Prices, Availability, Contact details,Booking forms and conditions
and how to find us.

**Please see below for our calendar of holidays and prices for Summer 2010**

Accommodation: Our base is a traditional 300yr old stone house in the centre of the mountain village of Bareges. The house has a 3-star rating from "Gites de France", making us the highest quality in the village! Five minutes from the front door you can be skiing on the piste, or walking a lovely mountain trail. Our house has been completely restored from top to bottom, and we have six spacious en-suite bedrooms available, sleeping up to 14 people. All of the accommodation is non-smoking.

Rates are for one week Sat-Sat per person based on two people sharing. Please consult us for individual pricings for short breaks.

Reductions are available for groups of 8 or more and for the use of our family/group rooms.

All of our accommodation is in twin, double or family bedrooms. We have a 140 euro supplement for single occupancy of a room for the week.

Half board: En-suite room and a continental breakfast, afternoon tea and 3-course evening meal with after-dinner coffee.

B&B: En-suite room with a generous continental breakfast.

Packed lunches: Available on request. Picnic lunches are included in the price of walking holiday, cycling holiday and activity holiday packages.

Transfer (to and from Pau-Pyrenees Airport): As part of your holiday with us, we offer a Saturday transfer to and from Pau airport for €40 per person, return, meeting the Ryanair flight from Stasted. Alternative collections from Lourdes train station, and other airports such as Toulouse or Biarritz may be arranged on request.

Calendar of Guided Summer Holidays.

Green = confirmed, Blue = proposed and very much flexible (please contact us if the dates below don't suit and you have an idea for an itinerary).

Accommodation for independent walkers, birders, bikers etc. is available at any time.

We are a FRENCH COMPANY working in EUROS. We take payment directly by card (Visa or Mastercard).

Summer 2010 calendar

We are now taking advance bookings for Summer 2010. The Pyrenees holidays in italics are proposed but not fixed. Our calendar is very flexible at the moment, so please don't hesitate to contact us if you have your own itinerary or dates to suggest. Drop us an email and we'll get back to you as soon as possible with all the information that you need.

**Accommodation-only for independent holiday makers is available throughout**

Dates 2010		Euros p/p	Activity
May	29	490 €	Gentle guided walking - FULL
June	5	680 €	Intermediate guided walking - FULL
	12	665-975 €	Accommodation-only
	19	680 €	Intermediate guided walking
	26	925 €	Intermediate guided walking - Val d'Azun special - FULL
July	3	680 €	Intermediate guided walking - 1 space left (male share)
	10	680 €	Intermediate guided walking - FULL
	17	490-685 €	Tour de France - FULL
	17	715 €	HRP guided trekking - Stage 1 (Pyrenean Haute Route: Etsaut:Luz-St. Sauveur)
	24	995 €	Multi activity holiday - FULL
	24	715 €	HRP guided trekking - Stage 2 (Pyrenean Haute Route: Luz-St. Sauveur-Luchon)
	31	750-975 €	Multi activity holiday - FULL
	31	865 €	HRP guided trekking - Stage 3 (Pyrenean Haute Route: Aneto & the Encantats)
August	7	875 €	Multi activity holiday - FULL
HRP - Pyrenean Haute Route	14	975 €	Multi activity holiday - please enquire for itinerary
guided trekking	21	975 €	Multi activity holiday - FULL
available in July & August	21	715 €	HRP guided trekking - Stage 4 (Pyrenean Haute Route - stage 4: Ariege & Andorra)
	28	645 € + hut fees	Intermediate-adventurous guided walking, including a 3-day mini trek - Gavarnie & Ordesa special
September	4	490 €	Intermediate guided walking - Guided trip full, space for accommodation, female share
	11	665 €	Gentle guided walking - FULL
	18	680 €	Gentle-intermediate guided walking - FULL
	25	680 €	Intermediate guided walking
October	2	665 €	Gentle guided walking - Autumn colours
	9	975 €	Canyoning - 2 centre beginning in France and ending in Spain
Accommodation-only is available throughout, priced at 490 euros per person per week on a half-board basis Holidays run Saturday-Saturday. Please enquire about short-break bookings

We also offer Bed & Breakfast accommodation at selected times of year. Please contact us for availability and pricing.

Getting Here

Mountainbug is based in the High Pyrenees of Southern France, situated South of the cities of Pau and Tarbes, and sharing our valley with the pilgrimage town of Lourdes.

By air
From England, the quickest way to get here is by air. Our closest airport is Tarbes-Lourdes; only 50 minutes transfer from Bareges. We recommend using Ryanair (flights from 1p!) from London Stansted into Tarbes-Lourdes (Winter only at the moment), or Ryanair from Stansted and Bristol into Pau-Pyrenees airport (about 1½ hours drive). Ryanair also fly to Biarritz airport (2½ hours drive) from Stansted, Birmingham and Dublin, and Easyjet fly to Biarritz from Bristol. Alternatively for Toulouse airport (about 2½ hours drive), Easyjet fly from Gatwick and Bristol, and British Airways also fly from Gatwick. Keep an eye on their websites, as new routes are added regularly. Reasonably priced car hire is available at both airports. Ryanair has an association with Hertz rentacar out of Pau airport.

By train
There are good rail links to Lourdes, which is on the TGV mainline in two directions - from Bordeaux via Pau, and from Toulouse via Tarbes. It is convenient to get here from Toulouse airport by train if you do not want to hire a car. SNCF (French railways) operate a connecting coach service up to Bareges, which can be booked along with your train ticket. Another popular option is to take the Eurostar across to Paris, have a look around and enjoy an evening meal, then take the sleeper service down to Lourdes. The SNCF bus service meets the train and you are with us for 9am, getting an extra day out of your holiday in the process.

By car
The most direct route by car from Calais or the Brittany ferry ports is via Bordeaux, and then the national route to Pau and Lourdes. Alternatively, the Spanish ports at Bilbao and Santander are only a few hours drive from our house in Bareges.

Car travel from Pau or Toulouse airport

From Pau airport follow the road towards Pau centre then either take the A64 (toll road) to Tarbes (signed off to Tarbes and Lourdes exit 12) or the national route road (green signs, and just as quick if traffic is normal) signed to Lourdes.

From Toulouse airport follow signs for the A64 direction Bayonne/Tarbes/Lourdes. Stay on the autoroute until Junction 12 then follow signs for Lourdes. *

Once at Lourdes, follow signs for Argeles-Gazost/Gavarnie and then Luz-St. Sauveur. From Luz-St. Sauveur go up the valley to the left following signs for Bareges. The drive usually takes around 1hr40mins from Pau, 2hr30mins from Toulouse.

* Note for GPS/Microsoft Autoroute users: these will direct you via Bagneres de Bigorre and the Col du Tourmalet. DO NOT attempt this road in Winter - the Col du Tourmalet is CLOSED. In Summer the road a very scenic, slow and winding route. If you are trying to get here quickly, please come via LOURDES.

Finding the house

As you enter Bareges on the main street you will see the big cinema building and main village carpark on the left. On the right hand side of the road, look out for the Hotel Alphee, Sport 2000, then the butcher's shop (Sabathie). There is a small lane just before the butcher's shop, opposite the steps up from the square. Our house is visible from the street about 20m up this lane, on the left. The house is cream in colour with blue shutters. Please knock on the door or just open the door and give us a shout. You can park your car in the turning area below the house to drop off your baggage, but for long-term parking we recommend the central carpark. The house is less than a minute's walk from the car park.