Estaing

The Gave d’Estaing defines the setting of Estaing — its narrow valley and surrounding Pyrenean slopes concentrate the settlement along the road through Val d’Azun. This is the smaller mountain Estaing in Hautes-Pyrénées, not the better-known namesake on the Lot in Aveyron. Up-valley, Lac d’Estaing is a starting point for walks into the high country; downstream, the water joins the Gave d’Azun. The village belongs to the historic Bigorre area, a Pyrenean territory shaped by pastoral farming and summer grazing. See how Estaing fits within Val d’Azun and the central Pyrenees by browsing nearby webcams.

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