Pays de Lourdes et Vallées de Gavarnie 2018-2019 the Mag THE STAR OF THE FAMILY FUN HIKING MOUNTAINS : MARMOT Discover ideas of activities Top of the best walks towards Meet the mountains marmot to share in family! lakes mascot From the valley’s foothills Paysto the highest de summits Lourdes over 3 000 m & Vallees de Gavarnie HIGHEST PEAK UNESCO WORLD 4 CONSERVED NATURAL IDSR Vignemale 3298 m HERITAGE SITE Pyrenees national Park 1 International Dark sky Reserve Cirque de Gavarnie, Cirque d'Estaubé, Regional Natural Reserve of Pibeste Aoulhet Cirque de Troumouse Natural Reserve of Neouvielle 14 sites Natura 2000 Tourism offices SUMMARY TOURISM OFFICE OF LOURDES TOURISM OFFICE OF BATSURGUÈRE À SÉGUS 1. LIVE THE MOUNTAIN EXPERIENCE ..........P.6 Tél : 05-62-42-77-40 ouvert juillet et août, tél. : 05 62 46 35 97 — conserved natural spaces Fax 05-62-94-60-95 [email protected] www.lourdes-infotourisme.com www.vallee-batsurguere.fr 2. WALKS ..................................P.9 [email protected] Ouvert toute l’année — top walks TOURISTIC AGENCY OF GAVARNIE'S VALLEYS 3. FAMILY TIME ............................P.14 Out of season [email protected] from 01/01 to 25/03 and from 05/11 to 31/12 valleesdegavarnie.com — à la ferme from Monday to Saturday (except holidays): Les horaires d’ouverture sont susceptibles d’être — bestiaire et compagnie 09:00 - 12:00 / 14:00 - 17:30 adapted according to the periods of the year. In season — pieds dans l'eau from 26/03 to 01/07 • ARGELES-GAZOST — accrobate Monday to Saturday : 15 place of the Republic | +33 (0) 5 62 97 00 25 09:00 - 12:30 / 13:30 - 18:30 All year : — insolite Sundays: 10h - 12h30 Monday to Saturday 9 am - 12 pm | 2 pm - 6 pm Public holidays: 10 am - 6 pm School vacation : 4. THE GRAND SIGHTS ......................P.20 from 02/07 to 30/09 Monday to Saturday 9 am - 12 pm | 2 pm - 6:30 pm — Gavarnie Sunday 9 am - 12.30 pm Monday to Saturday : — Lourdes 9:00 - 19:00 (18:30 in September) Sundays July - August and holidays: • PIERREFITTE-NESTALAS — Cauterets, le pont d'Espagne 10:00 to 18:00 45 av. Jean Moulin | +33 (0) 5 62 92 71 31 — Pic du Midi Sunday September: 10am - 12.30pm All year : from 01/10 to 04/11 Tuesday and Thursday 9 am - 12 pm | 2 pm - 5 pm — Val d'Azun & Vallées d'Argeles-Gazost Monday to Saturday : Friday and Saturday 9 am - noon. — Pays Toy, Vallée de Luz 09:00 - 12:30 / 13:30 - 18:00 School vacation : Monday to Saturday 9 am - 12 pm | 3 pm - 6 pm 5. ALTAMONTA .............................P.34 TOURISM OFFICE OF LUZ SAINT-SAUVEUR • VAL D'AZUN — our most beautiful cols Tél : 05-62-92-30-30 Arrens-Marsous | +33 (0) 5 62 97 49 49 — VTT July August : All year : 9h-19h from Monday to Monday to Saturday 9 am - 12 pm | 2 pm - 5 pm 6. WELL-BEING ............................P.38 Saturday, 9am to 12pm and 4pm to 7pm on School holidays (summer / winter): Sunday. Monday to Saturday 9 am - 12 pm | 2 pm - 6 pm 7. SNOW AND SKIING .......................P.40 May / June / Sept and Oct: Sunday: 9 am - 12.30 pm — ski resorts 9h-12h and 14h - 18h from Monday to Saturday, — winter pleasures Sunday and holidays 10h-12h • BARÈGES - TOURMALET www.luz.org Urban Square Cazaux | +33 (0) 5 62 92 16 00 [email protected] All year : Monday to Saturday 9am - 12pm | 2 pm - 6 pm 8. IN PRACTICE ............................P.46 School holidays (summer / winter): — diary TOURISM OFFICE OF CAUTERETS Monday to Saturday 9 am - 12 pm | 2 pm - 6:30 pm Tél : 05-62-92-50-50 Sunday 9 am - 12 pm | 2 pm - 6 pm Opening time : • GAVARNIA From 9h to 12h and from 14h to 18h. Village | +33 (0) 5 62 92 49 10 During the holidays : All year : DIRECTION DE LA PUBLICATION CRÉDITS PHOTOS school until 12:30 pm and 7 pm Monday to Saturday 9 am - 12 pm | 1:30 pm - 5:30 Pays de Lourdes et des Vallées Pierre Meyer ; Col Collective www.cauterets.com pm des Gaves M.Pinaud (Cauterets) ; [email protected] School holidays (summer / winter): 4 rue Michelet - 65 100 B.Valcke ; Maison du Val Monday to Sunday 9 am - 12 pm | 2 pm - 6 pm Lourdes d'Azun ; OT du Grand [email protected] Tourmalet ; M.Ségalou ; TOURISM OFFICE OF SAINT-PÉ DE BIGORRE • GEDRE O.Raveleau ; C.Ringeval ; Tél : 05-62-41-88-10 Place de la Bergère | +33 (0) 5 62 92 48 05 RÉDACTIONNEL Shutterstock ; Fax 05-62-41-87-70 All year : Céline Ringeval Station du Hautacam ; Open daily from Monday to Saturday Monday to Saturday 9am - 12pm | 2 pm - 6 pm Paddy Sweeny - velopeloton. 9h30-12h30 / 14h-19h and Sunday 9h30-12h30 School holidays (summer / winter): GRAPHISME com ; Jean-François Graffand ; closed on friday Monday to Sunday 9am - 12pm | 2 pm - 6 pm David Toiser / OT Lourdes/P. Vincent ; www.saintpedebigorre-tourisme.com Ziklo/A.Espelde ; IMPRESSION [email protected] Jeremy Cai on Unsplash RSI 2 EDITO The seasons, landscapes, mountains, streams and even villages are adorned with unique and different appearances. The light is ever changing and the charming atmosphere seems almost suspended out of time ... whilst everything else happens elsewhere at full speed. Allow yourself to be transported into the pyrenean universe of the Gaves Valleys: the rhythm of the summer sun, the sound of the cowbells and the sweet smell of the flowers or even the mild winter weather and its hushed atmosphere, both delicate and magical. Discover the blooming of the mountain in the spring, the footsteps of men and their herds climbing to their summer pastures or the riches of a traditional autumn where encounters are as intense as the purity of the air atop the peaks. The Gaves Valleys are undoubtedly the jewel of the Pyrenees since they are home to both some of the most prestigious sites such as Gavarnie, Lourdes, Cauterets and the Pic du Midi de Bigorre, but also some more intimate places where a rich, preserved nature is proposed to all who visit. Of course men still live in these incredible mountains. So what are you waiting for? Why not dive into the world of the Pyrenees? Start creating your memories here! 3 snapshots NATURE — E-experience in mountain New wave of hiking on gentle paths Discover our mountains by electric mountain bike on the Hautacam plateaux or by riding a funny machine, the electric scooter on the necks of Soulor and Couraduque. Cross the cross- country ski trails in summer with ease to enjoy the pure air of our heights and join the playful to the contemplative. To discover in family. Val d'Azun Trotinette (Soulor and Couraduque sites): rental at half an hour or an hour, from 5 € for children and 7 € for adults. The courses are marked on tracks adapted to enjoy the landscape according to the formula you have chosen. Hautacam: ATV rental with electric assistance and classic ATV. For young and old, sports confirmed or beginners, you will enjoy stroll on the heights of Hautacam. From 8 € / hour for the rental of a classic - 10 € / hour for an electric. NATURE — Parc animalier des pyrénées The Pyrenean Animal Park was elected 3rd most beautiful zoo in France by TripAdvisor in 2015, and ranked first leisure site in France for the nature/animal category by the magazine “Ça m’intéresse” in 2016. It invites you to visit its fourteen hectares of pure nature for an unforgettable experience in the very heart of the mountains. Come and discover a superb collection of more than six hundred animals, boasting one hundred and twenty wild species, including: birds, four types of French vulture, great carnivores, bears, wolves, lynx, but also otters, the great ungulates of the mountains like the ibex, isard, mountain sheep, deer… And you can meet the stars of the park: the marmots, with whom you will share special moments, create photo memories and get access to VIP feeding. One of our favourite zones is the area dedicated to French Guiana, the French département with the most bio diversity. This and many more surprises await you… ! Parc animalier des Pyrénées Open from 31/03 to 3/11/2018 : 9h30-18h. 65400 ARGELES-GAZOST Open until 19h july and august . +33 (0)5 62 97 91 07 Uniquement de 13h à 18h en octobre (hors vacances www.parc-animalier-pyrenees.com/ scolaires). GENTLE THRILL — LuzTyroline CULTURE — Cirque and theater LuzTyroLine is a course of 16 zip lines, 4 Nepali bridges punctuated with 11 mini vias ferratas out of 2 kilometers. First course of this kind in Europe, in the heart of the cliffs and gorges, 16 zip lines from 40 to over 260 meters succeed one another. In one exceptional and fantastic setting, the course draws through narrow gorges and flies over of turquoise blue pools of water and passages leave dreamer. Allow at least two hours to fill up with sensations and take full eyes. You will evolve accompanied by a guide operator in an inaccessible setting of ordinary on foot or by car with the Gave de Pau is in backdrop and its waterfalls topped by fantastic basins. The theater is exalted in the mountains, discovered and especially rediscovered. The fabulous Open all year round by reservation; or green from site of Gavarnie, classified Grand Site Occitanie and doubled as World Heritage Site UNESCO, June 15 to September 15 every day from 09:00 to an outdoor show, facing the summits majestic of this "unheard-of Coliseum of chaos", as 18:00 Victor Hugo liked to say, the The spectators are of course playing the actors but most often Outings are by reservation at 05 62 42 16 88 by diving stars on the limestone ridges of the enchanting circus.