Oloron-Sainte-Marie
A Romanesque cathedral with one of France's finest portals
The Cathédrale Sainte-Marie has a 12th-century marble portal with musicians, fishermen and winegrowers from everyday life. Oloron is the gateway to the Aspe and Barétous valleys.
UNESCO World Heritage
Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
- World Heritage since
- 1998
- This site
- Cathédrale Sainte-Marie
71 churches, abbeys, bridges and hospices along the four French pilgrim routes to Santiago de Compostela, plus seven sections of the trail itself. Within the guide's area these include Saint-Sernin in Toulouse, the cathedrals of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, Saint-Lizier and Oloron, the Porte Saint-Jacques in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port and the abbeys of Moissac, Conques and Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert.
Visit: Walk a day stage on the GR 65 or GR 653 – the scallop shell shows the way. Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port is the starting point for most people walking the Camino Francés over the Pyrenees.
43.1878° N, 0.6161° W
Trails passing here
Nearby
- Col de Marie-Blanque16 km · Short but nasty
- Pau23 km · Beautiful town, château and fine mountain views
- Espace nordique d'Issarbe24 km · Vallée de Barétous, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
- Espace nordique de La Pierre Saint-Martin (Le Braca)25 km · Vallée de Barétous, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
La Pierre Saint-Martin26 km · Vallée de Barétous (Arette), Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Vallée d'Ossau28 km · The valley south of Pau beneath the Pic du Midi d'Ossau
Larra-Belagua28 km · Valle de Roncal, Navarre
Cirque de Lescun29 km · Limestone peaks in the Aspe valley