Les Cottages du Saleys - Salié 2p 4p

A short stage and exclusively on secondary roads ensures the link between Salies-de-Béarn and Orthez, two important cities of Béarn history. Gaining height on the Salisian hills immediately, the route switches to the valley of the Gave de Pau, a powerful river fed by the snows and sources of the Pyrenees. The V81 is now going back its course, today towards Orthez, tomorrow towards Pau, the day after tomorrow towards Lourdes. The populations have for a long time invested these places open and...

The start of this cycle route is in the Casino car park in Salies-de-Béarn in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department. This route draws a loop to the west of the city passing in particular by Carresse-Cassaber, Escos or Castagnède. You will cross several rivers including the Gave d'Oloron and the Saleys.

From Salies-de-Béarn to the Eiffel bridge in Castagnède, on the Gave d'Oloron, a greenway follows the old route of a railway. Flat and mostly shaded, very colorful in the fall, it is particularly suitable for family walks. While strolling under the oaks, one will be able, who knows, to hear the black woodpecker or to see a chickadee nonette near the barthes of Salies.

The first half of the course is done on paths in undergrowth, meadows and single-track. Quite a few small walls in the woods. The single track part is in the woods and looks a bit technical but does not present any difficulty. The second half of the route is done on the plain near the Gave in the fields of kiwis, corn and return by the green way, the old railway line from Puyoô to Saint Palais. Have a good hike.

The start of this hiking and running route is to the east of Salies-de-Béarn in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department. This route draws a loop through agricultural landscapes and woods. A course without particular difficulty, ideal for a walk or a running outing.