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Pau is located in the South west corner of France, 700 km from Paris. Driving to Pau from Paris is quite long and one may have to consider air transport or train.
Pau airport is a rather small one; it has 10daily Air France flights to Paris (Orly and Roissy) and 3 daily flights to Lyon.
Many British and North European have more and more Bearn as destination very often to look for country houses, mild winters, and low cost companies operate on the Pau airport.
Transavia has 4 flights a week from Amsterdam and Ryan has a daily flight from London.
The local chamber of commerce and industry actively promotes the development of the airport. Check the website for companies and schedules.
http://www.pau.aeroport.fr/
Important serious tip: when checking in for a Pau-bound flight, make sure you get a seat on the left side: when approaching and landing (well, with fine weather) you will have a wonderful view over the Pyrenees.
Look at the snow-capped mountains in the background on the Pau airport picture.
And arriving at sun set is not bad as well; picture is not good, but gives an idea of what can be expected.
Travelling by train is now a good option with the TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse) which is a very good means to get to Aquitaine from Paris (Bordeaux is at 3 hours from Paris, Pau 5 hours).
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 S80 by Toyin
The Volvo S80 was very comfortable and reliable trought the trip to, and from PAU. Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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 Transportation by Toyin
Though I have a personal car for these trip, but these buses are very visible all about the town. Leave a Comment Theme: Bus
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 Fun on the Funicular by Peeej1978
However, if you're sure your hotel is within striking distance of the main boulevard at the top of the hill, simply get on the FREE funicular from the train station to the boulevard. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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 Pau Airport by Peeej1978
From what I remember - the bus is reasonably priced - but remember your Euro's!! No good getting on with English GPB.
It's also possible to get a return ticket (which works out cheaper) in preparation for your return journey back to the airport. Leave a Comment Theme: Bus
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Pau is a pretty small town, and it is unlike that you will really need to use public transportation to get around, unless you are really going far afield or you have mobility issues. Still, it can be a bad hike to get from the train station up to the Castle area, and it is a good idea to use the funicular. It's free, it gives you a good view of the mountains and it is a well-maintained old vehicle. A great introduction to the city, and a pretty unique mode of transit. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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Le Chateau (the castle) is the main “attraction” (in the original sense of that word!) of Pau.
The castle of Pau (le chateau de Pau) is the birthplace of King Henri IV, but its history began before. In the middle age it was a fortified castle, meant to watch the ford on the Gave River; three towers from this period are still there with some modifications.
In the 14th century, Gaston Fébus built the brick donjon of 33 m height.
I propose you to first walk around and have a look at the walls and the general shape and lay-out.
The main picture, shows the eastern side of the chateau, as seen when coming from the old city, on the Place de la Déportation. Left is the massive middle age old Tour Montauser, and right the Tour Napoleon III, and the Napoleon III wing. These last buildings have been added during the renovation initiated in the 19th century by king Lois-Philippe and then Napoleon III; these renovations were symbolically undertaken in order to reinforce “French unity”, reconciling republican ideals and monarchy, as reference to Henry IV who as a protestant (converted to Catholicism), became king of catholic France and preserved peace in Bearn.
Picture 2 is a view from place de la deportation; the renaissance style (but from 19th century) entrance portico links the donjon to the N. III wing.
Looking from North, the same towers are visible, and we see also the massive brick donjon on the left and the tour Billère on the right (picture 3).
From south (picture 4), the chateau looks the most impressive, with this long renaissance wing between the donjon and the middle age tour Mazeres. On the right side of the picture is the bell tower of the Parlement de Navarre (Navarre Parliament).
From west (picture 5), from the gardens (Parc du Domaine National de Pau), on the right is the tour Mazeres and left the Tour Louis Philippe (19th century).
Despite numerous changes and renovations, this castle seems to have an architectural unity and coherence, from outside. Address: Musée national du château 64000 PauPhone: 05 59 82 38 02Directions: Visit inside possible only with a guide Entrance:5 € Free first Sunday of the month. Open all year, except: Jan 1st, May 1st, and Dec 25th Sept.16th to Jun.14th: 9h30 - 11h45 / 14h - 17h Jun.15th to Sept.15th: 9h30-12h15/13h30-17h45Website: http://www.musee-chateau-pau.fr/
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At the Eastern end of the Boulevard, you arrive in sight of the Palais Beaumont.
This classique-baroque-art deco (not to be confused with art nouveau) mixture style palace has a 100 years history, linked to the dynamism of the mayors of Pau at the time. Aristide de Montpezat acquired properties from aristocrat families in order to create a public park and a place for cultural events and entertainment and leisure for the Pau residents and visitors. The Palais Beaumont was formerly known as Villa Beaumont, and became Palais Beaumont after renovation works in 2000.
Architect Emile Bertrand (creator of the Bois de Boulogne, (Paris) greenhouses), build this villa in that special style, with the purpose of capturing light and keeping some confidentiality to the library and museum visitors. After the recent renovation, I can understand what he meant.
Main picture shows the southern side in the morning light, reflecting in a wading pond in front.
The picture 2 shows one of the campaniles from inside (many roofs are of glass), and the picture 3 shows both campaniles on the classique-baroque general style and layout of the palace viewed from south.
The main entrance is on the North west side. A closer view shows the exuberant decoration of the campaniles (picture 4) and the renovation has used trompe-l’oeil techniques (picture 5) for decoration.
Palais Beaumont is presented on the website below
http://www.paucc.com/
For history, you may have a look at this website.
http://www.remcomp.fr/asmanet/paucc-histoire-palais-beaumont.html
General information on Palais Beaumont:
Contact : Le Palais Beaumont, Parc Beaumont F 64000 PAU
Tél : +33 (0) 559 112 000 Fax : +33(0) 559 112 001
email: dsportes@paucc.com
Site internent : http://www.paucc.com
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Palais Beaumont, since its 2000 renovation has become a congress and conference centre. I visited it several times for professional reasons, but when it is empty you much more appreciate the greenhouse layout; big windows, inside mirrors covering totally some walls, palm trees and ferns inside, all this is really a change of scene. The main picture displays one of the huge halls with wide windows, glass roofs, a rotunda ceiling which by far give enough light to the bamboo and palms to grow. Through the big windows it is of course possible to have a look at the mountains (pictures 2 and 3); and, looking on the other side, you see the windows reflecting in the big mirrors (picture 4). In the basement there are temporary exhibitions (picture 5) of paintings, photographs, generally of local interest (have a close look at the pictures displayed).
The Palais Beaumont, as I told, is today mainly a conference centre proposing 2 amphitheatres which can accommodate 540 and 200 people. The big halls of 750 and 900 square meters can host up to 800 persons for special events like congress lunches or company gatherings. Many other rooms of various sizes are also available. The Palais Beaumont is a member of “the historic conference centres” association .
General information on Palais Beaumont:
Contact : Le Palais Beaumont, Parc Beaumont F 64000 PAU
Tél : +33 (0) 559 112 000 Fax : +33(0) 559 112 001
Email: dsportes@paucc.com
Site internet : http://www.paucc.com Phone: 33 (0) 559 112 000Directions: Eastern side of Boulevard des PyrénéesWebsite: http://www.paucc.com
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