The Rough Guide to the Pyrenees Book

	Introduction	ix
Part 1	Basics	1
	Getting there: from Britain	3
	From Ireland	9
	From North America	11
	From Australia and New Zealand	15
	Red tape and visas	18
	Costs, money and banks	20
	Insurance	24
	Health matters	25
	Information and maps	27
	Getting around	31
	Accommodation	39
	Eating and drinking	45
	Communications and the media	62
	Opening hours and public holidays	67
	Festivals	69
	Trouble, police and sexual harassment	72
	The great outdoors	75
	Directory	84
Part 2	The Guide	87
Chapter 1	The Eastern Pyrenees	89
	Perpignan	95
	The Aude Valley	101
	The Lower Tet	104
	The Canigou Massif	109
	The Upper Tet	114
	The Capcir	119
	The Tech valley and the Alberes	121
	The Cote Vermeille	130
	The Costa Brava	137
	Figueres and around	146
	Girona and around	152
	The Fluvia valley and the Garrotxa	159
	EI Ripolles	172
	Travel details	183
Chapter 2	Andorra and Around	185
	The Cadi-Moixero Park	190
	Approaches from Ripoll	191
	Berga and around	195
	The Serra del Cadi	197
	La Seu d'Urgell and around	202
	Andorra	205
	The Cerdanya	217
	The Cerdagne	223
	The Carlit Massif	227
	Ax-les-Thermes and around	233
	Tarascon-sur-Ariege and its caves	235
	Foix	239
	The Pays de Sault	241
	Travel details	246
Chapter 3	The Val D'Aran Region	248
	The Montcalm-Estats massif	249
	The Vicdessos Valley	252
	The Noguera Pallaresa	256
	The Val d'Aran	264
	The Aiguestortes-Sant Maurici region	274
	Approaches to Aiguestortes	278
	Walking in Aiguestortes	284
	The Esera valley	286
	Maladeta climbs and walks	293
	Posets climbs and walks	295
	The Valle de Chistau	300
	The Couserans	303
	Saint-Girons and Saint-Lizier	303
	Mas d'Azil	307
	The "Empty Quarter"	308
	The northern approaches	331
	The Vallee d'Aure	334
	The Baronnies	342
Chapter 4	Around the National Parks	327
	Bagneres-de-Bigorre	344
	Upstream from Bagneres	346
	Tarbes	350
	Lourdes and around	352
	The upper gave de Pau	356
	Luz-Saint-Sauveur	359
	Bareges	361
	The Gavarnie region	364
	Cauterets	372
	Pau	376
	The Ossau and Aspe valleys	381
	The southern approaches	395
	The eastern valleys	398
	The Valle de Ordesa and around	408
	Parque Nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido	411
	The Valle de Tena and around	415
	Jaca and around	420
	Huesca, Barbastro and the Sierra de Guara	428
	Travel details	435
	The Comminges	315
	Bagneres-de-Luchon	319
	Travel details	326
Chapter 5	The Western Pyrenees	437
	The Echo and Anso valleys	444
	The Valle de Roncal and Parque Natural Pirenaico Larra-Belagoa	451
	Gorges of the Haute-Soule	455
	The Irati Forest	458
	The Valle de Salazar	460
	Auritze	463
	Roncesvalles	466
	Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port	468
	Baigorri and the Vallee des Aldudes	471
	The Valle de Baztan	473
	Through Labourd to the coast	475
	Bayonne	479
	Biarritz	483
	Saint-Jean-de-Luz and around	488
	Hendaye	491
	Irun and around	493
	San Sebastian	497
	Travel details	506
Part 3	Contexts	509
	History	511
	Wildlife	530
	The Environment	536
	Books	540
	Language	546
	Glossary	555
	Index	558