Betharram Caves Caves and chasms in Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre

Opening hours

Open

  • Monday 09:00 am - 12:00 am 01:30 pm - 05:00 pm
  • Tuesday 09:00 am - 12:00 am 01:30 pm - 05:00 pm
  • Wednesday 09:00 am - 12:00 am 01:30 pm - 05:00 pm
  • Thursday 09:00 am - 12:00 am 01:30 pm - 05:00 pm
  • Friday 09:00 am - 12:00 am 01:30 pm - 05:00 pm
  • Saturday 09:00 am - 12:00 am 01:30 pm - 05:00 pm
  • Sunday 09:00 am - 12:00 am 01:30 pm - 05:00 pm

Closes at 12:00 am

Useful information

Location : À la montagne

Province : Hautes Pyrénées - Lourdes and Gave Valley

Services

  • Chèques Vacances (Holiday voucher)
  • Credit card accepted
  • Disable access
  • Dutch spoken
  • English spoken
  • Entertainment
  • German spoken
  • Groceries shop/ Food
  • Groups
  • Parking
  • Seminar Room
  • Spanish spoken
  • English
    • Located between Pau and Lourdes, the Caves of Bétharram invite you to explore a captivating underground world, which has seduced visitors young and old since 1903. It is an exceptional experience to discover on foot, by boat and even aboard a small train!

      Discover the natural splendor of this site, where water has shaped rooms and galleries over the centuries, offering a spectacle of breathtaking geological formations. Admire stalagmites, stalactites, gigantic columns and other formations, all highlighted by carefully designed lighting. Every corner of this stone labyrinth awakens the imagination and arouses admiration.

      The tour culminates with a boat ride on an underground river, followed by a ride on a small train that takes you back to daylight. It’s an adventure that will delight young and old, offering everyone a unique and memorable look at the hidden wonders of the earth.

      The Caves of Bétharram are a real journey to the heart of the earth. You will be transported into a magical universe and live a unique experience in Europe.

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Traveller Reviews Betharram Caves

4.6 sur 5 7896 reviews

  • alex

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by alex on 23/11/2024

    A fantastic cave we really liked it

  • pascal rieu

    4 sur 5 Reviews posted by pascal rieu on 22/11/2024

    Not too bad but I've seen better. The guide very good

  • Hans Jonathan

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by Hans Jonathan on 19/11/2024

    Just a quick 20 minutes ride from town, there is this one site that you should miss when you visit Lourdes. The ticket price is EUR 17 as of 2024. Accessed by 2.8 km underground walk, the cave was carved by subterranean rivers for millions of years. The underground rivers created 3 levels inside the mountain. 1st level is a huge chamber with beautiful pillar formation. In the first chamber, very interesting rocks and calcite formations can be found. The 2nd level is accessed through stairs descending deep downwards, in this level we witness how old underground water flows carved deep ravines inside the earth. Pretty claustrophobic. Another descent and we arrived at the 3rd level, where the current water levels are. A boat and a train ride wait for us near the exit after around 80 minutes, around 2 km walk inside the mountain. The train ride was installed in 1973, so it is already 50 years old. Interesting and creative fun way to wrap up this detour in Lourdes. The souvenir shop is also interesting, selling all kinds of minerals with fair prices. The guide was also friendly and able to explain in several languages. I think this is a must visit for everyone in the area.

Traveller Reviews Betharram Caves

4.0 sur 5 1147 reviews

  • "Interesting"

    5 / 5 Reviews posted by NorthStar42043983533 (Cambridge, United Kingdom) on 12/09/2024

    Great experience. Good tour guide, caves interesting so amazing formations, you need to be fairly mobile as lots of steps. Descending the steps to the very bottom there is short boat trip followed by...

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  • "Lovely cave system. Well worth a visit."

    4 / 5 Reviews posted by Jon B (Bordeaux, France) on 08/09/2024

    This is a well organised visit to a beautiful cave system. We've done a few caves before before, but this is on a different scale, lots of different formations to see and the guide is very...

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  • "Lovely trip on a rainy day"

    5 / 5 Reviews posted by Irina C on 14/08/2024

    Amazing experience, best cave visit. Went on a rainy day, initially they said we can only visit the top part as the boat and train levels were flooded, but we got lucky and by the time we went it...

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Betharram Caves

Address

Chemin Léon Ross
65270 Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre

Contacts

Phone : 05 62 41 80 04

GPS coordinates

43° 6'6.29"N, 0° 11'12.94"W

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