Generally rounded and crumbling, their peaks – including 3404-metre Aneto, the highest Pyrenean summit, plus runners-up Posets and Vignemale – are attainable by any determined, properly equipped walker. These mountains challenge and invite rather than intimidate. Sinuously sculpted rock, dense broadleaf forest, weirdly eroded limestone pinnacles and sheer, overgrown valleys that get two hours of sun daily.

| INTR ODU CT ION | WHE RE TO G O | W HEN TO G O Between herb-scented Mediterranean slopes and the damper, stormier Atlantic coast lie iridescent green meadows, snow-clad peaks, canyons of Pyrenees Anyone could find their perfect retreat in the Pyrenees, a mountain range comprising a diversity of landscapes rarely equalled in Europe. Small print & Index 617–631 Pyrenean food and drink colour section following p.168 Pyrenean Romanesque architecture colour section following p.392Ĭoma de Vaca mountain refuge n Cloisters, Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges 245 4 Around the national parks.327 5 The Western Pyrenees. The publishers and authors have done their best to ensure the accuracy and currency of all the information in The Rough Guide to the Pyrenees, however, they can accept no responsibility for any loss, injury, or inconvenience sustained by any traveller as a result of information or advice contained in the guide. This sixth edition published August 2007. The book concludes with all the small print, including details of how to send in updates and corrections, and a comprehensive index. The contexts section fills you in on history, wildlife, the environment and books, while further colour inserts introduce Pyrenean food and drink and Romanesque architecture, and language gives you an extensive menu reader and enough French and Spanish to get by. The guide chapters cover the Pyrenees’ regions in depth, each starting with a highlights panel, introduction and a map to help you plan your route. Then comes basics, for pre-departure information and other practicalities. The introductory colour section is designed to give you a feel for the Pyrenees, suggesting when to go and what not to miss, and includes a full list of contents. The book is divided into the following sections and you should be able to find whatever you need in one of them. About this book Rough Guides are designed to be good to read and easy to use.

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