Gavarnie
Americannoun
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To the north, across the French border is Gavarnie, another magnificent waterfall.
From The Guardian • Aug. 1, 2019
We have hardly left Gèdre, with several miles still to drive, before we are assaulted by peasants on horseback, advance-agents from Gavarnie.
From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Dix, Edwin Asa
The road crosses the valley, under the sentinel poplars, leaves on the right the road by which we came in from Pierrefitte, and shortly comes to the opening of the defile to Gavarnie.
From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Dix, Edwin Asa
In vain we assure them that we shall make no choice until we come to the inn at Gavarnie.
From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Dix, Edwin Asa
The Cirque of Gavarnie is reputed a double marvel under a winter robe, when its cascades are stiffened into ice and the eye is lost in the sweep of the snow-fields.
From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Dix, Edwin Asa
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