Karst cave.
| Location: | At Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre, 25km from Pau, 15km from Lourdes. From Pau towards Lourdes or Lourdes towards Pau follow D937. Turn south at Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre. |
| Open: | 03-JAN to 24-MAR Mon-Fri 14:30-16. 25-MAR to 25-OCT daily 9-12, 13:30-17:30. [2004] |
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Karst cave.
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| Light: | electric. |
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| Address: | Grottes de Betharam, 65270 Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre. Tel: +33-562418004, Fax: +33-562418725 |
| Last update: | $Date: 2008/07/01 20:22:41 $ |
| 1845 | discovered. | |
| 1898 | explored by M Leo Ross of St Malo. | |
| 1903 | developoment started by Leo Ross. |
The Grottes de Betharam are the only show cave in France, where the visitor crosses from one department to another underground. A shuttle bus brings the cave visitors from the ticket office to the cave entrance, which is some way up a hill. The tour is a one way trip through a well decosrated passage with several chambers and a boat ride at the beginning. The visitor returns to the surface after an underground train ride adjacent to the ticket office. The cave is a well visited tourist destination, as a result of its proximity to Lourdes.
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