Hotel à Vernet les Bains dans les Pyrénées Catalanes Hôtel Princess *** - Rue des Lavandières - 66 820 Vernet les Bains - Tél. : +33 (0)4 68 05 56 22 - Fax : +33 (0)4 68 05 62 45 - Courrier -
Hôtel Princess Vernet les Bains
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Tourism in Vernet les Bains
 
Snuggled up at feet of Canigou, sacred mountain of the Catalans, in 650 m of height, Vernet les Bains is the natural station par excellence.
 
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L'ancienne ferme Cal Martinet accueille la Maison de la Vallée. Cet espace entièrement consacré au patrimoine naturel se trouve à l'entrée de la Vallée d'Eyne, Réserve Naturelle connue des botanistes depuis le XVII° siècle pour la diversité de sa flore. La Réserve Naturelle mène en partenariat avec le Musée diverses actions de sensibilisation des publics à la connaissance et au respect de l'environnement.
Dans l'espace attenant au Musée, un jardin ethnobotanique établit un lien entre le passé et l'avenir et permet de se familiariser avec la grande variété de plantes locales par la présentation d'espèces comestibles, toxiques et médicinales.
L'ancienne ferme Cal Martinet accueille la Maison de la Vallée.
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Vernet Baths, at feet of Canigou
Vernet Baths, at feet of Canigou
 
A very rich natural and cultural heritage
A very rich natural and cultural heritage
       
  Sulphurized waters warm sodiques got by the hydropathic establishment of Vernet les Bains arrive directly from the heart of Canigou which distils them generously in more than 60°. They are real one benefaction for the persons having hydrotherapy with whom they treat the rheumatic disorders or respiratory.

But Vernet les Bains is also classified health resort. The period of sunshine, the absence of wind, the pure air bound to the average height are major trump cards which allow those who are confronted with the stress and with the pollution to get fresh ideas all the year round.

It benefits from the label "Green Station of Holidays". The first one "Villages-arboretums" of France, its raised spaces, where every tree is numbered and listed, and its landscape of low mountain range are the object of particular attentions to protect what the nature gave us of better: the living environment.

From the heart of the resort to the top of Canigou, a very wide range of leisure activities is proposed to you. Vernet les Bains provides you with its infrastructures : swimming pools, tennis, riding school, petanque grounds, sports hall, casino and suggests you of numerous animations alternating entertainments, culture, relaxation or traditions.

Village in the authentic charm, Vernet les Bains offers to its visitors the grand entertainment of the quite close mountain, the picturesque character of its flowery alleys.

Here the walkers are privileged. Easy walks in the winter garden or towards the English Waterfall, the hikes on average mountain or hiking of the peak of Canigou, numerous marked paths allow each to evolve according to the tastes or hislevel and welcomes you for a tonic or restful stay.

The beginning of the century pulled Vernet les Bains in the luxurious whirlwind of "Belle Epque". That is why every year in the Ascension Day Vernet les Bains organize its Feast of "Belle Epqoue" in a quite particular atmosphere. Come to dress up there and to relive this period splendor.

Nearly discover not the remarkable collection of mineral crystallizations and maritime animals fossilized to the Geologic museum of Vernet les Bains. Through more than 10 000 details are represented all the geologic floors. Going of 550 million years (the beginning of the Primary era) to 2 million years (the dawn of the Humanity).
       
  The Princess hotel recommends you the following Web sites :

- Tourist information office of Vernet les Bains : http://www.ot-vernet-les-bains.fr
- The Thermal baths of Vernet les Bains : http://www.thermes-vernet.com
- Caves Canalettes : http://www.grotte-grandes-canalettes.com
- Fort Libéria: http://www.fort-liberia.com
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