Harrsica
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£400–£960 / week
About the home
**Watch the Tour de France go by from the Balcony from 14th-21st July** Nestled in the small and unspoilt picturesque village of Barèges is Harrsica a four bedroom self-catering apartment that comfortably accommodates 8 guests. The apartment (80 square metres) can accommodate a range of guests from 2 families to a large group of friends. With all new furniture, kitchen equipment and decor, you’ll find a high quality stay in a perfect location, a mere 3 minute walk to the Thermal spa, less than 5 minutes walk from the supermarket, shops, bars and restaurants, with the ski bus stop right outside and a green ski run that brings you right back to the door when conditions permit
Superbly situated in the Hautes-Pyrenees region in southwest France, Barèges (alt. 1250m) is linked with the resort of La Mongie, which together culminate to create ‘Le Doumaine de Tourmalet’ the largest and widely regarded to be the best ski location in the French Pyrenees.
The ideal location is irrefutable, throughout most of the ski season it is possible to ski back down to the village and to the door of Harrsica and for those with wearier legs the ski-bus stops directly opposite, making it perfect for all ages and abilities.
However, Barèges is not just the perfect winter ski treat – it’s the ideal spot for a summer holiday too. Located on the edge of the Pyrenees National Park and close to the famous pilgrimage town of Lourdes the area has plenty to offer all year round. Most spectacularly it is located on the prestigious Tour de France route and the balcony of Harrsica provides a unique vantage point from which to watch all the action go by.
For those who still have energy to burn or children to tire there is plenty on offer in and around the village, including paragliding, walking, cycling, canyoning/caving, mountain climbing, mountain biking and more. Other activities only a short car ride away include white water rafting, horse riding, trout fishing, golf and an acrobatic “Tarzan” park. There is truly something for everyone with animal parks, zoos, aquariums and wonderful lakes for picnics. A notable highlight is the world famous Pic de Midi Observatory with superb mountain views, situated at a mesmerising 2877m, and accessible by cable car.
If sampling the before mentioned activities, or just reading about them, leaves you in need for some relaxation fear not Barèges also has this covered. The village itself has two Thermal Spas, one of which is newly refurbished and just five minutes from Harrsica. Barèges also boasts an outdoor heated swimming pool (open July & August), a climbing wall, a squash court, a cinema, a number of children’s play areas and a multi-purpose astro-turf court. The local butcher and baker also make famous French style dining achievable and the nearby mini-mart makes self-catering a breeze, but for those who want to place the cooking into someone else’s hands there is also a selection of bars and restaurants specialising in local cuisine available.
| Size: | Sleeps up to 8, 4 bedrooms |
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| Will consider: | Corporate lets Long lets Short breaks |
| Access: | Car advised Wheelchair access Nearest amenities: 200m |
| Family friendly? | Suitable for children of all ages Suitable for people with restricted mobility |
| Notes: | No pets allowed No smoking at this property Self-catering |
Facilities
| Luxuries: | Internet access, DVD player |
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| General: | Central heating, TV, CD player, Wi-fi available |
| Standard: | Kettle, Toaster, Hair dryer |
| Utilities: | Dishwasher, Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine |
| Rooms: | 4 Bedrooms, 4 bathrooms of which 1 family bathroom, 2 en suites and 1 shower room |
| Furniture: | Single beds (4), Double beds (2), Cots (1), Dining seating for 8, Lounge seating for 8 |
| Other: | Please check with the advertiser regarding linen and towels Highchair available |
| Outdoors: | Balcony / Terrace |
| Access: | Wheelchair friendly, Parking space |
Further details indoors:
2 double bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms (1 with shower, 1 with bath/shower)
2 twin bedrooms with bunk beds, one adjoining the en-suite bathroom from the other side, ideal for a family
Additional separate WC
2 sofas with TV and DVD player with a selection of DVDs
Balcony overlooking the river with spectacular views (particularly of the Tour de France as it passes by)
Kitchen with dishwasher, hob, oven, fridge, freezer, microwave
Utility room with washing machine
Bedding and towels provided
A selection of games
Stereo/radio with a selection of CDs
2 ski lockers
2 car parking spaces
Easy access for the disabled and pushchairs
High chair and travel cot
Further details outdoors:
While the apartment is on the 3rd floor, giving a nice view, access to the property at the rear is also on this level so there are no stairs to climb. There are 2 parking spaces and 2 ski lockers that belong to the apartment.
Further details
Harrsica is available all year round.
Bookings are taken Sunday to Sunday for the winter season and Saturday to Saturday for the rest of the year to be in keeping with the best flights from the UK.
In July and August there is a local public outdoor swimming pool available for use.
We have a local agent who is English speaking and will be available if necessary. Linen is provided at a small charge for laundering it and if the apartment requires cleaning after your stay, that will also be chargeable.
Conditions
......PAYMENT
50% deposit is required at the time of booking and the balance at least 8 weeks before your departure date. Rental periods run from Saturday to Saturday unless otherwise agreed.
......ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE
Clients are asked to arrive between 4 pm and 8 pm and must leave by 10 am on the day of departure, unless other arrangements are agreed prior to arrival or departure.
......DEPOSIT
A deposit of £300 is payable from which will be deducted the cost of any damages or breakages during your stay if incurred. The balance will be returned to you at the end of your holiday.
......CLEANING AND LINEN
Cleaning will be carried out prior to your arrival. House linen is provided.
......PARTY SIZE
Your party must not exceed eight adults but there is room for 8 adults and 1 baby.
......INSURANCE
We recommend strongly that you take out Comprehensive Personal Travel Insurance which will provide you with a suitable degree of personal/public liability protection and Holiday Cancellation Insurance in the event of cancellation.
The use of the accommodation is entirely at the visitor’s risk and no responsibility can be accepted for injury or illness during a visitor’s stay, nor loss or damage to personal belongings or car.
......CONTRACT
When contracting us to rent Harrsica no contract will exist between us until we have received the required deposit and we have issued the official confirmation invoice.
......STATED INFORMATION
Great care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information contained on our website relating to any service advertised. However, all statements as to the condition of the property or other services included on the website must not be treated as statements of fact but statements of opinion.
The Midi-Pyrenees / Hautes-Pyrenees region
Superbly situated in the Hautes-Pyrenees region in southwest France, Barèges (alt. 1250m) is linked with the resort of La Mongie, which together culminate to create ‘Le Doumaine de Tourmalet’ the largest and widely regarded to be the best ski location in the French Pyrenees.
The Bareges area
Activities include....
Acrobranche Après Ski Bungee Jumping Canyoning Cycling Fishing Go-karting Golf Horse Riding Ice Climbing Motor Sport Mountain Biking Paragliding Photography Skiing Snowboarding Snowshoeing Swimming Walking White Water Rafting
Local Towns and Villages.....
Argeles-Gazost Bagneres-de-Bigore Barèges Cauterets Gavarnie-Gedre Hautacam La Mongie Lourdes Luz Ardiden Luz St Sauveur Pau
Attractions include....
Animal Parks, Zoos & Aquariums Botanical Gardens Caves & Caverns Churches & Abbeys Funiculars & Cable Cars Guided Tours Historical Buildings Mountains Museums National Parks Observatories Thermal Spas Wildlife
SKI INFORMATION
RESORT HEIGHT: 1250m (4100 ft)
HIGHEST SKIING: 2450m (8040 ft) pisted. Off piste from the Pic du Midi observatory 2872m.
NUMBER OF PISTES: 69 ( 23 GREEN, 21 BLUE, 20 RED, 5 BLACK)
TOTAL PISTED RUNS: 125 kms
NUMBER OF LIFTS: 40
LONGEST RUN: 13 kms (GREEN)
CROSS COUNTRY: 30 kms
SNOW MAKING: 172 snow cannons providing total cover from La Mongie to La Laquette.
MOUNTAIN RESTAURANTS: 7
Ski back to village via green, blue, red and black pistes.
How to get there
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| Nearest Travel Links | |
| Airport: | Lourdes: 50 km |
| Railway: | Lourdes: 50 km |
| Ferry: | Bilbao |
The village of Barèges is located in the Midi-Pyrenees region of France in the Haute-Pyrenees area approximately 50kms south west of city of Lourdes, on the western side of the Col du Tourmalet.
......BY AIR
It's never been easier to get to the Pyrenees.
Daily discount flights are now available from the UK to our corner of south west France!
Our nearest airports with direct flights from the UK are Lourdes (50kms) and Pau (100kms). However, Biarritz (200kms) and Toulouse (210kms) airports are also within easy reach. Carcassonne (300kms) airport may even be an option for some people.
Lourdes-Tarbes - served by Ryanair from Stansted (winter schedule only)
Pau Pyrenees - served by Ryanair from Stansted and Bristol
Biarritz - served by Ryanair from Stansted, Birmingham and Dublin, by Easyjet from Gatwick and Bristol
Toulouse - served by British Airways from London Heathrow, by Easyjet from Gatwick and Bristol and by Flybe from Birmingham
Carcassone – served by Ryanair from Stansted, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool, East Midlands, Bournemouth, Dublin, Shannon, Cork (summer schedule only)
Airline links: www.ryanair.com www.easyjet.com www.flybe.com www.ba.com.
......BY SEA
Driving times from ports:
Bilbao 3hrs;
Santander 4hrs;
St Malo 10hrs;
Cherbourg/Le Havre/Caen 11hrs;
Calais/Boulogne 12hrs.
A crossing into Northern Spain (Bilbao/Santander) gives a very easy drive to us. Otherwise a crossing to one of the more westerly Channel ports saves time, with the best driving route being via Bordeaux, the A64 highway passes close to Lourdes.
From the A64 highway, junction 11 Soumoulou (if you come from Pau) or junction 12 Tarbes-Ouest (if you come from Toulouse) to Lourdes. At the roundabout in Lourdes, turn left for Argeles-Gazost and follow this road until it passes beneath the Funiculaire du Jer. Take the dual carriageway for Argeles-Gazost. At Argeles-Garzost you come to a roundabout where you turn left to cross the river. Follow to the roundabout at Pierrefitte and then climb through the Pierrefitte gorge to Luz St Sauveur. At Luz turn left for Barèges.
Please note: If you are coming from the direction of Toulouse some satellite navigators will send you to junction 15 via Sainte Marie de Campan over the Col du Tourmalet. In the winter, and even up into May, this is closed and in the summer it takes longer to get to us anyway. Take junction 12 instead.
......BY RAIL
Our nearest railway station is Lourdes (45 minutes) which is served by mainline trains from Bordeaux or Toulouse. www.voyages-sncf.com.
Take the EUROSTAR train through the chunnel to Paris from where the TGV ATLANTIQUE serves Lourdes five times daily from Montparnasse station. There is also a nightly sleeper "couchette" from Paris Austerlitz.
For the London–Lourdes route book well in advance (at least 8 weeks) for early booking discounts. French Railways (SNCF) also offers an excellent value "railrover" and family railcards. Highly recommended by all who come this way.
You can book online at www.sncf.co.uk or with Rail Europe.
There is a bus connection from Lourdes station to Luz St Sauveur and Barèges.
......BY ROAD
Most major car hire companies (Hertz, Avis, Budget, Europcar etc) have an office at Lourdes and Pau airport. Avis have an office at Lourdes railway station and will leave keys for collection at the station ticket office outside of their opening hours.
From the A64 highway, junction 11 Soumoulou (if you come from Pau) or junction 12 Tarbes-Ouest (if you come from Toulouse) to Lourdes. At the roundabout in Lourdes, turn left for Argeles-Gazost and follow this road until it passes beneath the Funiculaire du Jer. Take the dual carriageway for Argeles-Gazost. At Argeles-Garzost you come to a roundabout where you turn left to cross the river. Follow to the roundabout at Pierrefitte and then climb through the Pierrefitte gorge to Luz St Sauveur. At Luz turn left for Barèges.
Please note: If you are coming from the direction of Toulouse some satellite navigators will send you to junction 15 via Sainte Marie de Campan over the Col du Tourmalet. In the winter, and even up into May, this is closed and in the summer it takes longer to get to us anyway. Take junction 12 instead.
Activities near Bareges
Ski resort location
Watersports
Walking holidays
Rural / countryside retreats
Cycling holidays
Reviews
 14 May 2012 |
My wife and I took our 2 children (6 and "almost 4") for their first taste of ski-ing this year with friends and had a great time staying here. The appartment is spacious, warm and... more |
15 Feb 2012 |
Knowing Wendy and Stuart as we do, we knew that things would run smoothly and that the apartment would be very comfortable, cosy with lots of hot water for baths and showers after a hard day on the... more |
02 Nov 2011 |
Last March I stayed here when it was just brand new and it was fabulous. The snow was great and we could ski back to the apartment – with the added bonus that we had spa visits included in our... more |
Guestbook for Harrsica
‘A brand new, bright and very modern apartment. It was very well equipped with everything we needed to cook our meals in the evenings and plenty of space for all of 5 of us, as we were there with our 3 teenage children in February half term 2011. We were definitely outnumbered by French (around 80%), Spanish (around 15%) and English (about 5%) but that actually made it better for us. We enjoy speaking French, although you wouldn’t need to if you couldn’t because most French people there spoke good English and made us feel very welcome. We were told by the French people that this resort was much cheaper than The Alpes. Ski pass was £133. per person (adult) for 6 days. The apartment felt very roomy and was well laid out. Very clever design with the 2 bathrooms being between the 4 bedrooms. (3 toilets including the one off the hall). Kitchen – was well equipped with nice big fridge/freezer, dishwasher, microwave and combination oven. We managed to cook a roast chicken dinner for 5 quite easily. Beds were really comfy, there was plenty of bed linen and towels. Heating and hot water was superb. The washing machine was really good and allowed us to cut down on the clothes we took as we were able to wash whilst we were there. There wasn’t a drier but we were able to hang clothes on the airer and everything was dry when we needed it. There was an excellent ski locker in the building so ski’s, boots etc weren’t taken back into the apartment. Remember, moon boots or trainers etc to wear from the apartment to the locker room. The balcony would be ideal for drying clothes in the warmer weather. Our ski hire was very easy. We supplied our heights, weights and ability in advance and we managed to collect our equipment an hour after arriving. We were able to ski for the afternoon on the day of our arrival. We kept all the equipment with us for the whole week and worked out for 6.5 days it was costing (for skis, boots and poles) about 12 Euros per day (about £10 – not bad!). Fantastically well appointed in Barages, the apartment was right opposite the ski bus stop which took us directly to the slopes in 5 minutes. All the necessary shops- butcher, baker, pharmacy, small supermarket and the agency office were within a few minutes walk. The people of Bareges were super friendly, very forgiving when we tried our pidgeon French and very helpful with lots of advice from sunburn to lending needle and cotton, eating out etc. We didn’t feel the need to hire a car as we were there to ski all day and every day but on our travels in and out of the resort by minibus we did see that it was a beautiful area and lots of things to see and do if a different kind of holiday was planned. Lu – the agent organised for us to be collected from the airport by a very nice Englishman called Peter Derbyshire as we arrived on a Sunday so there were no buses running. This was 80 euros each way in a minibus for 5 people but he acted as a good guide and gave us very helpful information for our holiday. Once off the ski bus (which was free and very regular, probably every 15 minutes on the way up and down until about 5.30pm) we were able to select any one of a number of fantastic runs suited to all our skiing abilities. We were able to ski right across to La Mongie and back to within 75 metres of our apartment door – weather permitting – fantastic! Lunch cost between 80 and 100 Euros for 5 people in the restaurants in La Mongie. On good weather days we took a picnic and sat on the snow in the glorious sunshine with jackets off – it was that warm! We would definitely go back summer or winter to this apartment in this fabulous resort.’
Rental prices
| Rental prices originally quoted in: Euros € | Convert to: |
| Prices for group size 8 | ||||||
| Period | From | To | Weekly | Nightly rate | Minimum stay | |
| Weekday | Weekend | |||||
| spring | 28 Apr 12 | 16 Jun 12 | € 500 | - | - | 1 Week |
| early summer | 16 Jun 12 | 7 Jul 12 | € 600 | - | - | 1 Week |
| summer | 7 Jul 12 | 14 Jul 12 | € 700 | - | - | 1 Week |
| Tour de France | 14 Jul 12 | 21 Jul 12 | € 800 | - | - | 1 Week |
| summer | 21 Jul 12 | 18 Aug 12 | € 700 | - | - | 1 Week |
| late summer | 18 Aug 12 | 8 Sep 12 | € 600 | - | - | 1 Week |
| autumn | 8 Sep 12 | 3 Nov 12 | € 500 | - | - | 1 Week |
| early ski | 3 Nov 12 | 22 Dec 12 | € 900 | - | - | 1 Week |
| Christmas / New Year | 22 Dec 12 | 5 Jan 13 | € 1200 | - | - | 1 Week |
| Ski season | 5 Jan 13 | 16 Feb 13 | € 900 | - | - | 1 Week |
| high ski season | 16 Feb 13 | 16 Mar 13 | € 1200 | - | - | 1 Week |
| late ski | 16 Mar 13 | 13 Apr 13 | € 900 | - | - | 1 Week |
| spring | 13 Apr 13 | 8 Jun 13 | € 600 | - | - | 1 Week |
The property's weekend rates apply to: Saturday and Sunday nights
NB: Prices may be subject to change at the advertiser's discretion.
*** The week that the Tour de France rolls past the apartment has just become available. Price has already been reduced but enquire further if you are interested ***
Payments will be made directly to the agency in Bareges who will make the booking with you. They accept Visa, Mastercard, bank transfer (in EUR) or a french cheque
Availability
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Availability notes:
***just had a cancellation for the week that the Tour de France rolls past the window of the apartment. Will be able to do a good deal for you****
Changeover day is usually Saturday but please try us anyway if you are on the Sunday Ryanair flight to Lourdes during the ski season as we will try to accommodate you.
Contact the owner
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Languages spoken   The owner is based in the United Kingdom and has advertised with Holiday Lettings since 2011. This apartment has received 3 reviews from previous guests.  |
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