Parking du col des Tentes

Parking du col des Tentes is a parking area in Gavarnie-Gèdre, Arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost, Occitanie. Parking du col des Tentes is situated nearby to the mountain saddle Col de Tentes, as well as near the peak Pic des Tentes.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Port de Boucharo and Pic du Taillon.

Port de Boucharo

Mountain saddle

Photo: Babylas, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Port de Boucharo is a mountain saddle.

Pic du Taillon or Pico Taillón is a summit in the Pyrenees, culminating at 3,144 m on the Franco-Spanish border in the Monte Perdido Range. Pic du Taillon is considered one of the easiest 3,000ers above the Cirque de Gavarnie.

Roland’s Breach

Mountain saddle

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Roland's Breach is the name of a natural gap, 40 m across and 100 m high, at an elevation of 2,804 m in the Pyrenees on the border of Aragón, northern Spain, and Hautes-Pyrénées, southwestern France. Roland’s Breach is situated 3 km southeast of Parking du col des Tentes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cirque de Gavarnie and Gavarnie.

Cirque de Gavarnie

Locality

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The Cirque de Gavarnie is a vast cirque in the central Pyrenees, in southwestern France, close to the border of Spain. It is within the commune of Gavarnie, the department of Hautes-Pyrénées, and the Pyrénées National Park. Cirque de Gavarnie is situated 4 km southeast of Parking du col des Tentes.

Gavarnie

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Gavarnie is a small village in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region in south-western France. It is best known for the Cirque de Gavarnie, a massive glacial cirque in the Pyrenees Mountains, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.