# Camping Le Pain de Sucre

Campsite en Cirque de Gavarnie · Cirque de Gavarnie

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/france/cirque-de-gavarnie/where-to-stay/camping-le-pain-de-sucre · Revisado: 2026-11-12

- Qué tiene: 2 min from Gavarnie · 54 pitches of 80–100 m² · Mobile homes and chalets · Caravaneige in winter

Three-star campsite two minutes from Gavarnie at 1,200 m, with 54 level pitches, mobile homes and chalets with a view of the cirque; open in summer and winter.

A campsite facing the cirque
Le Pain de Sucre is two minutes from Gavarnie, beside the gave, at 1,200 m: according to the campsite itself, the highest in the Hautes-Pyrénées. It has three stars, the Esprit Parc National label and a view over the cirque. It opens in summer for walkers and in winter as a "caravaneige" (snow caravan site), ten minutes from the Gavarnie-Gèdre ski slopes.
Pitches and accommodation
There are 54 level pitches of 80 to 100 m², with electricity and a water point, for tents, caravans and motorhomes, in winter too. To rent: standard four-person mobile homes with two bedrooms and a kitchen, Super-Confort mobile homes with heating and a terrace, a three-bedroom mobile home for six with a mountain view, and wooden chalets for four to six with heating in every room.
Getting there
From Lourdes, go up through Argelès-Gazost and Luz-Saint-Sauveur: it is an hour on mountain road. The campsite is at the entrance to Gavarnie, and from there you walk to the village and the path to the cirque.

## Practical details

- Address: Le Pain de Sucre, 65120 Gavarnie
- Phone: +33 5 62 92 47 55
- Open in summer and winter (caravaneige)
- Rating: 3 stars
- Facilities: Electric hook-up, Showers, Heating
- Details checked on 12 November 2026.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Web: https://www.camping-gavarnie.com/
- Coordenadas: 42.741, -0.008

## Cerca de aquí

- [Hôtel Le Marboré](https://www.geocalia.com/en/france/cirque-de-gavarnie/where-to-stay/hotel-le-marbore), a 893 m
- [By horse or donkey to the Hôtellerie du Cirque](https://www.geocalia.com/en/france/cirque-de-gavarnie/things-to-do/horse-ride-to-the-cirque), a 904 m
- [Ossoue Canyon with a view of the Cirque de Gavarnie](https://www.geocalia.com/en/france/cirque-de-gavarnie/things-to-do/ossoue-canyon), a 2.4 km
- [From the village of Gavarnie to the Grande Cascade](https://www.geocalia.com/en/france/cirque-de-gavarnie/things-to-do/path-to-the-cirque-and-grande-cascade), a 4.3 km
- [Hôtel du Cirque et de la Cascade](https://www.geocalia.com/en/france/cirque-de-gavarnie/where-to-stay/hotel-du-cirque-et-de-la-cascade), a 4.3 km
- [Restaurant du Cirque](https://www.geocalia.com/en/france/cirque-de-gavarnie/where-to-eat/restaurant-du-cirque), a 4.3 km
- [Cirque d'Estaubé from the Lac des Gloriettes](https://www.geocalia.com/en/france/cirque-de-gavarnie/things-to-do/estaube-cirque), a 4.8 km
- [The Brèche de Roland, in the wall of the cirque](https://www.geocalia.com/en/france/cirque-de-gavarnie/things-to-do/brecche-de-roland), a 5.5 km

## Consejos

### Bring a coat for the night
At 1,200 m, nights are cool even in August.

### In winter, snow chains
French mountain law requires them from November to March.

### Ask for a pitch with a view
From some you see the cirque when you wake up.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### Is it open in winter?
Yes, as a caravaneige, with pitches for motorhomes and caravans.

### How many pitches does it have?
54, level, of 80 to 100 m².

### Is it far from the cirque?
Two minutes from the village, where the path to the cirque starts.

Destino: [Cirque de Gavarnie](https://www.geocalia.com/en/france/cirque-de-gavarnie.md)