Vidou is ideally situated in the Department of The Hautes Pyrénées, allowing easy access to many places of natural beauty, breathtaking scenery, historic and cultural interest. Some examples follow:
Biarritz/St Jean de Luz: Biarritz is an easy 2 hour drive. Visit the fashionable town, sit at one of the street bars and ‘people watch’, see the wind surfers, sample some of the golden beaches that stretch both north and south of the town, or more of the many other attractions.
Pau: In one hour you are in the centre of a town that has, for over a century, had a very English influence, resulting in many fine buildings and a higher ratio of parks per head of population than any other town in France.
Lourdes: A forty five minute drive takes you to the second most important site for the Catholic Religion. Pilgrims from nations all over the world come to worship at the place where nearly one hundred and fifty years ago, The Virgin Mary came, in visions, to Bernadette, a young local girl.
The Pyrénées: Skiing, tobogganing and walking in the winter, hiking, climbing, rafting,
hang gliding and other extreme sports to name but a few, during summer. Visit the
many cave formations along the whole mountain range, and see evidence of how our
prehistoric ancestors lived. Many breathtaking views -
Toulouse: An hour and a half to Blagnac airport, or into the town centre. Visit the old town to enjoy the French atmosphere with its many original churches and buildings, restaurants, theatres and cinemas. Let yourself go for a fascinating journey to the heart of space at the Cité de l’Espace, or discover the largest aeronautic site in Europe and see the assembly lines of the revolutionary Airbus A380 project.
Gavarnie: The Cirque de Gavarnie, a UNESCO site, is the best known feature of the Pyrénées, and Gavarnie is the most visited village. Its fame is justified by the impressive natural amphitheatre walls which rise in a sweep of over 1300 metres from the green valley floor. These walls consist of bands of cliffs broken by horizontal tiers of snow and ice which in the summer months give an excellent backdrop for climbers and walkers of all abilities, whilst in the winter months skiers as well as walkers can view some of the most dramatic scenery of the Pyrénéan range including a number of summits in excess of 3000 metres.
More details on any of the above destinations and many others not on the list may be obtained from the owners.
Col d’Aspin
St Jean de Luz
Gavarnie
Payolle
Lourdes
Néouvielle
