アルルート周辺のアトラクション＆必見スポット - トップ20

Beautiful greenway to go from St-Girons to Boussens (or vice versa!). Less nice than from Foix to St-Girons but still good! On the other hand, compared to some photos, there is no tunnel on this part, you have to go towards Foix for that!

One col more beautiful than the other. Driving up is great, going down is wonderful.

The pass which allows you to go from Ariège to Haute Garonne, and vice versa.

Charming little mountain village

Nice little place on the D618 on the climb to the pass. Beautiful church, nice epicerie and there is even a hotel.

"Easy" side of the portet collar with lower percentages compared to the other side.

On the descent from the Col de Portet-d’Aspet, there is this pretty town. Very good for taking a break after the descent or before the climb.

Saint-Girons ([sɛ̃ʒiʁɔ̃][1], in Gascon Sent Gironç) is a French commune located in the west of the department of Ariège, in the Occitanie region. Its name was given in homage to Girons d'Hagetmau, evangelizer of Novempopulania. Historically and culturally, the town is part of Couserans, a country with Gascon roots structured by the course of the Salat. Exposed to an altered oceanic climate, it is drained by the Salat, the Lez, the Baup and various other small rivers. Included in the regional natural park of the Ariège Pyrenees, the town has a remarkable natural heritage: a Natura 2000 site (“Garonne, Ariège, Hers, Salat, Pique and Neste”), a protected area (the “cliffs of Sourroque”) and two natural areas of ecological, faunal and floristic interest. Saint-Girons is an urban commune with 6,415 inhabitants in 2020. It belongs to the urban unit of Saint-Girons and is part of the Saint-Girons attraction area. Its inhabitants are called Saint-Gironnais or Saint-Gironnaises or Gironnais. "Capital" of Couserans, the city is one of the two sub-prefectures of Ariège with Pamiers, the prefecture being Foix. It is part of the community of Couserans-Pyrenees municipalities and the regional natural park of the Ariège Pyrenees.