Photos of the Pyrenees
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Churches
Wise and foolish virgins in the church of Sainte Anne at Cazeaux
The church at Benque-Dessus near Luchon contains an astonishing collection of medieval wall paintings
God creating Eve from Adam’s rib in the church of Sainte Anne at Cazeaux
Wall painting in a roadside chapel at the Granges d’Astau, just below the Lac d’Oôen-dessous du Lac d’Oô
The fate of sinners, also in the church of Sainte Anne at Cazeaux
The devil eating the mortal remains of a sinner. The legs and torso have already disappeared. In the church at Sainte Engrâce
Winter in the Pyrenees
Dog sledding on the Plateau de Beille, near Tarascon
Pic Fourcat near Ax-les-Thermes
Snow shoeing near the Chioula hostel above Ax-les-Thermes
Summits
Midsummer’s eve (23 June) at the summit of Canigou, Pyrenées-Orientales
Not strictly the Pyrenees: sunset viewed from the top of the Alaric, in the Corbières.
Crête de la Lhasse 2439m, between the Rulhe and Mérens
Animals seen on the GR10 and GR11 (Pyrenees)
Tarasconnaise sheep near le lac du Portillon
Basco-Béarnaise sheep in the Basque country
Cows in the mist between Bagargrac and Logibar
Marmottes (groundhogs) were reintroduced into the Pyrenees in 1948
Laña, the last Pyrenean ibex, in the visitor centre in Torla (GR11)
Plants
Joubarbe on the slopes of the Canigou
Flower border at Raufaste, near Couflens, in Ariège
Carline thistle: in a few days the flowers will explode in a sunburst of gold
Cork oak in the Albères, at the eastern end of the Pyrenees
Rhododendrons and broom in flower between the Bésines hostel and the Bouillouses lakes on the GR10
Gentians on the slopes of the Canigou, between Mariailles and the Cortelets hostel
Towns and villages
Ainhoa in the Basque country, with banana trees in the foreground
Bridge over the Baïgorry (red river) at Saint Étienne de Baïgorry
St Jean-Pied-de-Port
Fortified church at Luz-Saint-Sauveur
Cauterets, one of the oldest spas in the mountains
L’Allée d’Étigny, Luchon
Roofs in Goulier, Ariège: from the traditional to the ultra-modern
Le Perthus. One side of the street is in Spain, the other in France
The miniature-château hotel in Melles: the Auberge du Crabère
GR 10: Seix in the Ariège
Hostels and huts on the GR10 and GR11
The hostel in Olhette is one day’s walk from Hendaye, the start of the Pyrenean Way (GR10)
Cayolar d’Anhaou near to the Gorges de Kakouéta. Cayolars are shepherds’ huts, which may, or may not be available for walkers (GR10)
Although isolated, the Cabanes de Peyrehitte overlook Luchon (GR10)
Baiau hut (GR11)
Talaixa refuge (only a small part is available for GR11 walkers)
Footprints on the mountains