Eaux-Bonnes

Eaux-Bonnes

Travel guide and tourist information

Travel guide and tourist information

Geographic information			Closest towns
Town	Eaux-Bonnes		Béost at 4 km (5 mn)
Insee code	64204		Louvie-Soubiron at 5.3 km (6 mn)
Postcode	64440		Laruns at 6 km (7 mn)
Latitude	42.9749974		Aste-Béon at 8.3 km (9 mn)
Longitude	-0.3916682		Gère-Bélesten at 8.8 km (9 mn)
Altitude	From 520 to 2619 meters		Bielle at 13 km (13 mn)
Surface	38.52 km2		Bilhères at 15.4 km (16 mn)
Population	433 inhabitants		Louvie-Juzon at 15.6 km (16 mn)
Density	11 inhabitants/km2		Izeste at 16 km (17 mn)
National label			Castet at 17.6 km (19 mn)
Chief town	Pau (at 42 km, 53 mn)		Arudy at 18.2 km (20 mn)
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques		Sévignacq-Meyracq at 18.8 km (20 mn)
Region	Aquitaine		Search another town

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• On the road to Col de l'Aubisque at the foot of the Pic du Ger, in a forest of old beech trees on the gave of Valentine Eaux-Bonnes (750 m) provides access to panoramic views and sumptuous from the circus intimate Gourette to 1400 m (station its winter meeting the requirements of environmental standard ISO 14 001) with peaks rising to 2600 m.
• In spring, Gourette gives way to green pastures frequented by herds of sheep and cows. The first heats are occasionally away from the trails, observe groundhog, true sentinel sites. It is also possible for the patient walking to glimpse the famous but rare capercaillie. During the summer, the mountains green Eaux-Bonnes bears his name with pride while above, the edelweiss and iris fields emerge here and there, succeeding the daffodils in spring. Finally, in the fall season when the crocuses bloom, the forest of beech Gourzy then makes the joy of pickers.
• The waters of Eaux-Bonnes:

• The beneficial waters from François 1er. Qualified "by musketry" sulphurous waters of Eaux-Bonnes are known since the 16th century, when the Bearn, wounded at the battle of Pavia (1525) with muskets, came to heal their wounds. Later, many doctors were also involved in the reputation of Eaux-Bonnes. Theophilus of Bordeu publishes books and a thesis extolling the benefits of the station, Dr. Darralde, spa doctor, heal the Empress Eugenie while Dr. Valery Miller, exercising on the station, there will come personalities: Louis Barthou, the politician, Francis Plante, musician Francois Coppe, the poet? but it is the frequent arrival (1851/1870) of the Empress Eugenie Maria de Montijo de Guzman, Countess of Teba (future wife of Napoleon III) that will give the station any notoriety.
• The waters are said to Eaux-Bonnes sulphide, sodium chloride, sulphates, predominantly calcium chloride and sodium and high in silica and sulfide. Its properties grant healing, antiseptic, thinners, vasodilator, analgesic and sedative. Located at the very location of the sources referred to as "old" and "cold". Ent facilities have been refurbished and upgraded, you can go spray sonic nosing, nasal irrigation. The rheumatology department is booming. There care practice traditional and innovative: whirlpool baths, jet showers, underwater massage, local application of mud pack?

• Gourette:

• It was in 1903 that will be tested the first pair of skis in the history of the Pyrenees. Five years later under the leadership of the French Alpine Club will be held in Pau Eaux-Bonnes and Gourette, the first international competition of the Pyrenees ski 15 and February 16, 1908, including distance running, bobsled and jump springboard.
• Swiss, Norwegian, Italian compete in presence of King Alfonso XIII of Spain. This contest will follow as those who until 1914 served to popularize skiing and mountain convert to this new sport came from the north. The first hotels are springing up in the 30s in 1935 Gourette be the first ski lift in the Pyrenees: The snowball.
• It was not until 1957 that the station wakes up really. 60s to today Gourette has continued to grow, transform themselves to offer even greater comfort, security.
• Located south to the piste, with a capacity of 7000 beds, ideal for skiing with the family, village by his spirit and all the services it offers. Station increasingly drawn from nature trails until modern facilities, everything has been redesigned so that each is at the heart of a mountain environment quality. Accommodation on site, a drop-in center for children 5 months to 5 years, local shops, a spa with fitness center (open during school holidays and January), a cinema, a nightclub.
• Certified since 2003 as the ski area since this year meets the requirements of environmental standard ISO 14001 (saving energy, using biodegradable oils, waste management, reduce consumption and electicity fuel, reducing noise pollution during the manufacture of artificial snow, monitoring the water quality returned to the natural environment, site cleanup day ...).
• 90 hectares of skiing for all - More than 1000 m in altitude 1350/2450m - 30 km of tracks on 3 levels of glide - 1 black run - 14 red - 9 blue - 4 green. Fluidity of movement guaranteed by the ultra modern facilities, 150 snow cannons provide artificial snow on 60% of skiable terrain. A beginners' area of 7 hectares entirely reserved for beginners, available in 3 minutes per télécabinne equipped with 3 carpet and a chairlift. A snow park, a boadercross, a toboggan run.

• Country of pastoral traditions and legends, rich with anecdotes from yesterday and today, Eaux-Bonnes Gourette, authentic villages, are to be discovered in the company of storytellers from the valley.

• The village of Plover, a unique feature in Europe: In the 1920s, the shepherds Aas used in the Valley as Valentine the whistling language to match them at distances of over 2 km radius. The story goes that the invention of this language tool returns a shepherd who called for help, whistling to save a calf from its herd. Long since replaced by other means of communication, language remains very rooted in the minds of people. A bronze pillar representing the Tundra recalls today this unique feature in Europe (also listed language in Turkey).
• At the meeting of the shepherd: A walk initiatory original and unexpected. A walk of about an hour takes the walker on the farmhouses of Gourette him to discover the mountain environment and, of course, its fauna and flora. This course takes place in a group at a rate of observation of nature in the company of a "storyteller countries' passion for meteorology explaining the formation of clouds, winds, changes in mountain time? Rhododendrons, blueberries for decoration here, licorice plants and wild thyme, above. The last climb is done at last, the bells of the sheep and the barking of the shepherd dog warning of the arrival of visitors. In CUYALA, shepherd's hut of stone, anecdotes pastoral fuse while we tasted the famous cheese Ossau after visiting the room for maturing.

• History, folklore and, of course, culinary traditions. The Ossau valley has many villages rich in history, customs and folk festivals but also culinary traditions: The sheep's milk cheese to be called "Ossau, dried ham on the heights of Gourette to over 1400 m altitude, artisanal honey? is also here that you can taste the famous garbure, boiled chicken, foie gras? accompanied by the famous soft jurançon with whom was named Henry IV.

• Architecture and Heritage:

• If the first building Eaux-Bonnes referring to the spa back to the 16th century, the current facility dates from 1830 and the church and the nearby Government House (now the town hall).
• In the second half of the 19th century, the heyday of the station, the facades of buildings feature an "Second Empire" (ref. A haussmann) with arched openings and brick red? The mansions of the Rue Castellane and the Hotel des Princes set themselves up then. In 1868, a hundred houses are then identified. It is also the period when many personalities stay: The Empress Eugenie, the Duchess of Angouleme, the Duchesse de Berry, Rosa Bonheur, Delacroix, Sarah Bernhardt?
• Picturesque hamlets to discover? Aas Assouste watching and Ossau valley from the top of their slate roofs. Formerly, mainly inhabited by shepherds and farmers, it is the oldest villages of the city of Eaux-Bonnes. If Aas has the distinction of having invented the particular language of Tundra Assouste (which derives its name from "lous oussales" meaning the bear) boasts an interesting architecture: a Romanesque chapel, one of oldest in the valley with a capital carved a restored mansion of the 16th century, laundry renovated and old houses with typical Béarn door lintels characteristics and frequent presence of gray marble-Arudy black or pink marble of Biella.
• Route of trees Eaux-Bonnes: With a rich architectural heritage dating from the Second Empire, which had accompanied the creation in 1861 of an English garden, the common Eaux-Bonnes intended to highlight its natural heritage and allow discovery of the garden and darralde Drive horizontal fun way through an identification and a document made in collaboration with the Office of the National Forest.

• Summer activities:

• Mountains and peaks of soft adventure come together offering outdoor activities targeted at both young and old alike, the only sports enthusiasts idleness: family walks on marked trails, climbing mountain passes for seasoned walkers, introduction to climbing, fishing lakes, mountain biking, fitness?
• Route through the trees in a dense forest with multiple trees (beech, fir, spruce?) Routes through the trees safely and independently. By age and envy, of course from 4 to 14 m above the ground. Multiple installations and varied stirrups, nets, zip lines over 200 m?
• Via ferrata: sensations guaranteed! Path suspended equipped with scales at the same wall, for 1 to 3 hours of climbing with a vertical drop of 150 m. Unique in the region.
• ATV, introduction to climbing site: ATV trails upgraded with variations depending on the level, downhill on the ski slopes (600 m elevation), climbing boulders, rocks and out with a guide.
• Fitness, afternoon in July and August: Relax and unwind with good facilities (pool, sauna?) And appropriate care: jet showers, massages with scented oils?
• Chairlift Gourette 1350/2000 m opened in July and August.
• Daycare of 5 months to 3 years, leisure center 4 to 12 years.
• Exhibition artisanal honey production, studio furniture and wooden toys.
• Library.

• Winter activities:

• 28 runs - 15 lifts - Boardercross, snowpark, beginners area, toboggan run.
• The gondola Bézou accessible to pedestrians to see the panorama.
• Track marked snowshoe - snowshoe walks together.
• Tour the station every Monday, followed by the welcome drink, entertainment and presentation of activities of the week, meeting with a shepherd.
• Trail.
• Newsroom animation - disco - cinema.
• Wellbeing: aérogazeux bath, jet shower, bath pool and sauna - Thermal Waters Good. Shuttles spa / resort.

• Late January: Telemark: Weekend initiation and international gathering.
• End of March: Pyrénéa triathlons, Pau - Gourette, 18km walk, 35km bike and ski touring in Cinto Pass (elevation 1,000 m).
• Early April: "Gourettoise" race ski mountaineering, with a vertical drop of 1000 m to 1600 m with two options, the term elite and the mass term.
• In June:

• Race walking Arudy / Eaux-Bonnes (half marathon).
• Feast of St. John.

• July:

• July 13: Concert - Fireworks and music.
• July 14: Run for the Green Mountain: Ascension traditional, 400m ascent made in 20 minutes! Bal outdoors and Toro de Fuego.

• In August:

• Early August: Feast of the village of Aas: Folk songs and Val d'Ossau, outdoor dining, games?
• Festival of Flowers: Flower parade, music, games for children, market?
• August 15: Feast traditional Gourette: games, ball and toro de fuego.

• Early September: Round Sanctus - trail hiking in the mountains: Two races including a course of 17 km with an elevation of 1400 m. And a journey of 6.3 km with an elevation of 440 m.

• Visits Area:

• Natural sites of the Col d'Aubisque, circus Anéou of Banu plateau.
• The cliff to the vultures, the Petit train Artouste Lake Castet, Spain, the Chateau de Pau, Lourdes?

• Activities

• Canyoning, rafting, caving, kayaking, paragliding, trekking riding.

Eaux-Bonnes view from Aas		View Gourette summer
Aas - Belltower		Assouste - The Chapel
Gourette - View from the road to the Aubisque		Gourette - MTB
Gourette - Chairlift Cutch		Gourette - Climbing in Sarrière
Hiking to Gourette		Fishing
Via ferrata		Route child in the trees

Saturday 20 March Day Night Min. 3°C - Max. 14°C

Sunday 21 March Day Night Min. -2°C - Max. 5°C

Monday 22 March Day Night Min. -2°C - Max. 9°C

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Chalet du Soulor     Arrens-Marsous Stage lodging and subsistence of 33 squares, labeled Cottage France, 3 spikes. Located at 1450 m altitude in the middle of summer pastures in the mountains. Whether you are alone, with... Located at 14.6 km from Eaux-Bonnes 40 € the double room

Maison sempe     Arrens-Marsous Located in a small mountain village, this house bigourdane, Sempé House, restored in the style of the country enjoys a nice view of the Pic du Midi Arrens and that of Gabizos. The... Located at 15.5 km from Eaux-Bonnes From 52 € to 55 € the double room

La Maison de Lucie PAU OLORON BUZY     Buzy This ancient restored farm is situated in the heart of an attractive village from Bearn, in the Ossau valley, at the foot of the mountains and at a one-hour drive from the Ocean. Lucie... Located at 18.4 km from Eaux-Bonnes From 55 € to 60 € the double room

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Gite le Balaîtous Arrens-Marsous House Bigourdane restored Located at 14.4 km from Eaux-Bonnes From 500 € to 900 € per week

Gîte du Hôo Arrens-Marsous A few kilometers from the top of the Col de l'Aubisque; Around Lourdes; At the gates of the Parc National des Pyrénées West; Near the Cirque de Gavarnie; Initially many walks (GR.10... Located at 14.5 km from Eaux-Bonnes From 200 € to 360 € per week

A la bergerie des pyrénées Gaillagos Situated at an altitude of 950 metres on the edge of the small Pyrénéen village of Gaillagos, at the gateway to the Hautes Pyrenees National Park, this delightful mountain gite has... Located at 17 km from Eaux-Bonnes From 295 € to 520 € per week

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Camping Azun Nature     Aucun In full heart of the Pyrenees, with 865m of altitude, we propose to you various formulas of lodging near the most imposing sites and of the national park of the Pyrenees. Located at 16.8 km from Eaux-Bonnes 12,60 € per day

Les ô kiri     Baudreix Between sea and mountain in the Pyrenees Atlantiques Okiri 25 cabins 8 mobile homes, lake, beach, white water sports, climbing tennis basketball, hiking, biking, between Pau and Lourdes.... Located at 27 km from Eaux-Bonnes From 15 € to 17 € per day

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Logis Le Vieux Logis     7.5 Lestelle-Bétharram The hotel - restaurant is ideally situated in an authentic and peaceful natural environment at the foothills of the Pyrenees, between Pau in Béarn and Lourdes in Bigorre, near the Gave... Located at 22 km from Eaux-Bonnes Room from 78 €

Au Bon Coin     6.3 Lurbe-Saint-Christau This family hotel set in the heart of a well-preserved area welcomes you near the Pyrénées mountains, amid a quiet setting. The Au Bon Coin hotel features 18 comfortable guest rooms... Located at 23 km from Eaux-Bonnes Room from 50 €

Logis Au Primerose    7.2 Argelès-Gazost This family-run hotel is situated off the main roads close to the town centre. It offers comfortable and affordable accommodation. Logis Au Primerose features comfortable guestrooms... Located at 24 km from Eaux-Bonnes Room from 68 €

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