Hikes through Forests and Farmlands in the Béarn Mountains

Béarn is a historic and cultural area in southwestern France that includes the mountainous Pyrénées-Atlantiques département and the former province of Béarn.

The ancient Béarn region, one of the top attractions in the French Pyrenees, is a beautiful rural area of rolling hills and mountains around 40 kilometers from Lourdes. A short two-lane country road leads up to the Montagnes Béarnaises (Béarn Mountains), a beautiful mountainous area with deep wooded groves, ravines, crystal-clear rivers, and rushing waterfalls, just outside of Jurançon. Small farms and pastures where goats graze are dotted throughout the woodland. Hiking trails wind their way across the woods and valleys.