Creel is a tiny little town – although in terms of size, I would actually describe Creel as more of a village – and is not particularly notable for its local sights, but rather for the surrounding nature. One of Creel’s tourist highlights is the Valle de las Ranas, translated Valley of the Frogs.
These are medium-sized rock formations of which one or two actually resemble frogs when viewed from a certain angle. As the Valle de las Ranas covers a large area, there are also numerous other rock formations, such as mushrooms.
The valley itself is really large and wide and is surrounded on all sides by mountains and/or coniferous forest. In one corner, there is something like a cemetery – at least that’s how I interpreted what I saw – in another, there is a small church, and near the rock formations, there is also a small hut next to which clothes were hanging on a clothesline to dry when I was there. At the far back, I also saw a man ploughing the fields by hand. What I mean by that is… it’s not just an attraction, but without it being immediately obvious, you also enter people’s living space and witness that this super simple life, where everything was still done by hand and most of the times extremely hard physical labour, still exists. And I personally found that quite fascinating.

Go or not? Creel is pretty much ideal for nature lovers and people who like peace and quiet and shy away from too many tourists. Because, as I said, there isn’t really anything to see in Creel itself. But you can go hiking here and simply discover things that you don’t find everywhere anymore. However, as Creel is quite far away from everything, I would leave it up to everyone to decide for themselves whether it’s worth the trip. But you should definitely visit the Valle de las Ranas while you’re there 😊