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The Comminges and the Val d'Aran

3 days · ~6 h 50 ·Mountains

Day by day

Driving times are approximate, from OpenStreetMap roads without traffic; long legs are rougher estimates. The Google Maps links give up-to-date times.

  1. Day 1

    ~1 h 20 · 2 h

    Roman ruins and a pilgrim cathedral

    1. Toulouse Airport
    2. ~1 h 20 · 117 km
      Saint-Bertrand-de-CommingesOccitania

      You begin on the rocky spur of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges. Visit the former cathedral and its carved choir stalls, then look over the Roman baths and theatre of Lugdunum Convenarum below. Stay the night here, where pilgrims still pass through.

    3. Overnight in Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges

  2. Day 2

    ~2 h 50 · 6 h

    Up into the Val d'Aran

    1. ~1 h 50 · 106 km
      DurroCatalonia

      Next you reach Durro, up the Vall de Boí, with slate roofs clustered about a Romanesque church in the Lombard style. Visit the church and, if you come in early June, watch the torchlit fallas descend from the hermitage. Then on to Garòs.

    2. ~1 h · 57 km
      GaròsCatalonia

      Garòs sits between two ravines in the Val d'Aran. Step into San Julián's church to see the carved Christ and the Gothic Virgin, and look up at its stout bell tower. Next, Arties.

    3. ~0 min · 2 km
      ArtiesCatalonia

      You settle in at Arties, where two waters meet. Visit Santa María, a Romanesque church, and the Gothic Sant Joan, whose belfry is octagonal, then ease into the thermal pools by Arata Isozaki. Stay the night here.

    4. Overnight in Arties

  3. Day 3

    ~2 h 40 · 2 h

    The valley's highest village, then back to Toulouse

    1. ~10 min · 7 km
      BagergueCatalonia

      The last morning climbs to Bagergue, the highest village in the Val d'Aran. Visit the church of Sant Feliu and the Eth Corrau museum of valley life, then walk the old path down towards the river and its flour mill. After that, the road leads back to Toulouse.

    2. ~2 h 30 · 180 km
      Toulouse Airport

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What you'll eat

What each stop is known for, and the dishes its region is famous for.

Also typical of Occitania

  • Typical of Occitania
    Petit pâté de NîmesBread and pasta
  • Arnaud 25Soupe de poisson à la setoise 1CC BY-SA 4.0Typical of Occitania
    Fish soup of SèteDishFish cooked with vegetables, white wine and olive oil, served with rouille croutons
  • traafPain paillasse de Lodève tranchéCC BY-SA 2.0Typical of Occitania
    Pain paillasse de LodèveBread and pasta
  • Seph SwainTourinCC BY 2.0Typical of Occitania
    TourinDishGarlic soup typical of the Dordogne and the Toulouse area
  • Typical of Occitania
    MilhàsDishMaize or millet flour porridge, set and often grilled, eaten in Languedoc
  • Typical of Occitania
    BajanaDishTraditional chestnut soup of the Cévennes

Also typical of Catalonia

Adapted from Wikipedia (Cuisine occitane, Gastronomía de Cataluña). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where you'll sleep

The village where each night falls, with the places to stay mapped within 3 km.

Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Thermal baths along the way

Spas and hot springs near your stops, the closest by road first.

  • Caldes de Boí (ES) · ~13 min by car from Durro
  • Banhs de Tredòs · ~18 min by car from Bagergue
  • Termes Baronia de Les · ~27 min by car from Garòs
  • Hotel Llanos del Hospital · ~29 min by car from Garòs
  • L'Edenvik · ~32 min by car from Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges
  • Thermes · ~36 min by car from Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges
  • Thermes de Luchon · ~36 min by car from Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges
  • Thermes de Salies-du-Salat · ~36 min by car from Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges

Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Soundtrack for this trip

Occitan troubadours and chanson, Catalan sardana and song, and the Aran valley's anthem.

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