Highlights of the year

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Sport and thrills

The Gavarnie Valleys invite you to enjoy memorable experiences all year round. In the heart of these majestic landscapes, discover our highlights: from sporting competitions to cultural celebrations, through well-established local traditions and international festivities. Join us for intense moments, share our passions and explore the hidden treasures of these picturesque valleys.

Sporting Events

Adrenaline in the Gavarnie Valleys

Trails, cycling races, ski mountaineering competitions, and many other challenges will stimulate your endorphins on the Pyrenean peaks. Here are some of the many sporting events to experience in our valleys.

Le Tour de France

Epic mountain stages

The Gavarnie Valleys are one of the key stages of the legendary Tour de France. Col du Tourmalet, Hautacam, Col du Soulor, Col de l'Aubisque, Col de Spandelles, Cambasque, Col des Tentes, Ardiden... so many names that echo the history of the Grande Boucle.

Mountain stages as we like them and which have great surprises in store for the spectators!

The stages of the Tour de France

Arrival of the Tour de France in Hautacam in the Pyrenees

Trails and white trails

Running in the mountains in all seasons

In summer, mountain running enthusiasts will be spoiled for choice to challenge themselves during the many organized trails. In winter, there is no respite for trail runners! They will be able to take advantage of the many white trails to run in the snowy valleys and feel the contrast between their body heated by the effort and the fresh air of the season. An exquisite feeling!

Trail in the snow in winter at Luz Ardiden

Start of a trail in the village of Barèges

Tristan Buchot

The Altitoy

Major ski mountaineering event

The Altitoy, the biggest ski mountaineering competition in the Pyrenees, is an unmissable winter event in the Gavarnie Valleys.

This international race, which is practiced as a team, offers two routes: a technical and demanding one and a gentler one, thus offering great sporting moments!

The next edition of the Altitoy

Traditional events

The living cultural heritage of the valleys

In these valleys resounds a strong ancestral culture, traditions that men have continued over generations so that the echo of their ancestors will never be silent. For a day, an evening or a weekend, take part in this echo and live to the rhythm of the valleys!

Trad’Azun Festival

A celebration of local culture

This traditional music festival takes place in Val d'Azun. On the program, a farmers' market, polyphonic songs, bigourdane dances and a ball await you to spend a moment immersed in local traditions!
Know the Trad'Azun 2023 program

The Chop Fair

A pastoral and gastronomic celebration

On Saint Michael's Day, the shepherds of the valley celebrate the end of the summer pastures at the cutlet fair in Luz-Saint-Sauveur! This unmissable event combining pastoralism, gastronomy and local culture is an appointment not to be missed.

The Argelès-Gazost market

A gourmet journey into the history of the Valleys

The tradition of the Argelès-Gazost market has endured for over 700 years.

Each Tuesday morning, find the essentials of gastronomy and the Pyrenean region in the heart of the village: cheeses, jams, mountain honey, sheep and beef meats, fresh vegetables and seasonal fruits.

From foie gras to charcuterie specialties, the baskets fill up quickly, just follow the stands and their aromas.

Find all the markets of the valleys

Gerard Ganglion

Cultural events

Explore the soul of the valleys

Discover beautiful cultural events all year round that will make your heart beat to the rhythm of the Gavarnie Valleys. Among them, the Gavarnie Festival, the Fête du Ciel at the Col de Couraduque and Jazz à Luz have intense emotions in store for you.

Gavarnie Festival

Theater under the stars

Here, in the heart of the Pyrenees National Park, one of the most striking shows takes place every summer. Up there, perched at an altitude of 1 m, attend a unique theater play with the reliefs of the Cirque de Gavarnie in the background, stars as spotlights and the moon as a projector...

The Sky Festival

A celestial journey to the Col de Couraduque

It is at the Couraduque pass in the Val d'Azun that the magnificent sky festival takes place. Between kite-making workshops, demonstration stands and discoveries, observations of birds of prey, shows, projections, conferences and hot air balloon shows, beautiful moments await you!

Take part in the sky party

Hot air balloons at the Val d'Azun Sky Festival

Jazz in Luz

Four days of music and celebration

A festival anchored with passion in a beautiful mountain valley where during four days of music and celebration, each curious and adventurous person is invited to survey unsuspected musical territories, to discover music at the crossroads of crossroads in a friendly atmosphere.

A festival where brass bands, musical walks, shows for young audiences, concert aperitifs and the most contemporary creations rub shoulders.

Discover the program of the next edition

Agenda