Les Sardines

The Pyrenees


True to name, this festive place is always packed. Amid vintage signs and a curiously configured ceiling, a mostly 20-something crowd gathers over excellent wine selections (over two dozen by the glass), cocktails lit up by glow sticks and enticing sharing plates. Go early to score a table.


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Nearby The Pyrenees attractions

1. Rue du Hédas

0.21 MILES

Take a stroll along this revitalised lane for a look at green spaces by day and light installations by night.

2. Musée des Beaux-Arts

0.25 MILES

Works by Rubens and El Greco both figure at Pau’s fine-arts museum, but the museum’s prize piece is a famous Degas canvas, A New Orleans Cotton Office,…

3. Musée Bernadotte

0.29 MILES

This townhouse is the birthplace of one of Napoléon’s favourite generals, Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte (nicknamed ‘Sergent belle-jambe’, on account of his…

4. Château de Pau

0.37 MILES

Originally the residence of the monarchs of Navarre, Pau’s castle was transformed into a Renaissance château amid lavish gardens by Marguerite…

5. Rébénacq

9.51 MILES

Rébénacq is one of the few bastides (fortified towns) of the Pyrenees, built in 1347 by a lieutenant of Gaston Fébus, the 11th Count of Foix. Like all…

6. Castet

15.76 MILES

Perched precariously on a glacial outcrop, this hilltop village boasts a 12th-century keep and a truly magnificent valley view. From the belvédère …

7. Grottes de Bétharram

16.17 MILES

Grottes de Bétharram is a network of subterranean caverns that has been carved out from the limestone, glittering with impressive formations of…

8. Bielle

16.73 MILES

The former ‘capital’ of the valley, Bielle is a beautiful village with many fine 15th- and 16th-century houses, linked together via a guided walk.