Pyrénées National Park
Limestone cirques, canyons and waterfalls along the French side of the Pyrenees
The Cirque de Gavarnie, a glacier-carved amphitheatre with rock walls up to 1,500 metres high, anchors a park of karst valleys, caves and deep canyons on the Spanish border. Gavarnie Falls, mainland France's highest waterfall, drops from its rim.
Things to do
- On footClimb to Roland's Breach (La Brèche de Roland) from the Refuge des Sarradets, about an hour's climb
- On footWalk into the Cirque de Gavarnie beneath the Gavarnie Falls
- Try thisCross the Pont d'Espagne where the Gave de Marcadau meets the Gave de Gaube
- Try thisBase yourself at the Refuge des Oulettes de Gaube to explore the mountains and waterfalls
France · Hautes-Pyrénées and Pyrénées-Atlantiques Est. 1967 Size 457 km² Protected area category: IUCN II