Pau: “Porte des Pyrenees” The French town of Pau has a prime position just to the north of the Pyrenees, 50 km from Spain and 100 km from the Atlantic coast (Biarritz and St Jean de Luz). The Catholic pilgrimage town of Lourdes is only 30 km away. Pau is the capital of the Pyrenees-Atlantiques…
Pyrenees
The Pyrenean Wildlife Park – Parc Animalier des Pyrénées
The Parc Animalier is one of the top wildlife parks in France, and we were fortunate to have a sunny day trip there with our friend Jacqueline during our visit to Pau in October half term 2016. It’s in the foothills of the Pyrenees, about 10 minutes’ drive south from Lourdes, at a village called Argelès-Gazost…
The Basque Language
When I was writing my blog post about Biarritz last month, I was reminded of spending happy months in that area of southwest France as a student. I was fascinated by the culture of the “Pays Basque” or Basque country, a beautiful area which lies to the north and south of the Pyrenees, stradddling both France…
