Orlu: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

The Réserve d'Orlu is a 4,248-hectare high-mountain nature reserve. Anyone considering Orlu as a holiday destination may want to rent a holiday apartment.

Nature

The Réserve d'Orlu stretches from 930 to 2,765 metres above sea level.

It is designated as a national hunting and wildlife reserve.

Visitors can observe marmots on the hiking trails of the Réserve d'Orlu. Jasse d'en Gaudu is also known as a marmot-watching spot on the way to the Refuge d'En Beys.

At the Refuge d'En Beys, visitors can hike the Tour des Pérics, Tour des montagnes d'Ax and GR7 trails. The ascent through the valley to the Refuge d'En Beys takes about three and a half hours.

The Observatoire de la montagne offers nature walks during which visitors can discover the mountain landscape and its wildlife.

The Observatoire de la montagne offers wildlife-watching hikes, guided tours and environmental education activities for individuals, families, groups and schools.

Experiences

The Forêt des sons in Mountaneô offers a 1-kilometre forest walk with 40 poetic and sound installations.

In Orlu, Mountaneô is a museum experience dedicated to hydroelectric power generation, biodiversity and discovering the mountain landscape.

The Hydrogame at Mountaneô is an immersive escape game about hydroelectric power, in which players operate a control centre for several hydroelectric power stations.

The museum area of Mountaneô is accessible to people with reduced mobility.

La Maison des Loups is a wildlife park in the forest dedicated entirely to wolves.

La Maison des Loups presents wolf packs from Europe, Canada and the Arctic in spacious enclosures.

Other places: Auzat, Ornolac-Ussat-Les-Bains, Esplas, Bethmale, Saverdun, Aucazein, Bonac-Irazein, Le Pla

To the higher-level travel overview: Ariège.