Base in Pyrenees. Argeles Gazost or Lourdes?

RyanBrook

Have any of you camped in these places. Which would you recommend?

knedlicky

Only go to Lourdes if you think you'd like a holy Blackpool.

Floodcp

We stayed in Agos Vidalos about 2k outside Argeles Gazost - on the Lourdes side.
There are few campsites in this village. Ours was La Chatagnerie (check spelling)
Argeles Gazost also has several campsites which also looked pretty good.

I wasnt that impressed by Lourdes.

berliner

Argeles Glazost. Lourdes is ok if it rains a lot, some 250 hotels but AG is nice place. There is a great cycle path form Lourdes right to AG and beyond. I camped at Arcizans Avant (Camping du Lac). Great campsite overlooking AG.
2 climbs up there one steep the other not so steep.
Easy access to some great climbs Tourmalet, Hautacam etc.

rouleur23

just got back form there. Camped wild. Loved it. AG is a nice little place. Not too big and not too small. At the foot of the Soulor/Aubisque too. Have a good trip

R23

Tourist Tony

Many campsites at Argeles, but it is a very busy place. There is a campsite past Ricoh that is officially in Collioure, with a sea-level walkway round to that place. If you camp up at Canet Plage there are a couple of sites that will give yoy tent apace, byt mine got covered in pine resin. There is a decent cycleway a lot of the way to Argeles.

andrew_s

Ignore TT's post

he's referring to Argeles-sur-Mer/Argeles Plage which is on the Mediterranean coast about half way between Perpignan and the Spanish border