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Gavarnie

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Ga·var·nie  (gvr-n, gä-vär-)
A waterfall, about 422 m (1,384 ft) high, of southwest France in the Pyrenees south of Lourdes. Nearby is the Cirque de Gavarnie, a vast natural amphitheater with steep walls up to 1,708 m (5,600 ft) high.


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Gavarnie makes for a particularly worthy excursion.
If you want to see the cirque, or maybe the famous Romanesque churches hereabouts, the best place to base yourself is this handsome and demotic little spa town about 20 minutes away from Gavarnie by car.
The rest of the vacation went ahead without a hitch, however, and took the youngsters on visits to Paris, Lourdes, Nice and Gavarnie in the Pyrenees.
 
 
 
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