
Le Vernet is a happy village with 300 days of sun a year ! It is located
on a vast high plateau, at the foot of a majestic mountain cirque (whose
highest point reaches 2800 m). It is surrounded by large green meadows,
the playground for a few children.
Le Vernet has exceptional botanical wealth. The thing to do is to take
the botanical trail leading along the bank of the Bes river that flows
through the village, to admire the numerous plant species, some of which
are very rare and protected, such as the Bérard thistle and white
edged primrose.
Although
such a marvellous site encourages open air activities above all, you'll
enjoy a little stroll through the village, not only because of its surprising
alpine style houses with their cambered walls, wooden balconies and mansard
roofs but also by the peacefulness that reigns in this quiet village,
not to mention its little square decorated with a lovely (wooden!) fountain
and its small stonework church with a Romanesque style bell tower.
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