Would you recommend staying in Saint Savin or Caterets. It's hard to tell the difference. Thanks
Posted by
Loire Valley
824 posts
I've spent the last 2 summers in Cauterets. Cauterets is a 19century town up in the mountains - you are surrounded by the mountains. Saint Savin is a small village on the edge of the Pyrenees. It has a bar and occasionally a restaurant and a view of a hill whereas Cauterets has at least a dozen restaurants and all the shops you would associate with a small town. And a cable car and ski lift.
Use street view. The difference is very easy to see.
Posted by
OP
3 posts
THANK You! Interesting enough the population seems similar.
Posted by
Loire Valley
824 posts
Probably that's the case, but that's permanent population over the locality - which for Saint Savin and probably half a dozen hamlets.
Cauterets population is in the one town - and at any time has as least as many tourists again. During the peak summer and winter seasons it probably has 3 or 4 times the population.
We have written about it quite a lot https://daysontheclaise.blogspot.com/search?q=Cauterets&max-results=20&by-date=true&m=1