoe walks, ski touring adventures, peaceful walks between villages with smoking chimneys and evenings spent by the fire<\/strong> after a day out in the cold mountain air.<\/p>

Less than an hour from the valley, you\u2019ll also find the Pineta cross-country ski area<\/a> in Bielsa and the alpine ski resort of Piau-Engaly<\/a> , just across the French border.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Simple Winter Pleasures<\/strong><\/h3>

Winter in Chistau is also \u2014 perhaps above all \u2014 a season of calm.<\/p>

The valley becomes a quiet, almost timeless place. Paths fall silent , life in the villages slows down, and the soft winter sun sets the rhythm of shorter days.<\/strong><\/p>

Walking through stone streets, crossing frozen meadows or simply sitting on a stone bench gazing at snow-covered mountains brings a sense of peace that\u2019s hard to find elsewhere.<\/p>

It\u2019s a season that invites you to listen to the silence, enjoy the valley\u2019s cosy accommodation and restaurants,<\/strong> and let yourself sink into the stillness of the landscape.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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El Invierno La mejor \u00e9poca para descubrir el Chistau m\u00e1s aut\u00e9ntico San Ant\u00f3n o “Noche de los Trucos” La Noche de los Trucos, en San Ant\u00f3n, es una de las celebraciones m\u00e1s singulares del Valle de Chistau. Cuando cae la tarde del 17 de enero, una gran hoguera se prende en Saravillo y, a su […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-27548","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"cubewp_post_meta":[],"taxonomies":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chistauturismo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chistauturismo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chistauturismo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chistauturismo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chistauturismo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27548"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/www.chistauturismo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28101,"href":"https:\/\/www.chistauturismo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27548\/revisions\/28101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chistauturismo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}