Espace nordique

Font-Romeu/Pyrénées 2000

Pyrénées-Orientales

Altitude : 1600 - 2000 m

With 111 km of cross-country skiing, Font-Romeu and Pyrénées 2000 offer you a magnificient area for cross-country skiing and all nordics activities.

Piste Info

111 km of drawned and marked out cross-country skiing trails - 22 Loops : 7 green, 10 blue, 5 red - "3 Nordiques France" labelled site - trails start in Estanyols, les Airelles and La Calme. FFS certified pistes for competition, playful learning area, biathlon piste, refuge with warden giving out drinks and light food.

Children

• Font-Romeu :
Resort labelled "Famille Plus Montagne"
City day care : from 18 months to 3 years old
Tel. 04 68 30 21 02
E.S.F. : snow kid's garden "Club Piou-Piou" mini club for children from 6 to 12 years old
Tel. 04 68 30 24 15 or 04 68 30 03 74 - Fax 04 68 30 62 90
E.S.I. : "les P'tits Indiens" snow kid's garden for children from 3 to 6 years old, mini-club for children from 3 to 6 years old, children club from 6 to 12 years old.
Tel. 04 68 30 22 77 - Fax 04 68 30 25 67.

• Pyrénées 2000 :
Every week during school holidays, torchlight parade organized by the E.S.F. Trapper-hiking during school holidays, snowshoeing initiation outings reserved for children from 6 to 12 year old with games and igloo building. E.S.F. : the Ourson snow kindergarten : discovery of snow and glide for children from 3 to 6 year old (Tel. 04 68 30 14 03). Club for children from 6 to 13 year old ("Terminal des loisirs" : Tel. 04 68 30 39 70)

Other activities

• Font-Romeu :
Ice skating rink (olympic size 60x30 m) and swimming pool (national high altitude training centre) - walks, hiking, snowshoeing, mountain skiing - sled dogs - paragliding - rock climbing - mountain bike - fitness centre : badminton, fitness, sauna, body building, squash, tennis (Colette Besson sports centre) - horse riding academy, poney club, horse riding, leisure activities, walks - disco - musical bars - library - cinema - casino - golf - mini-golf. Snow-kite at 4 km - ice cascade climbing at 28 km - animal park at 20 km.

• Pyrénées 2000 :
Network of marked out trails for snowshoeing initiation with 6 theme circuits - daily snowshoeing outings accompanied by professionals - Nordic mountain skiing - sports centre and leisure base with 3 indoor tennis courts,2 squash courts -1 gym and body building centre, indoor golf practice, sauna, supervised activities, relaxation, quad bike and montain bike etc...

Main events

Pyrénées 2000
December 24th: Christmas show at the bottom of the pistes with Santa Claus and fireworks. Christmas village during the holidays, gospel music and jazz concert.

Access

Font-Romeu :
Indoor car park with 250 spots. Winter caravanning park close to the city center.
By road : Perpignan at 87 km - Toulouse at 185 km - Paris at 900  km - Carcassonne at 120 km.
Railway station : Font Romeu-Odeillo-Via. Tel. 04 68 30 03 12.
Airport : Perpignan at 85 km. Tel. 04 68 52 60 70.

Pyrénées 2000 :
2 car parks.
By road : from Toulouse, A61 in the direction of Montpellier then A66 in the direction of Foix, N20 up to Bourg Madame then D618 up to Mont Louis (dir. Perpignan) - from Perpignan, N116 (follow Andorra) then Mont Louis follow Font-Romeu/Pyrénées 2000.
Railway station : Bolquère at 3 km. Shuttle every 30 mn from 8 am/12 pm and 1.30 pm/5.30 pm during school holidays and at 8.30 am, 9 am, 12 pm, 1.30 pm, 4.30 pm, 5 pm outside school holidays.
Airport : Perpignan at 85 km.