La Sapinière

Restaurants nearby

• Auberge des AryeletsBib You have to gain a little altitude to reach this village high up in the Pyrenees, which champions its exceptional natural heritage with understandable pride. In the central square, a young couple runs this restaurant with energy and enthusiasm, celebrating the region's traditions and produce. Highlights include their take on a garbure soup, with meltingly tender Tarbais beans, Noir de Bigorre pork belly, pan-fried duck foie gras from Ferme de Mourlon and cou farci (stuffed duck's neck). Other dishes are more contemporary: 64°C hen's egg with butternut cream, haddock and thyme. The appealing wi4.1km
• La Grange This former barn is now an inviting country chic restaurant appointed in an alpine vein. The menu stars tasty well-crafted food, made with premium regional ingredients such as marinated salmon trout from Lake Oô; confit of egg, shredded confit of duck and creamy sweetcorn… What’s not to like?5.7km
• Erassens Perched high up in the small ski resort of Saint-Lary-Soulan, this pretty little chalet is a haven of comfort and fine dining: exposed stone walls, wood-burning stove and large picture windows overlooking the church steeple and a distinctive Pyrenean skyline. The chef, who has worked in some of the finest restaurants of the Basque Country, sources most of his ingredients from Southwest France (including local vegetables, fish from Crioure fish auction, farm-reared veal). His speciality is Souraïde pigeon cooked two ways: roast fillet and confit leg, finished on the barbecue for extra flavour a6.0km

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