Hotel-restaurant Gardel in Le Mas d'Azil - Ariège Pyrenees
20 rooms | Open from 15 March to 15 November | MAP | CETTE PAGE EN FRANÇAIS
This family-run hotel is located in the heart of a village with a long and turbulent past, made famous by its prehistoric cave and its protestant roots. The hotel was built in 1926 and renovated since while retaining its simple, convivial country inn character. The hotel faces the main square, the life and soul of the village. In the summer, meatime on the shaded terrace is a pure delight.
The hotel has 20 spacious, personalised rooms with ensuite bathroom with shower, wc and TV and telephone.
The inn has always welcomed pilgrims following the Way of Saint James, of which a variant passes through the Mas d'Azil.
There is also a conference room for meetings, a garage for bicycles and motorcycles, and special group rates.
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The restaurant is very well-regarded--people come from far afield to savour the traditional cuisine that has been passed down for 3 generations from father to daughter, perpetuating the taste of authenticity.
The simple dishes are prepared with fresh produce according to the season. It's hard to resist the traditional, homemade foie gras, cassoulet, sirloin steak with foie gras sauce, sautéed new potatoes and prune and armagnac ice cream
Menu prices range from 15 to 28€ and main courses from 8 to 15 €, or you can compose your meal à la carte. A vegetarian or vegan main course (photo above) is available for 8 €.
The "assiette gourmande" is 15€ and is composed of foie gras, cured giblets, locally made charcuterie, sautéed potatoes and comes with a dessert of homemade croustade pastry (a speciality of the area) or the famous prune and armagnac ice cream.
The restaurant dining room is modulable and functional : 120 covers with a fireplace and outside terrace of the same capacity.
The bar offers hot or cold dishes during the hours that the restaurant is closed.
The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner every day from 15 March to 15 November. Closed Sunday evenings outside of the period of 15 June to 15 September.
Ouverture du restaurant :
du 15 mars au 15 novembre (du lundi au dimanche après-midi)
du 15 juin au 15 septembre (7 jours sur 7)
Activities & siteseeing:
There are numerous waymarked walking paths around the cave, up to the dolmens and elsewhere. You can have a tour of the cave, visit the Museum of Prehistory visit local artisans such as Marco and Nicole who raise Angora goats to make mohair.
| Single room | 25€ à 35 € |
| Double room | 25€ à 40 € |
| Triple room | 40€ à 55 € |
| Family room for 4-5 pers. (suite) | 45€ à 60 € |
| Half-board | 2 pers.: 2 x 40 € 1 pers.: 45 € |
| Breakfast | 6 € |
| Animals accepted Special rates for groups or pilgrims following St James Way--contact us. |
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The access to the Mas d'Azil cave is spectacular as the road and the river pass through it for 420m. Inhabited from the Magdalenien era and it gave its name to the Azilian era. Long a bastion of Protestantism, the landscaped is marked by the wars of religion. An imposing catholic church with its stations of the cross faces down a plain protestant meeting house nearby. In summer, cool off at lake Mondély a few kms away. |
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