Carriages.—Courtade, Place des Pyrenees, No. 14; Pourponnet, 3
Rue Labrun.
Horses.—Bourdettes, 25 Place Lafayette.
There is service all the year in the small English Church, and the present chaplain, the Rev. J. Grundy, M.A. Oxon., is always willing to assist visitors in any way, and glad to accept the offer of their services in the choir.
The cost of living in the winter averages 10 frs. in the best hotels, and between 7 and 9 in others; but the prices rise considerably in summer.
Post and Telegraph Office, Theatre, Casino, Museum and
Reading-rooms in the town.
Guides.—Fages, senior and junior, 8 Rue de Lorry; Idrac, Rue
Longue; Arnauné, Rue de Lorry.
Principal Excursions:—[Footnote: For full particulars of these and all excursions, the reader is referred to P. Joanne's 'Pyrenees'; Mr. Packe's 'Guide to the Pyrenees for Mountaineers'; and Count Russell's 'Grandes Ascensions des Pyrénées' (French and English).] To Aste, Gerde, Lourdes, Campan, Baudean, Ste. Marie, the Col d'Aspin, and up the Bédat and the Monné. Refer to Chapter II, for information.
Caesar's Camp, 2 hrs. there and back, by the village of Pouzac.
Les Allées dramatiques, 2 hrs. there and back, riding—3 hrs. on foot; between the Bédat and the Monné, a pretty walk.
The Slate Quarries and Spring of Labassère, 6 hrs. there and back; 1-1/4 hrs. to Labassère; 2 hrs. to the Quarries; 3 hrs. to the Spring. Guide 6 frs.; horses 10 frs. each.