I-Pyrenees (Les Pyrénées) yenye yeentaba ezisixhenxe zeentaba zaseFransi . Aphawula ukwahlula phakathi kweFransi neSpeyin kwaye isuka e-Atlantic ukuya emanxwemeni aseMedithera ngasezantsi kweFransi, kunye ne-Andorra encinci elele phakathi kweentaba. Uluhlu luyi-430 km (ubude beekhilomitha ezingama-270) kunye nepotti yayo enkulu kunazo zonke ezingama-129 km (80 miles). Ingongoma ephezulu yi-Aneto Peak kwiimitha ezingama-3,404 (11,169 ft) kuMaladeta ('Uqalekisiwe') kwiindawo eziphambili zasePyrenees, ngelixa zininzi ezinye iziqithi ezingaphezu kwama-3 000 amitha (8,842 ft).
AmaPyrenees ayamangalisa, kunye nekhephu kwiindawo eziphezulu zonyaka. Kodwa into enomdla kakhulu yimizi emibini ehluke kakhulu. Ekufuphi kwendawo yokungqongqa kweNxweme yaseByarritz kwiNxweme yaseAtlantic, loo ndawo ikhuluma ngeBasque ngelixa eMpuma ye-Mediterane uya kuziva ukuba useCatalonia ngolwimi kunye nenkcubeko. Iziko lePyrenees li-Parc National des Pyrénées, iparadesi yabahambahambayo kunye neentlobo kunye nezilwanyana zayo. Kwi-walker enkulu, i-GR 10 iyagijima kunye neentaba zonke ukusuka kummandla wonxweme.
Ngasenyakatho empuma, indawo iyaziwa njengelizwe laseCathar. Kuyinto elula kakhulu kunye neenqaba zakwa-medieval zonakaliswa phakathi kweQuillan kunye nePerpignan kwaye imbali iphila kwiindawo ezinxuwa zasePuilaurens, eQueribus nasePyrerepertuse. I-Cathers yobuhedeni bafuna uxolo, uxolo kodwa lunye unqulo kwaye beyeke ubuncwane nobunkokheli bebandla.
Umngeni wokusekwa kwakuninzi kwaye icawa yamaKatolika enamandla yabuyisela ngokugqithisa okukhulu ngexesha leenkcenkceshe ezibizwa ngokuba yi-Albigensian custer emva kwesinqaba seCathar sase-Albi. Inkqubela yagqitywa emva kokuwa kweMonstégur, indawo yesigxina sokugqibela sikaCathar, ngo-1244.
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U-Biarritz unembali yokuguqulwa kwamatye. I-Napoléon III yabeka i-resort ebalazweni emva kokuba efika apha ebudlelwaneni kunye nookumkani kunye namakhosikazi, abahloniphekileyo nabacebileyo phakathi kwe-19 leminyaka kwaye yahlala yindawo eya kuba ngama-1950. Ngama-1960s iMeditera kunye neCôte d'Azur ithatha indawo yokuba intsha ityelele kwaye i-Biarritz yahlala kwi-genteel yehla. Kwiminyaka elishumi kamva, yafunyanwa kwakhona ngabancinci baseParis nakwezinye ihlabathi njengendawo ekungena kuyo indawo enkulu kunye nokuziphatha kwayo kwakhona kwatshintsha. I-Biarritz yidolophu evuyokileyo, kunye ne-Art Deco Casino kamasipala, isikhumbuzo sayo esidlulileyo se-rakish, ngokuzikhukhumeza indawo kwindawo yoLwandle lwaseGrande Plage. Inemyuziyam, kuquka i-Biarritz Aquarium , enye yeeqoqo ezinkulu ze-aquarium zaseYurophu, ichweba, izitalathisi ezithandekayo ukuzulazula kunye neendawo zokutya ezidliwayo kunye nobusuku bobusuku.
Bayonne , 5 km (3 miles) ukusuka kolwandle lwaseAtlantic, isixeko esibaluleke kakhulu kwi-Pays Basque. Ufumene apho i-Rivers Ardor ne-Nive idibana nayo, isixeko sinesinambithe sangempela saseSpain kuso. I-Musée Basque ikunika ingqiqo kwi-Basque edlulileyo kokubili kumhlaba naselwandle. Kwakhona kufanelekile ukubonwa yile kwikota endala ejikeleze iinqaba ezakhiwe ngumqhubi omkhulu wenjoni uVauban kwi-17 leminyaka, inkundla yamatyala kunye negadi yezityalo.
I-St-Jean-de-Luz iyindawo enqabileyo enqabileyo kunye nolwandle oluhle olunxwemeni kunye nedolophu endala enezindlu ezinamatye. Emva kokuba i-whaling ebaluleke kakhulu kunye ne-port-fishing port, kuseyona ndawo eyona ndawo yokubeka umhlaba i-anchovy kunye ne-tuna.
U-Pau , isixeko esibalulekileyo kwiminyaka ye-15 neye-16 njengesixeko esikhulu saseFransi iNararre, sihlala kwi-central Pyrenees. Ingumzi waseNgilane oza kumangaliswa kwiindwendwe zokuqala. IsiNgesi samfumanisa uPa ngekhulu le-19, ikholelwa ukuba isixeko sibe yindawo yokuphila okunempilo. Musa ukukhumbula ukuba uPau wayengenayo impawu ezibuyiselwayo zokubuyisela, isiNgesi safumanisa indawo kwaye ayizange ibuke ngasemva. Bazisa isiNgesi sabo kwisixeko: ukuzingela i-fox kunye ne-horse-racing kunye nekhilikithi. Isixeko esinomtsalane kunye ne-museum ye-château, ukuhamba okukhangayo kunye ne-grotto eseduze kufuphi neBéharram kunye ne-stalactites yayo kunye ne-stalagmites.
I-Lourdes iyaziwa ngezigidi zabahambi beeKatolika abaza apha ngonyaka. I-Basilique du Rosaire engavamile kunye ne-Conception engacacanga, eyakhiwe phakathi kwe-1871 no-1883, kunye nekhenkethi ephawulekayo eyayimelwe njengomkhuseli weentlambo zasePyrennean kunye nokudlula. Funda kabanzi malunga neLourdes kweli nqaku .
I-Perpignan kwiNxweme yaseMedithera ibaluleke kakhulu kwisixeko saseCatalan esilugcina i-separatist evakalelwa ngekcubeko, ulwimi kunye nokutya. Iinezakhiwo ezithile eziphawulekayo, zibandakanya uLoge de Mer, eyakhiwe ngo-1397 kunye neyamyuziyamu yeCasa Païral, indawo yokufumana ulwazi malunga nenkcubeko yaseCatalan. Funda malunga nokufika kwiPerpignan .
EziPhambili zePyrenean
Yiya kwi-Atlantic e-Biarritz . Amabhanku asemgangathweni yi-Grande Plage, elandelwa yiPlage Marbella kunye ne-Plage de la Côte des Basques. Funda indlela yokufikelela kwi-Biarritz esuka eLondon naseParis .
Ukutyelela kwinqaba yaseMontségur , apho amaCathars abakhohlisayo abambelela kubashushisi babo bamaKatolika kwi-13 leminyaka.
Khuphukela kwi-Pic du Midi . Ukujonga ngaphantsi kweli hlabathi ukusuka emoyeni ococekileyo wePi de Midi de Bigorre kwiimitha ezingama-2,877 (9,438 ft). Ukusuka kwi-ski resort yaseLa Mongie, thabatha ukuhamba ngomzuzu we-15 kwimoto yekhebula kwiPi apho ungabona khona i-300 km (186 miles) zePyrenees ifomati phakathi kwe-Atlantic neMeditera. Ukuba kunokwenzeka, bhala 'i-Starry Night' yeembono ezintle zeenkwenkwezi; Unokwenza kwakhona ukuba uhlale ubusuku bonke apha.
Hamba ngeParc National des Pyrénées . Yadalwa ngo-1967 ukukhusela iiPyrenees kwiindawo zokutyelela izakhenkethi, iipaki zeemoto, indawo yokuhlala kunye nokunye, indawo enkulu yendalo yezilwanyana zasendle. Iqulethe inxalenye ye-GR10 eqhuba i-700 km (434 miles) ukusuka kwi-Banyuls-sur-Mer kwiMeditera ukuya eHendaye-Plage e-Atlantic.