Ustou: Hotels and Accommodation

For ski touring and snowshoeing, ESF Guzet lists the Guzet, Mont Ceint and Port d'Aula areas.

If you are travelling to Ustou, you may want to book a hotel.

Winter

The Observatoire de Guzet offers observation evenings with professional-quality telescopes. During the snowy period and when the ski area is open, pedestrians and snowshoers can reach the Observatoire de Guzet from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. exclusively via the Sentier des Crêtes. Outside the snowy period, the shepherds' track to the Observatoire de Guzet is open to minibuses and private vehicles; parking is available on the Cap de Guzet discovery plateau.

Guzet can be reached by train to Boussens station and then by shuttle bus.

Activities

There is a nine-basket disc golf course on the Piste du Muscadet near Guzet. Guzet also offers a variety of marked mountain biking trails.

Nature

The Cirque de Cagateille is located in the municipality of Ustou and was shaped by former glaciers. Today, several dozen reintroduced Pyrenean ibex live in the Cirque de Cagateille; they were reintroduced in 2014 by the Parc naturel régional des Pyrénées Ariégeoises.

The route to the Cirque de Cagateille is 2.1 kilometres long and signposted as a round trip; the starting point is in 09140 Ustou. The marked trail to the Cirque de Cagateille passes through undergrowth and crosses several streams before reaching the relatively flat floor of the cirque.

Culture

The Église de Saint-Lizier d'Ustou is a Baroque church oriented towards the west rather than, as is traditionally customary, towards the east. Set into the southern wall of the Église de Saint-Lizier d'Ustou is the former portal of a Romanesque church, with a Chrismon above it. The church contains an altarpiece from the late 18th century depicting a miracle of Saint Lizier.

Further destinations: Ornolac-Ussat-Les-Bains, Saint Lary, Mercus-Garrabet, Ercé, Lʼhospitalet-Près-Lʼandorre, Tignac, Montferrier, Le Pla

To the overview of the wider travel region: Ariège.