Site map / Plan du site
(the content of the French version is not identical)

How to get to Ariège - general info detailed driving directions from Toulouse The weather in Ariège

Accommodations - Hotels, bed & breakfasts, campgrounds, gîtes and holiday rentals, gîtes d'étapes, mountain refuges Bilingual fax forms for reservations when email not available Property for sale - listings for houses, barns and commercial property

What to do in Ariège - the 4 seasons walking and hiking cycling and mountain biking Horseriding Ski stations Fishing thermal stations Where to swim Do you live in Toulouse? Weekend ideas...

What to visit in Ariège Visiting farms and artisans cathar castles prehistoric caves markets and fairs wildlife and nature tours what to visit with children schedule of major festivals and events

Gastronomy : general info about the local cuisine Foie gras Recipes Les Tables Gourmandes d'Ariège (association of restaurants with own charter of quality) Resources for vegetarians Culture The way of St James in Ariège

The "pays" of Ariège map of the department Tourist offices Saint Lizier Massat Towns and villages Oust Saint-Martin d'Oydes Mirepoix

Events Festival schedule The Tour de France Polaris Challenge (orienteering on mountain bikes) Festivalier - music and storytelling evenings in a mountain refuge

Mountain guides Stéphane Amiel - walking tours La Rébenne - walking tours Marmot Tours - walking, biking, snowshoeing tours Dominique Porato - horseriding treks Gisèle Tabanou - horseriding treks Les Ecuries de Biros - horseriding treks Equiloisirs - horseriding treks Cheval Rit - horseriding treks

Courses Traditional basketweaving

Horse breeders Domaine de Sié (Mérens) Haras Picard du Sant (Mérens) Les Ecuries du Biros (Castillonnais) Equiloisirs (Castillonnais) Cheval Rit (Mérens)

All-inclusive holidays Gîte-to-gîte self-guided walks starting from gîte La Bernadole Guided horseriding treks in the French and Spanish Pyrenees 2-day walks with mountain guide Stéphane Amiel Marmot Tours - walking, biking, snowshoeing holidays Guided and self-guided walking holidays with La Rebenne Gîte-to-gîte walks with pack donkeys Horseriding holidays for children Themed walking holidays from B&B "Le clos enchanté"

Businesses Des Irréductibles Cathares -breeder of Jack Russell and Airedale terriers Mohair Pyrénées Panoram'âne, donkey hire

Books Cathars Prehistory Cycling Gastronomy Occupation, Deportation, Resistance

ARTICLES

Agro-pastoralism The Transhumance Gascony cows Herd dogs of the Pyrenees The « patou » - Great Pyrenees, guardian of the flock Bears in Ariège Orris - stone shepherd's huts The barns of Cominac How to tame a shepherd A shepherd in favour of the bear in Ariège The Mérens horse

Nature Orchids of Ariège Mistletoe in Ariège The forests of Ariège The Mont Valier nature reserve Raptors of the Pyrenees The desman of the Pyrenees Ariège Wildlife Report Birds and mammals of the Ariège Pyrenees: Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring Trip report: a Finnish lepidopterist is seduced by the Ariège Pyrenees

History Memorable stages of the Tour de France in Ariège The valley of the Americans and the "montreurs d'ours" Itinerant peddlers of the High Couserans in the 19th century The "war of the maidens" Le château de la Hille - a refuge for Jewish children during the Occupation The chemin de la liberté --WWII escape route over the Pyrenees 1939-1944: The internment camp at Le Vernet 1943: A young Jewish woman escapes to Spain 1942 : A young Ariège woman helps a Jewish family escape over the mountains Living in Ariège Frédéric Moncassin, past Tour de France stage winner, on living and cycling in the Couserans

Legends The legend of the Bethmale valley The legend of the Etang de Lers The legend of the Ker of Massat Patrimony The church at Vals The Foix castle The stone garden of Alas The chapel of Notre Dame de La Goutte Geology / Mining Trimouns-the largest talc quarry in the world The mines of the Biros valley The rare and unusual lherzolite In the high mountains... The refuge Les Estagnous on the Mont Valier reserve The Via Ferrata of Les Estagnous The itinerary for climbing to the top of Mont Valier