Cauterets resort information

Resort Information
Resort Name: Cauterets Altitude 1850-2350
Country France Runs 35km of pistes
No. of lifts One gondola out of the town takes you up to 850m Tourist Office
 
Tourist Information Office
Place Marechal Foch
BP 79 - 65110 Cauterets
Tel: 0033 (0)5 62 92 50 50
Fax: 0033 (0)5 62 92 11 70
 

Good For...
Excellent for cross country, downhill runs mainly for intermediates, cheaper than staying in Alps
Not So Good For...
Experts and limited ski area, not ski-in ski-out

Getting There
Cauterets, France
By Air
Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées at 35 km,
Pau at 80 km.
By Train
Lourdes is 30 km away (TGV) then take a shuttle up to Cauterets.
       
By Car
Highway until the Tarbes exit, then 4-lane road up to Argelès-Gazost and a main road. From Bordeaux (278 km), from Paris (894 km), from Nantes (602 km), from Toulouse (204 km).
To get driving directions to the resort go to either the AA Website or the Michelin Route Planner website
www.viamichelin.com  or www.theaa.com
   

About The Resort..
Cauterets, France
Cauterets is found in the French Pyrenees and is an elegant old spa town.  Generally you will find prices here so much cheaper than the big French Alps resorts.  Cauterets is full of beautiful hotels and wonderful restaurants.
 
The actual ski area is Cirque du Lys which you get to from the village either by the Lys cable car (2000 skiers/hour) or by car (but you will need chains)
 
Eventually the ski areas of Cauterets and Luz-Ardiden should link which would make a combined ski area of 100km +

Other Activities
Cauterets, France
Indoor skating rink
heated indoor swimming pool
fitness center in thermal water
 
Thermes Cesar - Spa
As Cauterets is famous for it's high-quality hot sulphur spas it would be a shame to miss the energising waters.
Two of the spas Thermes de Cesar and Thermes des Griffons specialise in respiratory conditions and rheumatology.
 
cinema
2 screens showing 2-4 films a day
 
Casino
 
Library
 
National park museum - La Maison du Parc National
Documentaries on the Pyrenees National Park (tuesdays  & fridays at 5pm)
Mountain themed exhibitions
free admission
 
Le Musee 1900
This museum has a collection of regional attire and elegant dresses.  Based in the beautiful building with Louis XV decor at the Grand Hotel d'Angleterre
Residence d'Angleterre
Boulevard Latapie Flurin
Tel: 0033 (0)5 62 92 02 02
 
La Calligraphie - the calligrapher
Claude-Marie Laurent is a local painter who
Aux_Delices_cauterets
 
Berlingots
These colourful sugar candy sweets were eaten in the olden days by visitors to the spa to get rid of the strange taste of the sulphur water.  Today there are 100's of flavours and colours and you can find out how they are made.
 
A la Reine Margot
Avenue du Mamelon Ver
T: 0033 (0)5 62 92 58 67
 
Aux Delices (Mr Lestable)
Chocolate, berlingots
T: 0033 (0)5 6292 07 08
 
 
 
 
 

About The Mountain
Cauterets, France
The Cirque du Lys pistes are accessible from the village by the Lys telecabin or travel 5 km away to reach the Courbet telecabin.
There are 21 marked runs (2 black, 7 red, 7 blue, 5 green and a freestyle zone and slalom)  The Lys ski area has 11 ski lifts including one 6-seater high speed chairlift.  The season usually starts aroun 1st December and goes through to 27th April.
The 3 ski schools have offices in the village and on the pistes.
Cross Country
 We recommend this resort if you are a Cross Country lover.  There's 36km of Cross Country tracks.  These beautiful tracks lead up into the Pyrenees National Park and what used to be the route of smugglers taking contraband from Spain to France.
Le Pont d'Espagne
7km from Cauterets , The Pont d'Espagne ski area offers a unique natural environment for downhill skiing, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing.  This is a lovely area for families with ideal slopes for beginners, tree lined runs through the forest and 1 toboggan slope.  Catch the bus from town to Pont d'Espagne.
 
Online ski passes
You can now buy your ski pass ons line at www.cauterets.com
 
 

Mountain Restuarants
Cauterets, France
There is one restaurant called Le Carrousel (Cirque du Lys) and there is also a heated room where you can take a picnic - how very civilised!!
Tel: 0033 (0)5 62 92 55 60

Ski Schools
Cauterets, France
Esprit Montagne Ski School
 
Ecole du Ski Francais (ESF)
 
Jorly Ski School
 

Weather
Cauterets, France

Taxi
Cauterets, France
Taxis based in Cauterets
Taxi Houssat Andre - Place Clemenceau
Tel: 0033 (0)5 62 92 61 62
all distances covered
 
Taxi Bordenave Freres - Place Clemenceau
Tel: 0033 (0)5 62 92 53 68
 
Coaches  - 9 to 54 seaters
Etablissement Bordenave
Place Clemenceau
Tel: 0033 (0)5 62 92 53 68
 
 
 

Nearby Resorts
Cauterets, France
 
There are 12 French resorts situated in the High Pyrenees.
 
Le Domaine du Tourmalet is the largest ski area in the French Pyrenees and includes the resorts of La Mongie and Bareges which is now linked.
 
Not far from La Mongie is Cauterets and Luz-Ardiden.
 
In the Neiges Catalanes you will find Font Romeu, St Lary Soulan and St Lary Espiaube.
 

Ski & Snowboard Hire Shop
Cauterets, France

We recommend you hire your skis and snowboards at Hors Pistes located in the Galerie Aladin in Cauterets

If you book online here at snowbrainer.co.uk you'll make big savings on the resort RRP.  It's so easy and convenient, you book online then collect in resort and it saves you time and money. 
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