Geological formation

Cirque de Gavarnie

Recomendado por 118 habitantes locales,

Consejos de residentes locales

Lisa
March 12, 2019
This place stretches anyone’s command of English superlatives; and the terribly hackneyed phrase of ‘I haven’t got the words’ obviously doesn’t work in a TA review! So, I will find words …. The Cirque du Gavarnie is the Most Amazing Place you Will EVER see. There you go – big claim; but true. Really, regardless of how you get there, your jaw will drop as you take in the spectacle of this geological giant. It is SO big, SO dramatic, SO elegant, SO (another hackneyed phrase) awe-inspiring – that you will wonder how you might capture the image to take away with you. Cameras and mobile phones simply don’t cut it – it is only your own internal ‘Memory camera’ of the brain that can do justice to this sight and this site. Really, go – if you have to join a coach-trip, go – If you are fit enough to do the long walk to it – go! And if you have to ride a donkey there (yes that is really an option) – go. However you go – you will still experience the magic and soul-enriching experience of this place. And there’s even a bar, traditional, stone-built, and placed (depending on your view) either so close to the main event to detract from the natural grandeur of the site – or, at a really handy location for essential refreshments after a very long hike … Even in high season, we still managed at one point to be the ONLY people visible in the entire Cirque de Gavarnie…. But if solitude is your thing - and it is mine - then you will also really like - indeed, may prefer - the nearby Cirque de Tromouse. But if you possibly, possibly, can, then get to see both of them. These are Europe’s star sights at their very best.
This place stretches anyone’s command of English superlatives; and the terribly hackneyed phrase of ‘I haven’t got the words’ obviously doesn’t work in a TA review! So, I will find words …. The Cirque du Gavarnie is the Most Amazing Place you Will EVER see. There you go – big claim; but true. Really…
Robert
November 15, 2018
UNESCO World heritage site and tallest free-hanging waterfall in europe.
Julien
April 30, 2018
A voir une fois dans sa vie ! / You must see this place once in your life !
Susan
February 23, 2022
Allow whole day visit to this amazing sit. Great walks include Gavarie cirque (3 hours round trip to the foot of the waterfall. Troumouse cirque (Take the fork at the village of Gèdre - access by vehicles as far as the Plateau du Maillet then shuttle bus to Troumouse hiking departure point). Cirque d'estaubé (Take the folk at the village of Gèbre - access by vehicle as far as 'Lac des Gloriettes" lake, hiking departue point.
Allow whole day visit to this amazing sit. Great walks include Gavarie cirque (3 hours round trip to the foot of the waterfall. Troumouse cirque (Take the fork at the village of Gèdre - access by vehicles as far as the Plateau du Maillet then shuttle bus to Troumouse hiking departure point). Cirqu…
Christiane
June 12, 2016
The 3,355-metre Mont Perdu stands proud over the vast jumble of surrounding peaks straddling the France-Spain border. On one side it dominates the deep, burning hot Ordesa, Pineta and Anisclo canyons. On the other, it commands the sweeping and magnificent Gavarnie, Troumouse and Estaubé cirques, cooled by waterfalls and great forests.

Actividades únicas en la zona

Pasea con raquetas de nieve en Gavarnie
  1. Paseo con raquetas de nieve
  2. 6 horas

Los residentes locales también recomiendan

Ubicación
Gavarnie-Gèdre, Occitanie