• Midi Observatory: A 8,000 feet observatory above the Pyrenees valleys, with a
worldwide reputation for its solar observations.
• Lourdes: Europe’s foremost pilgrimage centre.
• Cirque de Gavarnie: a sheer wall of snow capped rock, the natural amphitheatre of Gavarnie is 5,600 feet high and as spectacular today as when it was carved out some 20,000 years ago by a glacier.

Comité Départemental du Tourisme
6, rue Eugène Ténot
BP 450
65004 Tarbes cedex – France
Tel +33 (0)5 62 56 70 65
Fax +33 (0)5 62 56 70 66
tourisme.hautes-pyrenees@wanadoo.fr

photo credit: CRT Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées. D. Viet et H.P.T.E. N.Morel