You’ll keep expecting members of Monty Python to pop their heads round the corner at this bizarrely brilliant medieval-era auberge (country inn), where the rooms hunker behind arches, block-stones and carved wooden doors. It’s been gradually renovated by owner Julie; the breakfast room is the highlight, with its vaulted ceiling and monumental mountain view. It’s a 2km drive from Cette-Eygun.
La Toison d’Or
Parc National des Pyrénées
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