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Gavarnie

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Gavarnie (gävärnē`), village (1993 est. pop. 177), Hautes-Pyrénées dept., SW France, in the central Pyrenees. Nearby are a celebrated waterfall, 1,385 ft (422 m) high, and a gigantic natural amphitheater, the

Cirque de Gavarnie. The amphitheater rises in concentric levels from an altitude of c.5,740 ft (1,750 m) and is enclosed by crests reaching altitudes of more than 9,000 ft (2,743 m). The famous Brèche de Roland Brèche de Roland , narrow gorge (alt. 9,200 ft/2,804 m), Hautes-Pyrénées dept., SW France, in the Pyrenees. It leads into the Cirque de Gavarnie, a natural amphitheater.
..... Click the link for more information.  gorge is a cleft in one of the crests.
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Gavarnie makes for a particularly worthy excursion.
Car Hire Pau by Fiona Hiliard / Travel, recreation and leisure community
If you want to see the cirque, or maybe the famous Romanesque churches hereabouts, the best place to base yourself is this handsome and demotic little spa town about 20 minutes away from Gavarnie by car.
10 ski resorts for summer by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
The rest of the vacation went ahead without a hitch, however, and took the youngsters on visits to Paris, Lourdes, Nice and Gavarnie in the Pyrenees.
Fantastic times on trip to France by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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