Gourmet products local specialties and wines Luz-Saint-Sauveur

When Toy Country decides to become a land of beers, it does so without concession. The style is English, the water comes from the valley, the craftsmanship and the incredible environment. The names of the vintages are inspired by the great sites: cuvée du col du Tourmalet, du pic du Midi, du Cirque de Gavarnie... Amber, brown, white and the amazing IPA form the basis. Special brews: Christmas or spring beers regularly join the troops. You can enjoy a beer at the nicely decorated bar or on the terrace facing the Gave de Gavarnie.

Reported, a little away from the road leading to Gavarnie, Francis will let you rediscover, as he has since 1982, the famous broche cake. The recipe seems simple, a four-quarters dough cooked with lime-fired wood and spoon. No louche, no machine. This cake is perfumed to fruit compote, crystallized. Wrapped in a linen, it retains 1 months… away from the greedy. Come and see its elaboration every afternoon and accompany it with English cream or a grout of raspberries, with a fresh cider bolée. Francis, who develops perfumes, tried to trace the origin of this pastry. Its traces are found in writings of the th century. It was dégustait in Tarbes and Pau. We must know that the cone was covered with buttered wool, but what is even more disturbing is the cake in Poland, Austria and Romania. At the opening of the Napoleon Bridge, a huge cake was produced. Would the architect of the art book, of Polish origin, have won the recipe in his country? We still have the question.

Unavoidable, the market of Luz-Saint-Sauveur is a place of life where everyone appreciates the good products of the stalls. On Mondays, market day, the alleys around the fortified square are at their liveliest. You will find here fruits and vegetables, stalls with the famous madiran and pacherenc wines, cakes, but also caterers, cheeses, olives... The Friday summer market is a meeting with the producers and craftsmen of the valley.

Jean chose the Toy country to raise his bees and two very specific sites house his hives: one in Lourdes for the production of chestnut honey and the other in the Luz valley for four typical honeys: heather, mountain wildflower, lime and rhododendron. The beekeeper will show you around his honey house. From the hive to the jar, you will learn everything about the honey circuit. It is instructive and fun, thanks to the exhibition of a hive visible through a glass window. Meet Jean on the markets of Luz, Monday and Friday.