La Verna cave One of the most beautiful places near Arette

Opening hours

Open

  • Monday 09:00 am - 01:00 pm 01:30 pm - 06:00 pm
  • Tuesday 09:00 am - 01:00 pm 01:30 pm - 06:00 pm
  • Wednesday 09:00 am - 01:00 pm 01:30 pm - 06:00 pm
  • Thursday 09:00 am - 01:00 pm 01:30 pm - 06:00 pm
  • Friday 09:00 am - 01:00 pm 01:30 pm - 06:00 pm
  • Saturday 09:00 am - 01:00 pm 01:30 pm - 06:00 pm
  • Sunday 09:00 am - 01:00 pm 01:30 pm - 06:00 pm

Closes at 01:00 pm

Useful information

  • Qualité Tourisme
  • Tourisme & Handicap

Location : Mountain

Province : The Pyrenean Valleys

Services

  • Chèques Vacances (Holiday voucher)
  • Credit card accepted
  • Disable access
  • English spoken
  • Groups
  • Parking
  • Spanish spoken
  • English
    • Visit the largest underground room in the world open to the public! Tourist Cave / Speleological Adventures in the heart of the Gouffre de la Pierre Saint-Martin.

      Whatever the type of visit, you will discover, in La Verna, one of the magical places for tourism in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

      Whether it is for a family visit, for school groups or to experience a sporting adventure between hiking and climbing, you will keep an unforgettable memory of your tourist stay in the heart of the mountains. The underground adventure awaits you.

      In the heart of the limestone mountains of Haute-Soule and Barétous, La Verna is an exceptional geological site, with extraordinary volumes, which give it a worldwide reputation. The extraordinary human adventure linked to the discovery of La Verna will be the common thread of your visit.

      BY RESERVATION ONLY.

      SIGHTSEEING TOURS


      •  Discovery

      1 hour + cave access (minimum age: 5 years)
      Guided and commented tour on a secure 800 m (one way) route, accessible to people with reduced mobility.

      Price: €19 per adult / €12 per child


      •  River

      1h30 + cave access (minimum age: 7 years)
      After discovering the room, irregular stairs cut into the rock allow you to access the river and the catchment.

      Price: €24 per adult / €17 per child

      •  Exploration

      2 hours + cave access (minimum age: 10 years)

      You leave the tourist development for an underground exploration suitable for all levels. Trousers required.

      Price: €29 per adult / €22 per child

      CAVING ADVENTURE

      Whatever the visit, we enter into a caving adventure where team spirit , cohesion and adaptation are fundamental. The guide reserves the right to adapt the route according to the conditions (weather, participants, etc.).


      Access from the reception to the entrance of the cave is with your own car.

      •  Knight

      3 hours + cave access (minimum age: 12 years)

      Sporty caving hike, off trail (scree and blocks)

      Price: €50


      •  Adelie

      5h + cave access (minimum age: 14 years)

      Sporty and technical caving hike, off trail (scree and blocks)

      Price: €68

      •  Aranzadi

      5h + cave access (minimum age: 14 years)

      Sporty and technical caving hike (80m safe climbing)

      Price: €68

      •  Arphidia

      5h + cave access (minimum age: 14 years)

      Technical caving route. Aerial handrails and abseiling (maximum 8m).

      Price: €68

      •  Adventure Mix

      8h + cave access (minimum age: 16 years)

      Combination of the tours Chevalier Aranzadi or Chevalier Arphidia or Aranzadi Arphidia.

      Price: €86

      •  Great Halls

      8h + cave access (minimum age: 16 years)

      Enduring and sporty caving hike (varied progression on scree and blocks).

      Price: €86

      •  Huet

      8h + cave access (minimum age: 16 years)

      Approach walk and technical caving route, abseiling (maximum 35m) and narrow passages to reach La Verna.

      Package: €500

      •  Lépineux

      8h + cave access (minimum age: 16 years)

      Enduring and sporty caving hike (varied progression on scree and blocks) to reach the base of the Pierre Saint-Martin chasm.

      Package: €500


      Find it on the Guide Béarn Pyrénées's Blog...

      Unusual adventure in the bowels of the Earth: La Grotte de la Verna
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Traveller Reviews La Verna cave

4.6 sur 5 1046 reviews

  • cécile sabah

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by cécile sabah on 10/03/2025

  • Liza Rasquin

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by Liza Rasquin on 03/03/2025

  • Antonio Paredes

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by Antonio Paredes on 01/03/2025

    Thank you Juan Francisco for guiding us and for sharing your knowledge on our visit to La Verne.

Traveller Reviews La Verna cave

4.6 sur 5 298 reviews

  • "Incredible! Biggest cave in world accesable easily to public"

    5 / 5 Reviews posted by alastair s (Menditte, France) on 10/11/2018

    Choice of mind blowing visits, standard, where you emerge from a tunnel into a space that would swallow St Paul’s cathedral, advanced, where you wear a harness, hard hat and acetylene head flame and...

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  • "Incredible tour of largest cavity open to the public in the world"

    5 / 5 Reviews posted by 2hermes (Perth, Australia) on 12/07/2018

    This was an extraordinary experience. Although I am troubled by claustrophobia I not only managed the 800 metre tunnel to reach the grotto, but I was almost overwhelmed with the immensity of this...

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  • "The Best Tour Ever"

    5 / 5 Reviews posted by Tina-Charlot (Chamonix, France) on 04/11/2017

    Great tour. The guide is very knowledgeable & helpful. The grotte is amazing, can't believe it isn't more well-known...

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La Verna cave

Address

Espace d'accueil Arrakotchepla
64560 Sainte-Engrâce

Contacts

Phone : 05 59 28 34 02

Cell : 06 37 88 29 05

GPS coordinates

42° 59'46.19"N, 0° 49'16.1"W

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