Gavarnie-Gèdre is a village in the Pyrenees in a beautiful mountain valley. Its surroundings are a paradise for people looking for contact with nature and the possibility of hiking in the mountains.
The surroundings of Gavarnie-Gèdre are part of the UNESCO-protected Mont-Perdu Pyrenees, decorated with glacier canyons and circuses, and glacial valleys with mountain lakes. It is an area of exceptional beauty, and also accessible by a well-prepared network of trails. One of the biggest attractions here is the Cirque de Gavarnie nature reserve and the magnificent waterfalls, one of the highest in France.
Attractions of Gavarnie-Gèdre are also the buildings of the village itself. Stone, traditional buildings with the church of St. John the Baptist and the mountain houses is beautifully inscribed in the surrounding landscape and is a unique example of mountain architecture from this part of France.
