This ski resort, near Portalet way, is situated close to the Pyrenees National Pak. In 1967 it was made a protected environment for excursionists, tourists and sport lovers. Artouste is is Laruns, France, and it has a lake which, after arriving there, offers a wonderful landscape down the Paso D’Orteig, where nearby some crossed paths descend until the mountain of Arrious and the refuge called d’Arremoulit.

Artouste offers the tourist all kinds of beautiful ways to enjoy skiing and great views over the mountain Midi d’Ossau. This ski resort is a typical little town in the Pyrenees mountains.

Artouste counts with 19 ski slopes around 27 km. 3 are green, 9 blue, 5 red, 1 black and there is also 1 sledge slope. It also has 11 ways of arriving: 3 chair lifts, 6 ski lifts, 1 cable from Artouste until the ski station, a kid park, a snow park with a slope for snow cross and free style. At the station entry there is a restaurant, a picnic area, and a ski school.

Children can enjoy a beautiful park that will help them train and start ski lessons among games and different activities. They also can use snowshoes for long promenades at the Pyrenees National Park.

Other activities for adults include snowshoes, cross-country skiing, cross skiing, ping pong..

Laruns is situated at 20 km and it has a cinema, a covered tennis court, a covered swimming pool and a skate park.

There are other restaurants in Artouste and also coffee bars as well as tennis shop. But the main restaurant at the upper ski station offers wonderful views. People can buy or rent ski equipment in many shops.

How to get to Artouste:

From Spain: Artouste can be accessed through the Puerto del Portalet. And it is 9 km far from the Spanish frontier with France.

From France the best way is to use the E80 road that goes to Pau and then corroses all the Pyrenees National Park.

Artouste has also a train a very old stylish one called Le Petit Train d’Artouste. It seems like a little train for playing and it crosses the most elevated routes in Europe (about 2,000m above the sea). Mountains covered with snow will give the tourist a first impression about the French Pyrenees. The train starts its way in Sagett and for 50 minutes it crosses different places and even tunnels until arriving in Artouste.

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