Saint Lary: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes
Accommodation in Saint Lary
Saint-Lary combines signposted trails, historic memorial sites and sacred buildings with routes into the Pyrenees. Renting a holiday apartment in Saint-Lary can be part of your personal travel planning.
Culture
The Église Saint-Hilaire stands at the crossroads of the road to the Col de Portet d’Aspet. Its interior is completely decorated with ornamental paintings.
The Monument aux morts de Saint-Lary was inaugurated on 1 November 1920; in 2005, it was relocated and renovated.
The Saint-Lary spring fair takes place every first weekend in May and includes stalls operated by local craftspeople.
Hiking
The Sentier de découverte de Haute Bellongue is a signposted hiking trail with 390 metres of elevation gain and an average round-trip hiking time of four hours.
The route to the Col de Piejau via the hamlets of Saint-Lary is a challenging circular hike. It passes through meadows and the state-owned beech forest of Couhos to a forest hut.
A pilgrimage trail leads from Saint-Lary to the Col de la Hourque, via Escarchein and onwards to Portet.
The route to the Pic de la Calabasse offers views of the high peaks of Ariège, Haute-Garonne and Hautes-Pyrénées and crosses various ecosystems of the Pyrenees. Access for climbing the Pic de la Calabasse is from the village of St-Lary via the D57 and D157 to the car park at the end of the road.
The Calabas Trail, held on the last weekend of September, offers two races and a hike.
Landscape
The nearby peaks of Saint-Lary include Sommet de Cournudère, Tuc de Tucol, Cap de Mourens and Cap des Teches.
Regional Surroundings
In the wider region surrounding Saint-Lary are the historic site Abbaye de Bonnefont en Comminges, the Musée archéologique départemental, the Basilique Saint-Just and the Cathédrale Notre-Dame.
More local pages: Lézat-Sur-Lèze, Saint-Martin-D'oydes, Rieux-De-Pelleport, Unzent, Gaudiès, Le Fossat, Unac, Audressein.
To the higher-level travel overview: Ariège.
