A charming house facing the Cadí range

The Three Kings hand out presents from floats parading through the village.

A popular cross-country ski event between the two resorts, the only Nordic circuit in the Pyrenees linking two of them, over 14 and 25 km.

Blessing of the animals and a communal lunch.

Carnival revived the way the grandparents celebrated it, with troupes in the streets.

Mass, sardanes and traditional dances at the Font de Talló, next to the Romanesque sanctuary.

The spring festival of the Llívia enclave.

The Sant Isidre festivals in the villages of the plain, across the valley.

The neighbouring hamlet, in the same municipality as Lles.

Fire run with the Diables de l'Alt Urgell, an offering to the Mare de Déu de Talló and a human-tower gathering.

The Meranges festival, in the Duran valley.

Midsummer night bonfires, with a weekend of activities in Bellver and the village festival in Riu.

For Sant Pere, the village patron: communal supper, night dance, solemn mass and vermouth in the square.

Alp's main festival, at the foot of La Molina.

In the village on the N-260 where the road up to Lles begins.

Puigcerdà's main festival; the 20th is a local holiday.

For the village patron, with children's activities on the nearest weekend.

A film festival screening some forty films over two weeks.

Traditional crafts demonstrated live: smithing, glass-blowing, basketry, carpentry, beeswax.

A summer concert series in the church, with the Amics de l'Òpera de Girona.

A Pyrenean producers' market: cheese, cured meats, honey, preserves.

A summer concert series, around ten nights with big names.

A neighbourhood festival with children's entertainment, hot chocolate and dancing.

Four days with the Vella de l'Estany, a fire run, floats, giants and fireworks over the lake.

Since 1962, at the Prat del Castell: dog and shepherd must pen a flock of lambs. On the far side of the Cadí.

The main festival of the Alt Urgell capital.

The festival that closes the Cerdanya summer.

In the village of the Homilies, the oldest Catalan text, a fair for mountain books.

Flag-raising and a communal breakfast of bread, cured meats and mulled wine.

Guided evening outings to hear the stags roar; the Park runs them every autumn.

100 km and 6,600 m of climbing through the Cadí-Moixeró park, plus a marathon and shorter races.

A show of local livestock: Bruna dels Pirineus and Friesian cattle, Hispano-Breton and saddle horses.

The Pyrenean artisan cheese fair, documented since the 11th century: some thirty cheesemakers and up to 20,000 visitors.

A fair about witchcraft and the trementinaires; on the night of the 31st the Espantanens parade through the streets with drummers.

A multi-sector fair with over 200 stalls and a horse show now past its fortieth edition.

The resorts open their beginner areas and snowshoe trails on the early-December long weekend, and the circuits as the snow comes.

A festive night on the 31st, and the Kings' parade on 5 January.