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If you are looking for an active or leisurely holiday, our hotel is ideally situated for visiting the Aure and Louron Valleys with their high mountain peaks, gushing torrents, hush green forests and typical villages.

• The hotel offers a private swimming pool, and tennis court, pool table and ping-pong. The hotel grounds, 7 acres on the river-side where you can fish trout (ask for special details should you wish for an instructor).
  The owners, who are mountain-lovers, will be only too pleased to advise you on possible walks, lend you maps and guide-book. You can also book with a reduction at the hotel your keep-fit session at the local Saint Lary thermal baths or your ski-pass.

• From Arreau, the start of the Louron Valley, you can easily get to the Col de Peyresourde (famous for Le Tour de France) and the Peyragudes ski resort, where the James Bond 007 film was made. In the valley, you can try paragliding and hang-gliding or casually walk round the Genos-Loudenvielle lake.
  
• In the Aure Valley, the Neouvielle Nature Reserve offers wonderful views and a multitude of walks. You are just on the border to Spain, easily accessible via the (free) Aragnouet-Bielsa tunnel, where completely different scenary await you : remote villages, cabbled-stoned alleys and the medieval village of Ainsa.

THE LOURON VALLEY

In winter, you can try skiing in the ski resort of Peyragudes or snow-shoe walking.
In summer, the Genos-Loudenvielle lake provides wonderful scenery for kayak , fishing, walking or pedalo… Or why not try hang-gliding or paragliding with the local flying school " Ecole du Vol libre " (Website) at Val Louron. For those who like walking, a multitude of paths exist both in the valley and in the high moutains. You can discover the typical villages and barns witness to bygone times.

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THE AURE VALLEY

Saint-Lary (Website) 100% Pyrenees, the most important village in the valley with its thermal baths, set in maginificent surroundings where you can relax after a days’ skiing or walking. Many sporting activities are offered, in complete security with local mountain guides or qualified instructors and Christine and Claude will be more than happy to advise you.

The Neouvielle Nature Reserve and the Pyrenean National Park with over 70 lakes, accessible by car, provide numerous marked paths treading through an enormous variety of mountains flowers, crystal clear springs.

Piau Engaly, another modern ski resort provides a long winter seasons, skiing, thanks its exceptional position.

The Aragnouet-Bielsa tunnel takes you through into Spain, and the Haut Aragon region, just ½ an hour’s drive away from the hotel. The Bielsa village, at the start of the Pineta Valley, at the foot of the Mont Perdu mountain (" lost mountain ") 3^rd highest pyrenean peak, where you can buy cheap local produce and detaxed items. The medieval village of Ainsa Website is extremely pleasant with impressive views, winding alleyways and tipically spanish bars in the main, central square.