Labatut: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

One of Labatut’s discovery routes passes near the former site of the Château de Lamothe.

Anyone wishing to visit Labatut can plan their trip around renting a holiday apartment in the town.

Culture

The medieval fortified tower with loopholes, now restored as a church tower, served in the Middle Ages as a defensive point on the border between the Kingdom of France and the Viscountcy of Béarn.

The Circuit du Vieux-Bourg et du Gave de Pau circular route leads to Labatut’s old town centre, with houses featuring wide gateways typical of the banks of the Gave de Pau; one of these houses dates from 1743.

Nature

The Gave de Pau plain near Labatut includes natural flood-prone areas known as “glès”.

Lac des Glès is located on a former gravel extraction site in an old meander of the Gave de Pau.

At Lac des Glès, fishing is available for predatory fish, white fish, carp and mullet.

Trails

The Boucle de Lamothe is a walking route with 13 stages over 2.5 kilometres and a stated duration of 1 hour and 30 minutes.

The Boucle du lac des Glès starts at Place des 4 Saisons and passes, among other places, the Church of Saint-Romain.

The Parcours découverte de Labatut runs along the shore of Lac des Glès.

Practical information

Lac des Glès has a boat launching ramp; the site is accessible to people with reduced mobility.

Lac des Glès has a sanitary facility with toilets and drinking water.

Other places to choose from: Saint-André-De-Seignanx, Seignosse, Mimizan, Castets, Estibeaux, Gabarret, Saubrigues, Duhort-Bachen

To the higher-level travel overview: Landes.