Need to know
Rooms
Four, including two Quadruple Rooms.
Check–Out
11am, but flexible, subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 6pm. Luggage can be stashed at reception and early arrivals are welcome to relax onsite.
More details
Rates usually include a hearty breakfast of eggs every way, seasonal fresh fruit, jamón Ibérico, pan con tomate, truffled cheese and avo toast. Plus, in winter there are free snowcat transfers, snowshoe hire, and meals are included in your rate.
Also
Wellness is seamlessly integrated into stays at L’Ovella Negra – not even the grinchiest could spend some time amid this natural splendor and not feel a teeny tug on the heartstrings. But, if your chakras are still a little out of whack, join the hotel’s seasonal Mountain Retreats, which combine yoga sessions with cocktails and brunch. And, in July and August there’s live music each Thursday evening – watch as you dine in the xiringuito or bring a blanket from your room and sit picnic-style on the grass.
Hotel closed
The hotel is closed throughout May and November.
At the hotel
Lounge area with a fireplace, alfresco fire pit, snowshoes and sunhats to borrow, plug adaptors, free WiFi throughout. In rooms: Merino wool blankets, Lampe Gras lighting, a desk, tote bag for each guest, free bottled water and Grown Alchemist bath products.
Our favourite rooms
Each of the four rooms has the hotel’s signature Wild West as styled by Vogue look, with Lampe Gras lights, rugged wood panelling and Andrew Martin’s ikat-style fabrics. Favouring one simply depends on if you’ve arrived as a couple or a quartet. With one bed set on a mezzanine for more privacy, the Quadruple rooms will suit intimate groups or small families with older children.
Packing tips
The hotel has snowshoes so there’s no need to bring those, but winter arrivals should saddle up their ski gear to take advantage of the resorts nearby. In summer bring gear for knocking about outdoors and download the iNaturalist app to identify local wildlife.
Also
There’s no spa at the hotel; however, Sport Hotel Hermitage – just a 10-minute drive away – has five floors of pampering to explore and a lengthy brochure of worldly treatments.
Children
All ages are welcome, but the only distraction is running wild in nature and the odd board game. Baby cots cannot be provided, but the Quadruple rooms will comfily sleep a family of four. Lessons for ski-ready smalls can be arranged at a nearby resort.
Sustainability efforts
The hotel’s meats are all sourced from the Pyrenees and cooking is influenced by season. Most leftovers (where appropriate) are fed to the grazing horses and cattle. There are no single-use toiletries and green products are used throughout; staff duly recycle and the building is largely heated by a central fireplace – plus thick stone walls keep the place warm in winter and cool in summer.