Baretge, 65120, Gavarnie
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Gavarnie, Baretge is a small parking near the village, very close to the Cirque de Gavarnie hiking trailhead. €10 per 24 hours for campervans; public toilets under the tourism office are very clean. The site is calm at night but experiences heavy traffic until evening. Ample space available if arriving in the afternoon; vans under 2.30m can use the car parking.
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Listing copied from our source, 2 months ago
€10 for 24 hours. Five minutes’ walk from the centre of Gavarnie. Public toilets beneath the tourist office, very clean. Much better than the motorhome area 1 km farther up.
Good car park for one night in winter. The lower car park is accessible in winter.
There were only three vans parked, so it was very quiet with very little traffic at this time of year. The snow is here and it is beautiful. We paid €8.
Quiet with plenty of space. Close to the Cirque de Gavarnie. Public toilets and a water point nearby. €10 for 24 hours for a motorhome and €8 for cars and vans.
Good place at a good price. €10 for 24 hours. Good starting point for the Gavarnie hike; the upper car park has facilities for filling water and emptying tanks.
Car park with many spaces available in the evening and at night in early September. €8 for 24 hours in the car park, accessible to vans up to 2.30 m. Public toilets less than a five-minute walk away. Ideal starting point for hiking to the Cirque de Gavarnie.
Close to amenities, the village with restaurants and a small grocery shop, and the start of hiking trails. In a van, we parked in the car park for cars, maximum height 2.30 m, just below the motorhome car park, and paid €8 for 24 hours. The car park is crowded during the day, but almost empty and quiet overnight. Beautiful panorama.
Car park two minutes’ walk from the village, quiet at night, saving you 1 km of walking from the motorhome area to the village. €10 for 24 hours.
We visited the Cirque de Gavarnie at sunset, so we decided to spend the night there directly; our parking spot was farther down, next to the fountain. There is a public toilet open at night, and there were quite a few vans and motorhomes. Things get busy early in the morning, but the night was quiet.
Asphalt car park, heavy traffic until the evening and early in the morning. Ideal for starting toward the Cirque de Gavarnie.
Ideal. Mostly flat. Close access to town. We spent 1 night. Lots of motorhomes all the way up the road.
We slept peacefully, closer to the village and the cirque than the actual motorhome area. If you arrive in the afternoon, there is plenty of space.
Thank you for allowing us campers to park here! It is flatter farther up. If you cannot find a space, there is plenty of room 1 km farther up, with disposal facilities available.
Paid car park for all hikers coming to do the trails, so you might as well use the full 24 hours. It is better to park at the top, where it is flatter. The public toilets are open at night. Restaurants and small shops are available.
€10 for 24 hours. We slept here and hiked the next day; it was very good. Motorhomes leave one space between each vehicle because the spaces are not wide enough. Services in the area farther up are free. Quiet at night.
The upper section is fairly level. Quiet place with views only. A little farther up, you can fill with water and empty waste tanks, but if you want to do a hike, it is better to start from here. €10 for 24 hours.
Flat place with plenty of spaces for vans. It is close to the centre while also being very quiet. The price of €10 per day is reasonable; there is a water fountain and public toilets in good condition. During the morning, the lower spaces fill with cars, so it may be better to park farther up.
Only the upper area is not very sloped. Very expensive (€10) for just being a car park with nothing else.
You can park for 24 hours for €8. Very quiet, with toilets, picnic tables and shade. You can start the route to the Cirque de Gavarnie from here. Highly recommended!
Quiet night with no noise; allow 1 hour 15 minutes of walking to reach the magnificent Cirque de Gavarnie.
€8 for 24 hours, with access to the public toilets below the car park. Fairly quiet area with space to spend the night. Very easy access to the Cirque hiking trails. Other nearby hikes are also easily accessible.
5 stars mainly for the view - wow! The parking itself is just along the road going through Gavarnie but the views are amazing and it’s the start of lots of hikes. There are some bins (general and recycling) and is on a bit of a slope so blocks would be good. It was quiet at night and only €10 for 24hr.
Paid parking, €8 for 24 hours, with very little traffic at night. If the weather allows, there is a beautiful view of the mountains.
Great. €10 for 24 hours, but you pay the same wherever you park and can sleep there. We slept very well and peacefully. Public toilets and restaurants are nearby. One kilometre uphill there is a motorhome car park with grey and black water disposal and fresh-water filling. We stayed there too and it was very good.
Very quiet at night, €10 for 24 hours. In any case, you have to pay the same price throughout the town whether you sleep there or not.
After parking to go hiking, we spent the night in this car park (€8 for 24 hours for a van). Very quiet, with a public toilet next to it. Close to restaurants and shops.
Just a public car park, but quiet and at the entrance to the village. No services. Plenty of spaces. The spaces farther up are flatter. We spent one night with our 7-metre motorhome to hike to the Cirque de Gavarnie the next day. Walk through the village for 10 minutes and you are on the trail. €10 for 24 hours.
The site is quiet and safe. However, I would recommend driving another 10 minutes up the mountain, because there are much nicer free spots on several meadows there!! Unfortunately, I only noticed this the next morning.
Very pleasant and quiet location. Perfect for visiting the Cirque de Gavarnie and browsing the many shops before the climb. I recommend Pizzayo'lo: very friendly and very good pizza.