Cirque de Troumouse
Gavarnie's quieter big brother
A huge cirque, bigger than Gavarnie but with fewer visitors. A toll road goes up from Gèdre to about 2 100 metres, and from there it's short walks across the pastures with waterfalls on the surrounding rock walls.
UNESCO World Heritage
Pyrénées – Mont Perdu
- World Heritage since
- 1997 (extended 1999)
- This site
- Cirque de Troumouse
A cross-border World Heritage site around the summit of Monte Perdido (3,355 m): on the French side the gigantic cirques of Gavarnie, Estaubé and Troumouse, on the Spanish side some of Europe's deepest canyons, Ordesa and Añisclo. It is protected both for its nature and for its ancient pastoral landscape.
Visit: The Cirque de Gavarnie and the Ordesa valley are reached on hiking trails from the villages of Gavarnie and Torla. In summer buses run to Ordesa from Torla – private cars are not allowed then.
42.7100° N, 0.0900° E
Road trips passing here
Nearby
Monte Perdido6 km · Europe's highest limestone massif, 3 355 m
Cirque de Gavarnie8 km · One of Europe's highest waterfalls%202.jpg?width=500)
Piau-Engaly10 km · Haute vallée d'Aure (Aragnouet), Hautes-Pyrénées
Brèche de Roland10 km · The gateway in the mountain wall above Gavarnie- Gavarnie-Gèdre (Les Espécières)10 km · Vallée de Gavarnie, Hautes-Pyrénées
Pic Long10 km · The highest peak entirely in France, 3 192 m
Taillón12 km · One of the easiest 3,000-metre peaks, 3 144 m
Néouvielle – Lac d'Aumar15 km · The lake plateau with the highest pines in the Pyrenees