Larreule : les Bénédictins

Collection : TOP 25 ET SÉRIE BLEUE

Scale : 1:25 000

13.90€

TOP100D65 - HAUTES-PYRÉNÉES TARBES LOURDES GAVARNIE NÉOUVIELLE PARC NATIONAL DES PYRÉNÉES

TOP100D64 - PYRÉNÉES-ATLANTIQUES PAU BAYONNE BIARRITZ PAYS BASQUE BÉARN

159 PAU AUCH MONT-DE-MARSAN GASCOGNE

89021 - ST-JACQUES-DE-COMPOSTELLE GR®65-2 DE MOISSAC A RONCEVAUX

Collection : DECOUVERTE DES CHEMINS

Scale : 1:100 000

9.10€

D64 PYRÉNÉES-ATLANTIQUES

Collection : CARTES DÉPARTEMENTALES IGN

Collection : CARTES DÉPARTEMENTALES IGN

Scale : 1:150 000

5.90€

NR11 NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE RECTO/VERSO BASSIN AQUITAIN

Collection : CARTES RÉGIONALES IGN

Scale : 1:250 000

6.80€

NR10 NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE RECTO /VERSO LIMOUSIN POITOU

Collection : CARTES RÉGIONALES IGN

Collection : DÉCOUVERTE DES PAYS DU MONDE IGN

Scale : 1:2 500 000

7.00€

Description

A family hike of less than 3 hours (with a few less easy sections) where nature and built heritage mingle. The trail follows in the footsteps of the Benedictine monks. The Bastide de Larreule was created at the end of the 13th century by Benedictine monks, at the very foot of the 10th-century abbey. It is one of the 3 most important abbeys in Béarn. The interior features a high altar, the Assumption, and 2 statues, the Virgin and Child and Saint Loup, carved from half a vertically split tree trunk. Preferably hiked in summer: paths are often muddy and flooded.

Technical Information

Walking

Difficulty

Medium

Duration

2h30mn

Dist.

9.7 km

Altimetric profile

Starting point

64410 LARREULE

Lat : 43.4786547Lng : -0.4715943

Steps

Etape 2

Take the route de Bouillon (RD 262) for 1.5 km. Turn left towards Uzan.

Etape 3

After the bridge over the Luy de Béarn, take a farm track that will lead you to a rest area. Cross the tarmac road and continue along the farm track.

Etape 4

At the foot of a small hill, on your left, take the dirt track that runs along the foot of the hillside. You will come to a fork in the road, leaving a track on your right which climbs towards a group of houses. Take the left-hand path to reach the footbridge over the Uzan stream.

Etape 5

Cross the footbridge. Continue along the path that runs alongside the stream through the woods.

Etape 6

You will see the footbridge and its rest area.

Etape 7

Take the small climb on your left which will take you to a large plateau where maize is grown predominantly. Head towards the farm where you will reach a tarmac road that you will follow until you reach the direction sign. Leave the road.

Etape 8

Take a farm track that runs alongside a forest hedge and fields. At the end of this route, a grassy path joins a farm track leading to a farm, which you will cross. At the fork in the road, head down towards the bridge over the Luy de Béarn, where the road will take you safely back to your starting point.

Points of interest

Larreule Abbey

Larreule Abbey was a Benedictine abbey founded by Guillaume Sanche, Duke of Gascony, at the end of the 10th century. The building reached its apogee between the 11th and 14th centuries and was one of the three most important abbeys in Béarn. In decline from the end of the 14th century, it was ravaged in 1569 during the Wars of Religion and finally closed in 1773. Its conventual buildings disappeared during the French Revolution.