How to get here?
Ascent of the Pic du Midi
Duration: 15 minutes
Departures: Every 1/4 hour
Cabin capacity: 45 people (PRM access) Type '/' for commands
A memorable cable car ride from La Mongie to the Taoulet intermediate station. Change platforms and another cabin awaits you for the second, more spectacular part, with a maximum flight of 320 metres.
Includes return cable car ticket + visit to the site.
BookBarèges side (13km and +950m ascent)
From the Toue hut (1940m) above Barèges. Type '/' for commands
La Mongie side (20km and +1700m ascent)
From Artigues via the path known as the "Muleteers' Path", which the porters of the Pic du Midi used to supply the peak until the roads and cable cars were built.
Includes site visit only.
Access to La Mongie, departure of the cable car
Rue Pierre Lamy de la Chapelle,
65200 La Mongie, FRANCE
Free parking at La Mongie for coaches, camper van and cars.
Access to La Mongie via the D918 from Bagnères de Bigorre all year round. Access via the Col du Tourmalet during the summer.
From Toulouse
2H20 from La Mongie
Take the A64 motorway (1 hour's drive/180 km) and exit at junction 14 Tournay, heading for Bagnères de Bigorre, to join the D938 Sainte Marie de Campan, then the D918 towards La Mongie.
From Bayonne
2H30 desde La Mongie
If you want to go over the Col du Tourmalet, leave the motorway (exit 12 Tarbes Ouest) towards Lourdes, to reach Argeles-Gazost, Luz Saint Sauveur D 921 then follow the D918 via Barèges Col du tourmalet and finally La Mongie.
From Paris / Nantes / Bordeaux / Pau
Exit 12 (Tarbes-Ouest) from Pau. Then take the D935 from Tarbes to Bagnères de Bigorre.
Carpooling
Arrive at Tarbes S.N.C.F. station, then take the bus to La Mongie Pic du Midi.
From Toulouse Toulouse Matabiau Tarbes:
From Paris:
TGV Paris-Tarbes/Lourdes-Paris
4 connections a day (average journey time: 6 hours)
Sleeper train Paris-Tarbes every night
Car-sleeper train Paris-Tarbes-Paris, 3 connections a week.
From July to December:
Shuttle Lourdes - Pic du Midi or Shuttle Tarbes Bagnères - Pic du Midi
A daily shuttle service from Lourdes and Tarbes is available for just €2 per journey!
Download the practical information on the explanatory documents.
Toulouse Blagnac Airport
2h20 from La Mongie
You can hire a car from the airport to get to the Pic du Midi.:
Avis
Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées airport
1h from the Pic du Midi.
Daily flights from Paris-Orly operated by HOP Weekly flights from London STANSTED operated by RYANAIR (Tuesday and Saturday) Weekly flights from Madrid (Tuesday & Saturday) Shuttles to Tarbes and Lourdes.
Pau Airport
1h45 from the Pic du Midi
Daily flights from Paris-Orly and Paris - Charles de Gaule operated by AIR FRANCE. Daily flights from Lyon operated by AIR FRANCE. Weekly flights from Marseille operated by TWINJET. Weekly flights from Corsica (Bastia and Ajaccio)
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