We are just 35mins door to door, from the beautiful ski resort of La Pierre Saint Martin. Settled on the west of the Pyrenees, at a height of 1650 meters, La Pierre Saint Martin is a ski resort with a magnificent landscape. It has a lovely village nestled in a beautiful pine forest. At the bottom of the slopes, face the famous Pic d'Anie, with a panoramic ski field benefitting from the warm sunshine. It's a perfect place for everyone to ski, families and children.
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Issarbe: Enjoy new sensations in the untouched landscapes of Issarbe. Straddling the Bearn and Basque country, Issarbe offers an ideal starting point opposite the Pic d'Anie for cross-country skiing through unique landscapes.
La Pierre Saint Martin: Situated in the western Pyrenees, La Pierre St Martin will charm you with its unforgettable panoramic views, the forest of hooked pine trees and its flats facing the slopes. La Pierre Saint Martin has an exceptional setting, a vast skiable area adapted to young and experienced skiers alike. Here, one can indulge in more athletic winter sports or discover the pleasure of turns on powdery snow.
Gourette: In this resort where the skier is king and the snow his queen. Skiing area: 27 pistes, which are 30.5 kms with markers on a 290 hectares site. 16 ski lifts. 3 beginners. 6 spaces chairlifts. 1000 metres of slope, 100 snow cannons, Snow Park accessible by chairlifts, 2 restaurants at high altitude and 2 skiing schools.
Artouste: A small resort with panoramic fields of snow at an altitude of 2.100m, facing the Pic du Midi d'Ossau. 150 hectares open to winter sports and horizons that breathe. A well kept freestyle space equipped with a sound system, entertaiment, half pipe, cross-country, snow run and snow-board run.
Iraty: In the heart of the largest deciduous forest in western Europe, the Iraty resort combines beauty and serenity. In this majestic setting, cross-country skiers can admire the breath-taking scenery of Iraty.
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Candanchu: This ski resort is located in the Aragon Pyrenees, in its province Huesca Pyrenees. Together with the neighbouring resort of Astun. You won't find it in many of the big tour operators' brochures but this little known resort offers some excellent skiing amid the stunning scenery of the Pyrenees. There are nearly 90 kilometres of pistes including some tough black runs to challenge the most proficient of skiers.
Panticosa: Located in the centre of the Spanish Pyrenees Mountains Aragon. A band of local inhabitants of this lovely, centuries-old village came up with the idea of installing a chair lift to access the local mountain peaks as far back as 1970. Recent innovations and improvements make this one of the most modern, charming but least commercialised resorts in the whole of Spain.
Formigal: Located in the Aragon Pyrenees. It is a lively purpose-built resort suitable for beginners, intermediate skiers and families. You don't come here to rub shoulders with the rich and famous but it's a friendly and relaxed resort with good facilities provided at considerably lower prices than in the better known winter playgrounds of the Alps.
Cerler: Located in the Spanish province Huesca Benasque Valley where majestic pine and snow clad mountains rise to more than 3,000 metres. The resort offers some good skiing for all abilities and because of its inherent charm and lack of commercialism many skiers prefer it.
Astun: Is one of the two major Aragon Pyrenees ski resorts. Set in the beautiful valley of Aragon, 80km from the French city of Pau, Spain's biggest snowsport zones and the venue for many national competitions including the European Cup. With a capacity for more than 15,000 skiers per hour and descents which are never less than 3km long, the resort offers tranquil skiing. There are 27 pistes (slopes) covering 37km, two green (beginners), seven blue (easy), 12 red (medium difficult), and six black (difficult), plus two ski routes and a snowboard slope, all of which are served by five chairlifts and 11 draglifts. Artificial slopes mean there is skiing throughout the season.
