Day parking, overnight prohibited
TV-7044, 43450, Les Hortasses
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An ample, free daytime parking area with shade and fairly level ground beside a mountain road with little traffic. It has no services or bins, but offers mountain scenery and access towards a restaurant 200m away and river pools farther up the road. Overnight sleeping is apparently prohibited, and police checks may occur when several vehicles stay.
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Listing copied from our source, 59 days ago
!!! WARNING: if there are too many people in the parking area, a massive police intervention may occur.\nThere were 5 vehicles sleeping here, and they sent the entire force at 9 a.m. (4 cars and 1 van) for a lengthy inspection lasting at least 2 hours.\nApparently it is forbidden to sleep here, but we left without a fine by pretending to be clueless tourists.
No services, no bins but otherwise cannot be faulted. stunning scenery, fairly level with some shade. plenty of room. recommended restaurant 200m up the road and a little further up the road there is a path leading off with access to the gorge to dip in pools - although the path down is quite difficult in places. would not hesitate to come again.
Good parking area as a starting point for climbing/hiking. Unfortunately there are no bins, so there is a lot of rubbish in the surroundings. We did not find direct access to swim from the parking area, but a little further up the road you can get to the water easily.
Very pleasant. Surrounded by mountains and peaceful, with the village nearby. Flat ground.
Flat parking, can get busy during weekends with people visiting the river and bouldering area. No bins. The two nearby water sources (one a bit towards the village and one at the refugio a bit more up) were closed.
