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Unique in Europe !
The story begins in 1957 with the discovery of network Fuilla by Henri Salvayre, hydrogeologist and specialist underworld.
In 1978, the chance of a conference meet him Delonca Edmond, then driller status.
The passion of hydrogeology and speleology, combined with the prospect of rediscovering the network and Fuilla Angkor combined the two men and seal a beautiful friendship.
The exploration allowed the discovery of the White Hall May 8, 1982 and the development of the cave.
The cave consists of two parts, the Gallery of Two Porches leading to the White Hall and the Network of Angkor including La Nef, the Lake of Atolls, the Hall of Angkor and the Red Room Dome. |
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Specialities
It thus offers at As the visit, an uninterrupted series of buildings with growing volumes to the magnificent lookout 'Balcon des Ténèbres'. Grottes des Grandes Canalettes contains a rare collection of eccentric concretions which not always stop the caver and surprise the most jaded fans grottos. Grottes des Grandes Canalettes is 300 meters from the medieval town of Villefranche de Conflent
on the road to Corneilla Conflent Vernet les Bains in the Pyrenees-Orientales.
Grottes des Grandes Canalettes are now among the most beautiful caves in France and is one of the most visited sites in the Pyrenees-Orientales.
New in:
New equipment in ‘Salle du Totem’ called ‘Salle du Yeti’ of Les Grandes Canalettes, in which was shot the film ‘Le Cri du Yéti’ broadcast by the French channel Canal + during Christmas 2000: Free access for accompanied people with reduced mobility...
Pyrénées-Orientales - D 116
Villefranche-de-Conflent
2,5 km from Corneilla-de-Conflent
5,6 km from Prades
3,1 km from Conat
3,5 km from Ria-Sirach
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Opening Grottes des Grandes Canalettes - Villefranche-de-Conflent:
- 01 April to 30 June - From 10.00 to 18.00
- 01
July to 31 August - From 10.00 to 19.30
- 01 September to 1 November - From 10.00 to 18.00
- 02 November to 31 March - From 10.00 to 18.00
- * July and August, every evening at
19.00:
The «son et lumière» music show
is offered in the underground cathedral
(upon presentation of the entrance ticket)
Last admission: 18.45
(Show starts at 19.00).
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* Parking
* Shop
* Individual
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* Groups accepted
* Picnic area
* Group
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Perpignan
Céret
Ille-sur-Têt - Les Orgues
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The Corbières is one of the wildest areas of France with one of the lowest population densities. It is picturesque with wine growing areas alternating with garigue and mountainous countryside. It is located mainly in the Aude département and partly in the Pyrénées-Orientales département. The River Aude borders the Corbières to the west and north. To the south is the River Agly and to the east the the Mediterranean Sea. The name Corbières comes from "cor" a pre-Celtic word meaning "rock" and "berre" from the River Berre which runs through Durban. The eastern part of the Corbières with its Etangs, borders the the Mediterranean Sea and is called the Corbières maritimes. It has its own distinctive climate and characteristic vegetation known as thermomediterranean vegetation...
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Muscat de Rivesaltes is an appellation for the historic vins doux naturels from a relatively large area of Roussillon, in southern France, covering a total of 99 communes, and the majority of the Pyrenees-Orientales administrative departement. It is the largest single sweet wine appellation in France. Muscat de Rivesaltes wines are made predominantly from Muscat Blanc a Petit Grains and Muscat d'Alexandrie in varying ratios, according to the style desired by the individual producer. Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains is used to bring aromas of exotic and citrus fruits while Muscat d'Alexandrie brings a deeper bouquet of white flowers and ripe stone fruit. Collectively the wines show aromas of peach, lemon, mango and occasionally fresher, herbaceous notes like mint. These aromas all change with ageing, (which take place mostly in the bottle to preserve the fresher aromas) and the wines take on aromas of honey and baked stone fruits...
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Grottes des Grandes
Canalettes |
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Leisure - Caves, Gorges and Waterfalls |
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Grottes des Grandes Canalettes
Route de Vernet les Bains
66820 CORNEILLA DE CONFLENT |
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Phone +33 4.68.05.20.20
Fax +33 4.68.96.35.45
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infos@3grottes.com
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www.3grottes.com |
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Les Grandes Canalettes
Child rate:
6.00 €
Adult rate:
10.00 €
Les Grandes Canalettes + Les Canalettes: 15.00 € - 7.00 € (adult, children)
Les Grandes Canalettes + La Cova Bastera: 13.00 € - 7.00 € (adult, children)
3 caves for the price of 2 caves:
19.00 € - 9.00 € (adult, children) |
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Musée de Préhistoire de Tautavel |
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The site of Tautavel Cave (also called Caune de l'Arago) is an ancient karst cave in the Tautavel valley of France with over 35 feet of deposits containing over 40 very old stratified occupations, dated between 450,000 and 100,000 years before the present. Stone tools and faunal remains have been found in abundance. The oldest layers include several bone and bone fragments of several individuals of the so-called Tautavel Man, called Homo erectus tautavelensis. Archaeologist Henry de Lumley of the Institut de Paléontologie Humaine has been excavating the cave since 1964 and continues research today....
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Musée d'Art
Moderne de Céret |
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Le Musée d'Art Moderne de Céret is a modern art museum in Céret, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, created by Pierre Brune and Frank Burty Haviland in 1950 with the personal support of their friends Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse who were involved in its creation. From Cubism to the School of Paris, from Nouveau réalisme to Supports/Surfaces, the collections of the Museum shows the intense relationship between the city of Céret and some of the major artists of the twentieth century: Pablo Picasso, George Braque, Juan Gris, Chaim Soutine, Marc Chagall, Raoul Dufy, Auguste Herbin, Henri Matisse, Miró, Antoni Tàpies, Claude Viallat, Toni Grand...
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Marie and Lionel welcome you all year round at their Gite-Auberge, for a stay in Cerdagne. Ideally situated in the old village of Odeillo and south-facing with views over the valley, La Chouette has the ambience of an inn of old and will be a great starting-point for all your mountain excursions…
Facilities: free Wi-Fi, courses, seminars, training..
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Le Grand Tétras welcome you in an exceptionaly beautiful site in a ski center located at an altitude of 1800 meters in the village center. Le Grand-Tétras, a three star hotel, having the "hotelcert" label, features 36 higly comfortable bedrooms in the heart of the ski center of Font-Romeu and the Regional Nature Reserve of the Catalan Pyrenees. Its fitness center on the six floor welcomes you the whole year round with its covered and heated swimming pool, sauna, fitness room and outside jacuzziwith its panoramic view...
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Hôtel Font-Romeu Clair Soleil |
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Welcome to "l'Hotel
Clair-Soleil" Font Romeu
The hotel "Clair Soleil" is located south of the town of Font-Romeu, on the way to Odeillo village. From here you can enjoy panoramic views of the Pyrénées.
A 10 minutes walk takes you to the town center and the ski station in 5 minutes by car. There is a private parking at the hotel. The restaurant is open every evening and on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, noon.
Menu prices range from 22 to 38 € and offer specialties such as foie gras mi-cuit and accompanied by warm bread and onion marmalade,
or soufflé with candied orange peel and Grand Marnier.
Come enjoy these culinary moments on the panoramic terrace facing the Pyrenees and the solar oven...
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Le Jardin Botanique de Foncaude |
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A botanical garden created in 1991, set in an outstanding, wild "garrigue" landscape - the typical scrubland of the south. The garden covers 7.5 hectares and is made up of three parts. The arboretum has more than 300 species of trees, shrubs, palms and conifers - 2,500 trees have been planted here. The cactus rock gardens have around 8,000 plants (including 1,300 different species). The Mediterranean zone has about 340 species. It is one of the largest collections of ground-planted cacti and succulents in France and also boasts a collection of agaves....
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