Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges
Member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France
A Roman town, Lugdunum Convenarum, once filled the valley floor below Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges; the medieval village that replaced it sits on a rocky spur facing the Pyrenean peaks. Its former cathedral, begun under Bishop Bertrand in the late 11th century, mixes Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance work. It is World Heritage listed as part of the Routes of Santiago de Compostela, and pilgrims still pass through.
Highlights
- Cathédrale Notre-Dame, with Renaissance choir stalls carved in oak and walnut
- Excavations of Lugdunum Convenarum, with Roman baths and a theatre
- The early Christian basilica beside the chapel of Saint-Julien
- The departmental archaeological museum
- Setting of M. R. James's ghost story Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges (FR), Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges (EN), Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges (IT)), Wikivoyage (Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Population: 243
Things to see
Specialities of Occitania
Typical of the region rather than of this village.
- Petit pâté de NîmesBread and pasta
- Fish soup of SèteDishFish cooked with vegetables, white wine and olive oil, served with rouille croutons
- Pain paillasse de LodèveBread and pasta
- BajanaDishTraditional chestnut soup of the Cévennes
Adapted from Wikipedia (Cuisine occitane). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to sleep
4 places to stay within 3 km
- Hotels 2
- B&Bs and guest houses 1
- Campsites 1
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Thermal baths nearby
- Thermal spa: L'Edenvik · ~32 min by car
- Hot spring: Thermes · ~36 min by car
- Thermal spa: Thermes de Luchon · ~36 min by car
- Thermal spa: Thermes de Salies-du-Salat · ~36 min by car
- Hot spring: Termes Baronia de Les · ~38 min by car
- Thermal spa: Aquensis · ~52 min by car
- Thermal spa: Hotel Llanos del Hospital · ~58 min by car
- Thermal spa: Sensoria rio · ~1 h 01 by car
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