The best MTB trails around Prat-Bonrepaux

The Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church in Montjoie-en-Couserans is a remarkable religious building, which dates from the 12th century. This church, in Romanesque style, is distinguished by its sculpted portal and its characteristic bell tower-wall. Inside, you can admire medieval frescoes and ancient liturgical furniture.

Very pretty town and very beautiful castle. The V81 greenway of the Pyrenean Piedmont passes there, pretty trails and tracks are also ideal for walking towards the heights...

Prat-Bonrepaux exudes the charm of the Occitan countryside. The village is built around the Saint-Laurent church, a historical and cultural landmark. Its apparent calm is punctuated by the excitement of markets and festivities which highlight regional gastronomy and crafts.

Nestled in Ariège, Saint-Lizier offers a dive into the past with its preserved medieval heritage. Ranked among the most beautiful villages in France, it seduces with its cathedral and its frescoes. Formerly an episcopal seat and a stopover on the way to Santiago de Compostela, this quiet village has perfectly preserved its older buildings and is worth a detour.

Nice spot at the Salad.

Saint-Lizier (in Gascon: Sent Líser) is a French commune located in the northwest of the Ariège department, in the Occitanie region. Historically and culturally, the town is part of Couserans, a country with Gascon roots structured by the course of the Salat. Exposed to an altered oceanic climate, it is drained by the Salat, the Baup, an arm of the Salat, the Marcazeau, the merdançon stream and various other small rivers. Included in the Ariège Pyrenees regional natural park, the town has a remarkable natural heritage: a Natura 2000 site (“Garonne, Ariège, Hers, Salat, Pique and Neste”) and six natural areas of ecological, fauna and flora interest. Saint-Lizier is an urban commune which has 1,367 inhabitants in 2020. It belongs to the urban unit of Saint-Girons and is part of the Saint-Girons catchment area. Its inhabitants are called the Licerois or Licéroises. The architectural heritage of the commune includes ten buildings protected as historic monuments: the Notre-Dame-de-la-Sède cathedral, listed in 1994, the Saint-Lizier cathedral and the cloister, listed in 1886, the Notre-Dame chapel du Marsan, listed in 1973, the Hôtel-Dieu, listed in 2005, the canonical house, listed in 1989 then listed in 1991, the Loubières house, listed in 1929, the birthplace of Aristide Bergès and the Prat du stationery. Ritou, listed in 2007, the Gallo-Roman walls, listed in 1912, the episcopal palace, listed in 1993, and the Pont de Saint-Lizier, listed in 1927.

Saint-Girons ([sɛ̃ʒiʁɔ̃][1], in Gascon Sent Gironç) is a French commune located in the west of the department of Ariège, in the Occitanie region. Its name was given in homage to Girons d'Hagetmau, evangelizer of Novempopulania. Historically and culturally, the town is part of Couserans, a country with Gascon roots structured by the course of the Salat. Exposed to an altered oceanic climate, it is drained by the Salat, the Lez, the Baup and various other small rivers. Included in the regional natural park of the Ariège Pyrenees, the town has a remarkable natural heritage: a Natura 2000 site (“Garonne, Ariège, Hers, Salat, Pique and Neste”), a protected area (the “cliffs of Sourroque”) and two natural areas of ecological, faunal and floristic interest. Saint-Girons is an urban commune with 6,415 inhabitants in 2020. It belongs to the urban unit of Saint-Girons and is part of the Saint-Girons attraction area. Its inhabitants are called Saint-Gironnais or Saint-Gironnaises or Gironnais. "Capital" of Couserans, the city is one of the two sub-prefectures of Ariège with Pamiers, the prefecture being Foix. It is part of the community of Couserans-Pyrenees municipalities and the regional natural park of the Ariège Pyrenees.

Route without too much difficulty with steeper passages, tight turns, stones and a few steps... Watch out for cross branches...