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Pic du Midi

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Pic du midi

The most beautiful view in the world

Quelques personnes sur la terrasse qui contemplent la chaîne de montagne et le lac en contre-bas

The visit starts with a sensational airborne trip in a cable car – 15 minutes’ journey over vertiginous drops with 350m of emptiness under your feet! At the top, there are 750 square metres of landscaped terraces that provide wonderful views of an incredible panorama over the Pyrenean mountain range – more than 300km of peaks. In fine weather, it is even possible to make out the first foothills of the Massif Central! Panoramic maps and explanatory panels help you to decipher the horizon, and there are telescopes to study the sun, because the Pic du Midi also houses an observatory. New in 2018 : the Pontoon in the Sky : Suspended over nothing but thin air a 10m metal walkway brushes up against the clouds and provides a unique and dizzying view. Visitors undertake an adventure with the feeling that they are flying. They focus on the horizon to brave vertigo and avoid getting dizzy.

The night sky seen from the Pic du Midi is unusual, thanks to the purity of the air and the great stability of the atmosphere at 2,877 metres above sea level. This quality meant that it has been listed as an “International Dark Sky Reserve”. Le Pic du Midi can be visited during the day or in the evening, or visitors can stay for the night.

Access by cable car from La Mongie (4km from the Col du Tourmalet). If the weather is not good where you are staying on holiday, find out about the weather at Le Pic du Midi – often the terraces are above the sea of cloud. You can be one of the special ones to enjoy blue skies! 

Itineraries:

You can discover the Pic du Midi in the following itineraries: 

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Practical informations

The cable car leaves every 15 minutes.

Average length of the visit: 2 hours. 

From 1st June to 30th June and from 27th August to 4th November
Departures from 9.30 am to 4 pm
Last return at 5.30 pm

Cable car stops from 12.45 pm to 2 pm

From 1st July to 13th July 
Departures from 9.30 am to 4 pm
Last return at 5.30 pm

From 14th July to 26th August 

Departures from 9 am to 4.30 pm
Last return at 7 pm

Services available at the summit:
Museum on the construction of the observatory, souvenirs shop, traditional cuisine at the restaurant, bar

Daily shuttle Lourdes–La Mongie:
Two guaranteed departures per day on reservation tel 0 800 65 65 00
2€ shuttle Lourdes > Pic du Midi (or 4€ return)
Guaranteed departures regardless of the number of participants (seat reservations the day before for the next day and in the morning to the afternoon at 0800 65 65 00)
Departures from the Sanctuary (Place Monseigneur Laurence), stop at the Esplanade du Paradis (outside the hotel Spain), Bus station and train station. Other judgments available: Loucrup, Pouzac, Bagnères de Bigorre, Campan.
2 round trips per day, from June to November.

Schedule Lourdes > Pic du Midi Pic du Midi > Lourdes
Morning 8:15 a.m. 9:45 a.m. 12:10 p.m. 1:30 p.m.
Afternoon 1:30 p.m. 2:50 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6:50 p.m.

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